The ability to prevent individuals from seeing when one has viewed their Instagram story is not a directly available feature within the platform’s native settings. Instagram is designed to publicly display the list of accounts that have viewed a story to the story’s creator.
Understanding the implications of story views is important for managing one’s online presence. Knowing who has viewed content can be useful for creators to gauge audience engagement. However, some users may prefer a degree of privacy when passively observing others’ stories. The absence of a direct option to hide viewing activity reflects Instagram’s design intent of transparency regarding story interactions.