You cannot completely hide who you follow on Instagram while keeping your account public. The only way to effectively hide your following list from people who are not approved followers is to make your Instagram account private. When your account is private, only followers you approve can see your posts, your followers, and your following list. Additionally, you can block specific users to prevent them from seeing your following list.
Key Points:
- Instagram does not have a direct feature to hide your following list on a public profile.
- Setting your account to private is the primary method to limit visibility of your following list.
- Once private, only approved followers will see who you follow.
- Blocking specific users can also prevent those users from seeing your following list.
- Muting users affects what you see but does not hide your following list from them.
This is currently the best privacy option Instagram offers to control visibility of who you follow.
