How to get the old Instagram app icon back

Tech Insider/Antonio Villas-Boas

Some of us welcome it, others fear and loathe it.

Personally, I'm not too bothered by Instagram's new app icon design, but you can change it back to the old design if the new one boils your blood.

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BGR was first to discover the method devised by app designer Juan Ramirez. Unfortunately for Android users, this trick only works on iOS.

You have to do it from your iPhone, and it involves downloading a shortcut icon that's meant to take you to the web version of Instagram. But, since Instagram is installed on your iPhone, you'll be automatically prompted to open the Instagram app instead of going to the website.

It's easy and takes less than a minute. Here's how to do it.

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