Safari showing pop-up with Instagram searches

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Safari showing pop-up with Instagram searches

When I search for a user on Instagram (through my iPhone 7), as soon as I open that user's profile (on Instagram), I get a pop-up notification in Safari. Pls see left image below.

Then if I click on this icon/notification (on the left), that Instagram profile opens up in Safari.

Note: I'm not logged in to Instagram in Safari and I've checked Safari's notifications (Safari> Preferences> Websites> Notifications) and Instagram is not added in there.

How do I stop Safari from showing these notifications? Thanks!

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 8:47 PM

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Cåts

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Nov 1, 2018 7:47 AM in response to joerasta

It's a handoff notification. You must have at some point enabled handoff between your device/computer

See here: The first image in the link shows the notification.

macOS Sierra: Pick up where you left off with Handoff

Turn Handoff on or off

On your Mac: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click General, then select “Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices” (below “Recent items”). To turn it off, deselect the option.
On iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch: Go to Settings > General > Handoff, then tap to turn on Handoff. To turn it off, tap the option.
On Apple Watch: Open the Watch app on iPhone, go to My Watch > General, then tap to turn on Enable Handoff. To turn it off, tap the option.

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Oct 31, 2018 9:39 PM in response to joerasta

If this helps, I noticed that the same kind of notification is received every time I open my email in my iPhone:

My MacBook shows the icon above (on the left), which then takes to my email.

I realize now that this may not be specifically related to Safari, as Safari was closed when I noticed this.

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Cåts

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Oct 31, 2018 8:49 PM in response to joerasta

Here’s an article about safari notifications and how to manage them.

Customize website notifications in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

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joerasta Author

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Oct 31, 2018 9:15 PM in response to Cåts

Thank you for your response, however, it did not solve the problem. The pop-up notification still shows when I do any search on Instagram. I followed step by step of the article you sent.

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Oct 31, 2018 9:38 PM in response to joerasta

I'm also experiencing this issue.

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