Instagram's 'close friends' still runs on a public platform with ads and an algorithm watching. Hand your circle one link instead: no feed, no followers, no accounts — just the photos.
Share with your circlePick up to 20 photos and upload them as one folder — one link covers the whole set.
Drop the link in your group chat, DM it, beam it by QR — it opens for exactly who you hand it to.
After 1–24 hours it's gone, so the folder never becomes a half-public photo album.
The link works for whoever you hand it to — nobody browsing a public feed.
Bundle the whole evening into one folder, up to 20 files per link.
Set 1 hour, 12 hours, 24 hours, or one download per file — no half-public leftovers.
Nobody needs to install, log in, or follow anything — the link just opens.
For the bigger-picture version of this, see private photo sharing — the full rundown on non-public delivery. Dumping a whole event into one link? The photo dump page handles the batch. And if today's privacy mood is 'gone after one look', Snapchat-style ephemeral links cover that too.
It's not a feature on a social platform at all. There is no feed, no profile, no followers — just a private link your circle opens. Nobody's algorithm sees it, and nobody can stumble onto it.
Like any link, it can be forwarded — so treat it like handing out a key. For tighter control, set a per-file expiry or one-download limits so re-sharing dies with the link.
No. The link opens in any browser on any phone — even friends who have never heard of us. Nothing to install, nothing to join.
Yes — up to 1GB per file, untouched. No compression, no re-encoding, no stripping data off your photos.
Links expire by design. If a friend missed it, mint a new link in seconds — or plan ahead and pick the 24-hour option for slow groups.