There are four official methods for changing your instagram story background:

Changing background on instagram story. Choose a color you would like to set as the background for the story. Click a random image and tap anywhere on your screen. Take a screenshot of your story before posting and crop the image so that only the post.

Go to your instagram story and open it. Select the marker icon from the bar on the top of the screen and then pick your background. Then, select “posts & scheduling.”.

Choose the color you want (and remember, you can tap and hold on any of the colors at the bottom to get a different. Long press (press and hold) the middle of your background. Click on a photo and choose copy photo.

Open instagram and share the post you'd like to feature in your story. Click to ‘copy photo’ option for the one you want to use. Using a photo from your camera roll, using a photo from the internet, drawing on your photo with the.

Tap on the “arrow” button on top of your screen to save the image. Changing the background color of a story without photo elements. Select your desired color with the color dropper tool or choose from the default color options.

Add color to the backdrop. Enter the text, gif, or content you want to add to your story. To change the background, tap.