Instagram: edit comments, new editing app
Instagram has rolled out a 15-minute window allowing users to edit comments after posting, a small product change reported this week. Coverage also highlights Edits, Instagram’s video-editing app that some local outlets are positioning as a practical alternative to third-party editors. (qoo10.co.id) (kob.com)
Instagram now lets users edit a comment after posting it, but only for 15 minutes, a change that began rolling out last week. (techcrunch.com) The new option appears under a comment after it is posted, and edited comments carry an “edited” label. Instagram has not shown a public edit history, and multiple outlets reported the feature started appearing on April 9 and April 10. (9to5mac.com) (pcmag.com) The 15-minute cap matches the way Instagram handles message editing, which Meta added in 2024 for direct messages inside chats. Engadget reported the company is applying the same short grace period to comments on posts and reels. (engadget.com) The update lands as Instagram is also pushing Edits, its standalone video-making app for creators. Meta launched Edits on April 22, 2025, saying the app was built for shooting longer clips, trimming with frame-by-frame precision, and checking performance insights in one place. (about.fb.com) On Apple’s United States App Store, Edits is listed as a free iPhone app from Instagram, Inc. with a 4.8 rating from about 45,000 reviews. The store description says the app is meant to help creators make videos on a phone and export them without leaving Instagram’s ecosystem. (apps.apple.com) On Google Play, Meta says Edits now includes copy-and-paste for clips and fonts, a sound-effects tab, and updates to retouch and green-screen tools. The Android listing also says users can capture clips up to 10 minutes long and share them to Instagram with high-quality playback. (play.google.com 1) (play.google.com 2) Meta has kept adding features to Edits since launch. In a December 17, 2025 update to its launch post, the company said it was adding new artificial-intelligence-powered effects, more fonts, caption tools, and extra sound effects. (about.fb.com) Together, the two changes show Instagram working on two different parts of creator behavior at once: fixing what users say after they post it, and giving them more tools to make the video before they post it. (techcrunch.com) (about.fb.com)
