Paste your Instagram profile link (e.g. instagram.com/yourhandle) and download a free Instagram QR code. Scanning it opens your profile, so people can follow in one tap instead of searching for your handle. The code is built in your browser and never uploaded.
To create yours:
Copy your profile URL
Open your profile, tap the menu and “Copy profile URL” — it looks like instagram.com/yourhandle.
Paste the link above
OpenQR reads it as a URL, so there’s nothing else to configure.
Brand it (optional)
Drop in your logo, match your feed’s colours and add a “Follow us on Instagram” frame.
Export with no watermark
PNG for Stories and screens, or vector SVG/PDF for stickers and print.
Repoint it from profile to a drop
Pick “Make it editable” and the printed code becomes a dynamic link you can swap any time — send it to your profile today, a new product drop next week, or your link-in-bio page after that, all without reprinting. The scan count comes free.
Instagram generates a code of its own, under your profile’s share menu (formerly the Nametag). Both point at your profile; what differs is how much you control:
| Instagram’s in-app code | A standard QR code from OpenQR | |
|---|---|---|
| Design | Fixed by Instagram | Your logo, colours and frame |
| Export | An image saved from the app | PNG, WebP, SVG and PDF at print size |
| Destination | Chosen by Instagram | Any URL you paste, and editable later |
| Scan counts | None | Included on a dynamic code |
Before printing Instagram’s own code, scan it with a phone that has the app closed: that test decides whether it works in the wild, where nobody has Instagram open in front of them. A standard QR code passes it by construction, because it carries your profile URL itself: the native camera on iOS 11+ and Android 10+ reads it, opening the profile in the app for people who have it and in a browser for everyone else.
Put it on packaging, flyers, a shop window, your stall, business cards or the end of a video. It works from the native camera on iPhone (iOS 11+) and Android (10+) — no Instagram app screen needed. Want it branded? Add your logo with the logo QR generator.
The same tool, written for a specific trade, with the wording and examples that trade uses.