Find and tap on the Airplane Mode/ Flight Mode to turn it ON.Go to your phone’s quick settings panel.Open the Instagram app and search for the account name and click on the account to open its profile.If you don’t want to increase your account count on the Instagram app, you can follow these steps to view Instagram stories without creating a dummy account: If you have two accounts then you can switch accounts by simply double-tapping on the profile icon. You can even switch to your original account by pressing and holding the profile icon and selecting the account (if you have more than two accounts).

With this, your dummy account is created and now you can tap on the search icon and search the account by typing the user name or only the name (if it’s a famous personality) and tap on the follow button to view their stories anonymously. You can skip the steps of “Find Friends” and “Add Photo”.Type a suitable username that does not reveal anything about you.

Tap on “ Add Account” in the pop-up window.

Long press on the Profile icon located in the bottom right corner.

You can easily create a dummy account through this workaround:

The best way to view Instagram stories is by creating a dummy account that does not display your name or any detail associated with you.

View stories anonymously