Instagram bosses are testing a new ‘reset’ tool which will give users a “fresh start”. This development comes as social media platforms face increasing pressure to provide more user control over content algorithms.

Meta-owned Instagram has been making significant changes to how the social media site operates and recommends content, especially focusing on original content in Instagram recommendations and creating a safer online environment for teens .

Instagram is testing the ability for users to reset their recommendations, the company announced on Tuesday. By resetting your recommendations, you would be starting fresh and retraining the app’s algorithm about the content you enjoy across your Explore page, home feed, and Reels tab.

Instagram users will soon be able to manually reset the recommendation algorithm that determines what they see in their feeds.

Too often, a curious teen comes across the wrong Instagram influencers or accounts and finds their feed flooded with similar suggestions. It could've been a relatively harmless foray into content they don't want to see all day,

Instagram is testing a new feature that will let users completely refresh the content that’s recommended to them on the platform. The recommendations reset feature will “soon roll out globally,” according to Meta’s announcement, and can be used to clear the algorithmic content that currently appears in Feeds, Explore, and Reels.

Instagram tries to engage you in scrolling through numerous reels or feeds through its recommendations based on your interests, which can now be fully reset.

Instagram now gives users the ability to reset their own algorithm, giving them a fresh start on the platform that will feed them new recommendations.

Instagram is launching a new "reset" option that allows users to completely overhaul their content recommendations, including Feeds, Reels, and the Explore page. This feature essentially erases past activity and gives the app a fresh start in learning user preferences.