If we want to see the requests sent on Instagram, the “traditional” method is no longer valid due to changes in the platform . However, there is still a way to see them: by downloading our Instagram data. We show you how to see the requests sent on Instagram so you can delete or leave the old requests.
To download our data, and thus see the requests sent, we have to log in from the mobile browser , not from the app. From our account we go to the tab of our profile, where the avatar is displayed. There we touch the nut in the upper left corner and, when the next menu appears, the configuration menu, click on “Privacy and security”. Finally, in this click on “Request download”, within “Download data”.
Within a maximum period of 48 hours we will receive an email from Instagram. It will ask us to access with our credentials to redirect us to a screen where we can download the data. The data is compressed in RAR format, so we must decompress it. With the folder unzipped, we go to the “followers_and_following” subfolder and double click on the file, “pending_follow_request” . This will direct us to Instagram, before a list called “Pending follow-up requests”, where we can finally access each one. This is the route of how to see the requests sent on Instagram.
WHAT ARE FOLLOW REQUESTS ON INSTAGRAM?
For those of you wondering what follow requests are on Instagram , these are permission to view content from a private account. Public accounts are those in which anyone, follower or not, can see your stories and posts. They do not require a follow-up request in which their owner grants us access to their content. For example, any user can see the content that Kim Kardashian uploads, since her account is public, but they need to send a follow request to be able to see the content that their anonymous neighbor, who has a private account, uploads.
HOW TO REVIEW A PENDING REQUEST ON INSTAGRAM
Solved what they are and how to see the requests sent on Instagram, we come to how to review a pending request on Instagram . Pending requests are those that other users send us asking us to grant them permission to view our content. To review them, we will click on the heart of the initial feed, called “Activity”. The likes we receive are stored there, but also the pending requests. If we select one, we can reject or accept them. In the event that we have a public profile, people who have recently followed us will also appear there.