Instagram's drafts feature is finally open to everyone

Instagram is finally making drafts an official part of the app.
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Karissa Bell
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Instagram is finally making drafts an official part of the app. The service, which first began testing drafts last month, is now making the feature available to all its users.

As you'd expect, drafts allow you to save your work mid-post so you can revisit edits and other adjustments another time. To save a draft, simply hit the back button mid-post and the app will ask whether or not you want to save the photo to your drafts.

Saved drafts will appear in a special section of your library, above the rest of your photos, the next time you open the app.


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Instagram has also added a new "manage" button to your drafts section, where you can remove drafts you no longer want to work on.

It's a small update, but an extremely useful (and long overdue) one. Previously, the app didn't provide a way for users to easily save posts to work on later. The feature will also likely be a welcome update to those who manage multiple accounts or oversee a professional account as they can now queue up several posts at once.

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Karissa Bell

Karissa was Mashable's Senior Tech Reporter, and is based in San Francisco. She covers social media platforms, Silicon Valley, and the many ways technology is changing our lives. Her work has also appeared in Wired, Macworld, Popular Mechanics, and The Wirecutter. In her free time, she enjoys snowboarding and watching too many cat videos on Instagram. Follow her on Twitter @karissabe.

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