There are those businesses and companies that are using the instagram social media platform to market their products and services. However, there are the individual users who would rather keep publicity out of the picture and concentrate on socializing with family and friends. For the marketers on this platform, replying to instagram likes and commends by other users is vital for the success for your advertisement campaign. If you are using Instagram for personal purposes, this may not be necessary. Actually, there are times when you just do not want to communicate with a certain person. For instance you broker up with your partner and he or she is bothering you on instagram. In such a case, you can choose to ignore their messages.

Blocking the said person may appear too rude; therefore ignoring them is the better option. So, how do you ignore direct messages from a person?

• Click on the tray icon on the top right screen corner of the home page
• Click on the 3-dots options button to display options
• Click on the ‘ignore all posts from this user’ options and follow the prompts.

The fact that you have ignored messages from a certain user will not remove the instagram likes he or she had sent you.