Do your Instagram message requests look like this?
![](https://www.bonjourblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1872-700x1386.jpg)
There’s a simple way to stop this – you just have to change a setting buried deep in the Instagram app
![](https://www.bonjourblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1873-700x1341.jpg)
Go to settings, then privacy
![](https://www.bonjourblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1874-700x1396.jpg)
In the privacy menu, click messages
![](https://www.bonjourblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1875-700x1391.jpg)
Then tap on group settings
![](https://www.bonjourblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1876-700x1396.jpg)
Here’s where you can switch the setting – change it from everyone to people you follow.
![](https://www.bonjourblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1877-700x539.jpg)
That should get rid of the spam, unless of course you follow a lot of spam accounts!