# Quick Instagram Search Trick + More (Chrome/Firefox) **URL:** \ **Category:** Tools of the trade\ **Created:** [April 16, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836 "2019-04-16T14:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/1 "2019-04-16T14:19:00Z")
Thought I’d create a quick tutorial for this tip I’ve been using to speed up manually looking up accounts, hashtags and stats pages. This works with both Firefox and Chrome (Brave, etc), could with other browsers but who really uses anything else these days. All this does is create a keyword shortcut for a URL, so you could theoretically apply it to any website that you use. The possibilities are endless if it’s a 1 keyword replacement. **Example** Instagram User/Page Shortcut Search ([instagram.com/username](http://instagram.com/username)) ![Capture](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/c/bc65b913d5e9cee5f7744da41da9b6bd1ea1a251.jpeg) I’ve set up a keyword of _insta_, so whenever the browser is opened I just have to type _insta username_ and hit enter and it’ll take me to the full URL to view the profile. This is much faster than typing it in to get an auto-populated URL and then clicking, typing / pasting it at the end. At least for me. * * * Let’s get down to how you create it, starting with Chrome/Brave/Vivaldi ## Chrome **Step 1** > Open your browser, right click the search bar and go to Edit search engines… ![step%201](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/3/0362b9b9f378ac253086a5f7976e7c7242a5f04a.jpeg) **Step 2** > Scroll down to Other search engines and click Add (you can also see the examples that I’ve created) ![step%202](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/5/c5e92d2bf95b69ebdbb9906b666f7d39716dea14.jpeg) **Step 3** > Add your new search engine and shortcut URL, replacing the actual location of the word you’ll be looking up with %s In this example _[instagram.com/%s](http://instagram.com/%25s)_ the %s will be replaced with the page you’re looking for. If you check the previous screenshot, you can do this with a hashtag search, locations are also possible I think. After you’ve filled this in, click save and that’s it, you’re done. ![step%203](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/b/ebb2a1b12aa80eb4e5cb1de225015c3367c112ee.jpeg) From now on, you can simply enter your short keyword into the browser bar, type in the page/hashtag/search you’re looking for and boom, there you are. * * * ## Firefox **Step 1** > Go to your Bookmark Manager, create a new folder (calling my example Instagram Shortcuts) ![ff%201](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/9/c9dac4b0f68eab623774bddb227bbd181821616e.jpeg) **Step 2** > Right click and Create New Bookmark, fill it in with something like the following and click Add ![ff%202](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/4/149ec4de0b3f8ef452de3da9c938d850d9d904f5.jpeg) You should now be able to use the keyword that you created to pull up pages a little bit faster. See the Step 1 screenshot for more examples. * * * ### Examples **Profile shortcut** : [https://instagram.com/%s](https://instagram.com/%25s) **Hashtag Shortcut** : [https://instagram.com/explore/tags/%s](https://instagram.com/explore/tags/%25s) * * * ## That’s all Feel free to come up with your own shortcut URL’s for other well known sites and share them below, I’m sure there are endless possibilities to _slightly_ speed up workflow with stupid tricks like this one. ---
**Author:** ![wortime](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/wortime/32/30775_2.png) [@wortime](https://mpsocial.com/u/wortime)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/2 "2019-04-16T14:26:24Z")
Nice guide! Should save me some time! ---
**Author:** ![tripleyourtribe](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/tripleyourtribe/32/7208_2.png) [@tripleyourtribe](https://mpsocial.com/u/tripleyourtribe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/3 "2019-04-16T14:37:27Z")
Omg. Thank you ! I knew I wouldn’t be typing these URLs forever! ---
**Author:** ![JackGagger](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/jackgagger/32/22085_2.png) [@JackGagger](https://mpsocial.com/u/JackGagger)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/4 "2019-04-16T14:44:16Z")
Very good tip. I already use this with some websites, it does save time when you’re searching stuff. ---
**Author:** ![StayStyled](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/staystyled/32/31011_2.png) [@StayStyled](https://mpsocial.com/u/StayStyled)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/5 "2019-04-16T15:48:24Z")
Good guide, thank you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HeRBaR](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/herbar/32/31731_2.png) [@HeRBaR](https://mpsocial.com/u/HeRBaR)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/6 "2019-04-16T15:52:21Z")
Thanks for the guide ---
**Author:** ![InterNEDA](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/interneda/32/29383_2.png) [@InterNEDA](https://mpsocial.com/u/InterNEDA)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/7 "2019-04-19T00:10:07Z")
Nice little quick and easy trick def gonna implement this! ---
**Author:** ![jenntherunner](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/jenntherunner/32/31017_2.png) [@jenntherunner](https://mpsocial.com/u/jenntherunner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/8 "2019-05-04T19:54:05Z")
Great guide. I really appreciate this. ---
**Author:** ![nomad](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/nomad/32/30891_2.png) [@nomad](https://mpsocial.com/u/nomad)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/9 "2019-05-10T04:28:53Z")
thanks for the tip ---
**Author:** ![funniestpokemon](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/funniestpokemon/32/29253_2.png) [@funniestpokemon](https://mpsocial.com/u/funniestpokemon)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/10 "2019-05-10T04:34:41Z")
Thanks for tip! ---
**Author:** ![HeRBaR](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/herbar/32/31731_2.png) [@HeRBaR](https://mpsocial.com/u/HeRBaR)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/11 "2019-05-13T10:13:22Z")
Thanks for the trick ---
**Author:** ![N00BBY](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/n00bby/32/31952_2.png) [@N00BBY](https://mpsocial.com/u/N00BBY)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/12 "2019-05-18T10:21:46Z")
Time is one thing we cant get back. Thank you for this great tip. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.crow](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dr.crow](https://mpsocial.com/u/Dr.crow)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/13 "2019-05-23T11:26:16Z")
Thank you for this, would save much time while searching. ---
**Author:** ![senseifuel](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/senseifuel/32/30969_2.png) [@senseifuel](https://mpsocial.com/u/senseifuel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/14 "2019-05-28T09:18:53Z")
optimizing to the max! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Ghosa](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/ghosa/32/31016_2.png) [@Ghosa](https://mpsocial.com/u/Ghosa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/quick-instagram-search-trick-more-chrome-firefox/63836/15 "2019-05-28T10:54:53Z")
nice little helper, thank you!