I need to know can you see disappearing messages on instagram?

Elijah_Miller
Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:15:35 +0000

I’m really concerned about keeping tabs on my teen’s Instagram activity using a phone monitoring app, especially since they’ve started using those disappearing messages in chats. Can these apps actually capture or view messages that vanish after being read, like in Vanish Mode, or do they just miss out on that ephemeral stuff? I’d love to know if there’s any way for the app to screenshot, log, or recover those messages without the user noticing, and what limitations I might run into based on how Instagram handles privacy.