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Instagram announced on Tuesday that users can now swap out the music on their published feed posts and carousels. Until now, users could only change the music on a post by deleting it and then re-uploading it. <\/p>\n
With a newly launched \u201cReplace Audio\u201d tool, users can update the music on their post at any time while keeping the post\u2019s existing likes, comments, shares, and reach intact. The Meta-owned company says the new feature is another step in its efforts to build tools that give creators more creative control over their content.<\/p>\n
The update removes a limitation that forced creators and brands to choose between keeping a post\u2019s engagement and updating its soundtrack. In some cases, changing a song can help keep content aligned with trends. Other times, people may want to refresh old posts to reflect their evolving music tastes.<\/p>\n The new feature is accessed by navigating to the post where you want to change the audio, then tapping the two-line menu in the top-right corner of the post. You will then need to scroll down to \u201cEdit,\u201d after which you\u2019ll see the option to swap out the audio.<\/p>\n Instagram has come under fire over the years for introducing controversial features that many users never wanted, so it makes sense for the social media giant to now add a small but meaningful feature that people may actually find useful. <\/p>\n For example, the social media giant recently killed a feature<\/a> that allowed users to modify photos from public Instagram accounts using AI. The company said last week that the feature \u201cmissed the mark\u201d and would be removed.<\/p>\n In May, the company released a feature called \u201cInstants\u201d<\/a>\u00a0that Instagram billed as a new format to share real-life moments as they were happening. However, many users weren\u2019t aware of how the feature worked and ended up accidentally sending images<\/a> to everyone in their Friends list, leading to many sharing their frustrations with the feature online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n