How to sort and filter message requests on Instagram

Instagram is a platform that allows creators and businesses to reach their audience through posts, reels, and stories. It also goes the other way around, allowing fans and customers to directly message the creators or businesses.

However, with such an easy way of conversing with anyone, people can end up sending spam messages. Instagram has a good way of dealing with messages sent by those who do not follow you. It lets users send a message request.

Creators or businesses have to go through each message request and accept or decline the request manually, which is a cumbersome process, especially when you have thousands of requests in your DMs.

Instagram, however, recently announced an update for DMs on the platform that helps you manage message requests better. In this article, we’ll show you the new DM updates and tell you how you can use the new features to sort and filter your messages on the platform. So read on.

Here's how to sort and filter Instagram DM requests

Instagram has added a new ‘Sort & filter’ overlay that pops up in the Message request section. This overlay will make your life as a creator or social media manager easier than ever. So, follow the below steps.

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Step 1: Open Instagram on your iPhone or Android phone.

Step 2: Head to the DMs section, by either swiping from right to left or by clicking on the Messenger icon in the upper right corner.

Step 3: Tap on Requests.

Step 4: Once you tap on Requests for the first time, you should see a ‘Sort & filter’ overlay. You can also manually open the overlay by tapping on the filter icon in the upper right corner.

Step 5: Once you have the overlay open, you can easily filter message requests by recent, number of followers, verified accounts, businesses, creators, and subscribers. Depending on how you want to filter your messages, tap on the respective options.

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That’s how you can easily sort and filter your message requests on Instagram, making your life more convenient as a creator or social media manager.