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Growbot Documentation

Guides for growing and managing your Instagram presence with Growbot.

Getting started

Install, open, and keep Growbot running on Instagram.

How to install and open Growbot

Install from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons, then open Growbot on any Instagram page.

How to keep Growbot running without interruption

Growbot runs inside your browser tab. If the tab gets suspended or your computer sleeps, Growbot pauses until you come back.

Growbot free trial and subscription pricing

Growbot comes with a 3-day free trial. After that, you pick a monthly or yearly plan to continue.

Accounts Queue

Load, filter, and process Instagram accounts.

How to load Instagram followers into Growbot

Pull followers, following, likers, commenters, and other account lists into the Accounts Queue so you can process them.

How to follow and unfollow Instagram users with Growbot

Follow accounts from the queue to grow your audience, then unfollow the ones who did not follow you back.

Whitelist, blacklist, and attempted lists in Growbot

Growbot keeps three lists that control which accounts it interacts with and which it skips.

Queue stamps in Growbot explained

Stamps are labels that appear next to usernames in the queue. They tell you whether Growbot already processed an account or if it belongs to one of your lists.

Filters

Narrow your queue to accounts that match your target audience.

How to filter Instagram accounts before following

Filters let you narrow your queue to accounts that match your criteria, so Growbot only follows people who are likely to follow you back.

Actions Queue

Schedule follows, unfollows, and other actions across the day.

How to schedule Instagram actions with the Actions Queue

The Actions Queue lets you schedule follows, unfollows, and other actions to run at specific times throughout the day, even after a page refresh.

Run Now vs. Schedule Actions in Growbot

Growbot gives you two ways to process your queue: Run Now for immediate back-to-back actions, or Schedule Actions to spread them across your active hours.

Media Queue

Load posts, like media in bulk, watch Reels, and comment on posts.

How to use the Media Queue to like posts and watch Reels

The Media Queue holds Instagram posts and Reels. Use it to like posts in bulk, watch Reels, or grab the posters and commenters for the Accounts Queue.

How to comment on Instagram posts with Growbot

Load posts into the Media Queue, write comment templates using spintax for variation, and let Growbot post comments automatically.

Community Monitoring

Track followers, detect unfollowers and bots, and set up automatic responses.

Community Monitoring: unfollower alerts and bot detection

Community Monitoring tracks your follower list in the background, alerts you when someone unfollows, and scores your followers for bot-like behavior.

Multi-account

Run Growbot across multiple Instagram accounts with the mother-child strategy.

Multi-account setup and the mother-child strategy

Growbot can schedule and run actions across multiple Instagram accounts. The mother-child strategy uses child accounts to grow your main account's audience.

Settings and data

Configure delays, export data, customize the queue display, and manage Growbot settings.

Configuring delays, wait times, and rate limit retries

Growbot's delay settings control how long it waits between actions and how it handles Instagram rate limits. Slower settings are safer.

Exporting your queue to CSV and saving queue data

Export any queue to a CSV file with the columns you choose, or save queues to your browser's local storage for later use.

Troubleshooting

Fix common issues with rate limits, filters, and Growbot behavior.

Instagram rate limits: 403, 400, and 429 errors explained

Instagram limits how many actions (follows, unfollows, likes) you can perform in a given time period. When you hit a limit, Growbot pauses automatically and waits.