Instagram Professional Dashboard 2022: How to Switch into Professional Account, Access Insights, and More

Instagram unveiled "Professional Dashboard" earlier this year with the aim of helping businesses and content creators earn money on the platform. This means that this feature could now help them to profile monetization.

As the social media app says, this tool is useful when people want to track their performance across IG. Moreover, it also allows them to gain access to professional tools.

This article will show you how to switch your current account to a professional one. There are also bonus tricks that you will learn in this short guide.

Switching Your Account into a Professional Account

According to a report by Mashable on Wednesday, Feb. 23, this feature will not be suited for people who want to keep their privacy on Instagram. This is mainly suited for users who want to engage in business on social media.

Here are the steps that you need to follow to make this happen.

1. Begin by opening your Instagram profile.
2. After doing that, go to the upper right corner and look for the icon with three lines. Click it.
3. Go to the Settings.
4. Search and tap Account.
5. From there, scroll further until you see Switch to Professional Account.
6. Simply click Continue.
7. Click the circle below Display on profile. Choose what kind of business or account best describes you.
8. Press OK after selecting a category.
9. Choose between Creator and Business then tap Next to proceed to the next step.
10. You will be asked if you want to be protected from unwanted interactions. For this one, just select if you want this option: either Not Now or Save Settings.

Accessing the Professional Dashboard on Instagram

Besides the opportunity to switch your account into a business profile, we will also teach you on how to access the dashboard. You will see the important insights, tips, and tools here.

1. Go to your profile.
2. On the top part of your profile, click Professional Dashboard.

Accessing Insights on Your Profile

To see the important engagements in your profile, you can also do these steps to determine the content that you have shared since you switched to a Professional Account.

1. Go to your profile
2. Tap Insights besides Ad tools.

Accessing Insights on Individual Posts

There are only two actions that you need to consider for this part.

1. Go to the specific post. This is where you will see the insights.
2. Below this post, you will notice View Insights. Click it.

In Stories, you can also gain access to them. Just swipe up on your Story to proceed.

For a bonus tip, you can also start raising money for charity on Instagram. Although it's not available for everyone, you can refer to the platform's Help page for more details.

Earlier this year, Tech Times reported that Instagram might unveil a feature that will allow users to re-arrange their posts on the profile grid. Elsewhere, you can also add clickable links to Stories.

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Written by Joseph Henry