I think my teen has been deleting posts from their account and I’m concerned about what they might be hiding. I’ve tried checking their activity but can’t see anything removed. Is there a way to view those old deleted posts?
Honestly, once a post is deleted from Instagram, it’s pretty much gone from your end — no app or tool can magically pull those back, regardless of what sketchy sites claim. What can work is having them add you as a follower before stuff gets deleted, or checking if they have an “Archive” section in their own account settings (Instagram saves archived posts, not deleted ones, but teens sometimes mix those up). If you’re genuinely worried about what they’re up to, a monitoring app like Bark or Qustodio on their phone going forward will flag concerning content in real-time — way more useful than chasing deleted history.