3 Ways to Copy and Paste Instagram Hashtags

Using Instagram hashtags is an effective way to attract more eyes to your Instagram posts and grow fast followers and likes in 2021. When you find some popular posts that are performing better than the others, you may want to copy the Instagram hashtags for using in your later posts.

You may have noticed that it is not possible to copy and paste Instagram hashtags with the Instagram app. Don’t worry. In this article, I will show you 3 different methods to copy hashtags from any Instagram posts for Android and iOS users.

Copy Hashtags from Instagram Post without Additional Apps

Whether you use an Android phone or iPhone, you have a browser app. That’s all you need. With that ready, you can follow the steps to copy and paste hashtags from other accounts easily:

Step 1. Within Instagram app, locate the post that you want to copy hashtags from and tap on the the 3 dots on the top right corner of the post.

Step 2. Select Copy Link and then paste the link in a browser like Safari or Chrome.

Step 3. Click Load More until the hashtags are visible and then you copy hashtags now.

You can also use this method to copy hashtags that works well for your competitions. You can first check your competitor’s posts and find out those posts that receive the most engagement and copy all the hashtags of these posts. Paste them into a notepad separated by brackets and then remove those you think are irrelevant to what you want to post.

You can pick the hashtags from 3 or more competitors’ post and then see which of the 3 posts perform best.

Also Read: 50 Best Instagram Hashtags for Likes: Popular & Effective

How to Copy Hashtags on Instagram for Android

For Android users, there is a dedicated application for copying hashtags from Instagram posts. It is called iRepost and you can free download it from Google Play Store. After installing this app, you can follow the steps below to copy and paste Instagram hashtags.

Step 1. Open iRepost app, tap on the button on the top right. It will bring you the Instagram app.

Step 2. From the Instagram app, find the post with the hashtags that you want to copy.

Step 3. Click on the three dots icon of the post and select Copy Link. You will be brough back to iRepost app automatically after copying the link.

Step 4. As you can see from the screenshot above, you have three options within iRepost, Copy Hashtags, Copy Text, and Repost. Just click Copy Hashtags to copy all hashtags of this post.

For me, this app is very useful. Besides hashtags, you can one click to copy captions from Instagram post or simply repost it to your Instagram feed. Actually, this app can also be used to download videos and photos from Instagram. All the videos or photos of the post link you copied are automatically downloaded on your Android phone. You can find downloaded Instagram photos and videos from Phone Storage/iRepost.

Also Read: 5 Methods on How to Copy Instagram Comments

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How to Copy Hashtags from Instagram Post on iPhone

For iOS users, you can use a simple shortcut to copy hashtags from an Instagram post. Shortcuts app is a very popular automation app for iOS. Since iOS 13, Shortcuts app becomes a pre-installed stock app on iPhone or iPad.

Within the Shortcuts app, you can create all kinds of shortcuts that combined with many actions of your choosing. Of course, you can also get other pre-made custom shortcuts from the Library or any iCloud link.

As for copy Instagram hashtags, you can use this Instagram Hashtags shortcut. To get it on your iPhone, you can just open the iCloud link in Safari and tap Get Shortcut. You can run the shortcut from Shortcuts app, Share Sheet, Widget, or even ask Siri to run a shortcut for you, so it is quick convenient.

Once you get the shortcut, you can simply copy the post link as described in the 2 methods above and then run this shortcut. In a few seconds, you will get notified and the hashtags are copied to your clipboard.

That’s not it. You can also open the shortcut in edit mode to customize the shortcut in your favor. For example, if you want to use the copied hashtags for your new post, you can add an action “Post to Instagram” and use the clipboard as hashtags. There are a few more shortcuts that can help you boost your Instagram engagement rate.

Hashtag Generator shortcut: generate the hashtag for Instagram according to the requirement of your camera

Instagram Composer shortcut: compose Instagram captions with managed hashtags. It adds a customizable divider between the caption text and the hashtags. The tags are sorted alphabetically without duplicates.

Instagram Category Selector shortcut: select your hashtags based on your category.

Before You Go

These are the three ways to copy and paste Instagram hashtags. If you don’t want to install any additional apps, then you should try the first method though the other 2 methods are much better.

Of course, there are other apps that can do the same thing, but I think these methods are the most straightforward. The iRepost app for Android can do copy hashtags, text, repost, and download post. The Shortcuts app for iOS is limitless. You can use it to do many automation tasks that you can think of.

If you also like to grow your free Instagram followers, you can try this SuperPostSuperPostSuperPost app. It is free and definitely worth a try.