Threads is testing the choice to routinely disguise your previous posts. Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the characteristic is just accessible to a “small quantity” of customers for now, however it’ll allow you to select to archive particular person posts manually or have them routinely archived after a sure period of time.

You possibly can see an instance of how the characteristic may look in Mosseri’s publish on Threads. Customers with entry to the take a look at ought to have the ability to manually archive their content material by hitting the three dots within the top-right nook of a publish and choosing “Archive now.” It will give customers the choice to cover sure posts on their profiles, just like the archive choice on Instagram.

Mosseri says that customers could make their posts public once more at any time. He additionally provides that this characteristic gained’t turn out to be the default on Threads. “I ran a ballot… and the resounding suggestions was to not make this the default, so we’re gonna attempt it as an choice,” Mosseri says.

Customers on X, previously referred to as Twitter, have lengthy requested the flexibility to archive posts on the platform, and plenty of have turned to third-party companies to cover their content material as an alternative. At the least Threads may ultimately have an archiving choice built-in.