Mastering Instagram Privacy: Understanding 'Restricting' and Hiding Online Status
Instagram offers a feature called "restricting" that allows users to minimize interactions with unwanted individuals without blocking them. When someone is restricted, they can still view and interact with your profile, but their comments, tags, and messages will be hidden from you. You have the option to approve their comments for others to see. To restrict someone, you can do so from their profile, messages, comments, or account settings.