Instagram Highlight Cover Maker

Make a matching set of Instagram highlight covers from line icons, letters or emoji on one color, gradient or photo, and see them in the highlight circles before you download. Use it to give a new page, like an AI persona or faceless page, a tidy profile from day one.

Free · No signup · Runs in your browser

Cover 1 of 5

Highlight name Shown under the circle here and used for the file name. You type the real name in Instagram.

Colors for the whole set

Background

Background Icon and text

Icon size Line weight

Extras

Your highlights

Full cover · 1080 × 1920

Each file is a 1080 × 1920 PNG, the size of a Story. The dashed circle shows the middle area that stays visible in the highlight circle, even when you zoom in a little while setting the cover.

How to use the Instagram Highlight Cover Maker

Pick a cover in the row of circles. Choose its icon or type its letters, and give it a name.
Set the colors, a gradient or your own image once. Every cover in the set follows.
Download one cover or the whole set as 1080 × 1920 PNGs. Set each one as a highlight cover in Instagram.

Highlight cover size

What	Size
Cover image	1080 × 1920 px, 9:16, the size of a Story
What the circle shows	The middle of the image
Keep the icon inside	About 720 × 720 px in the center
Formats	PNG or JPG

The circle on your profile is small. One bold icon, or two or three letters, reads better than a photo or a word. The dashed guide in the preview marks the middle area that stays visible if you zoom in a little while you set the cover.

How to add a cover without posting it

Save the covers to your phone.
On your profile, press and hold a highlight, then tap Edit highlight.
Tap Edit cover, then the photo icon to pick the cover from your phone instead of a Story.
Move and zoom it so the icon sits in the middle of the circle, then tap Done.

The cover never shows up as a Story, so nobody sees it posted. A new highlight still needs at least one Story in it. The cover only changes how it looks.

Highlights to start a page with

Shop or Links: what you sell or recommend, so people who arrive from a post find it.
Guide or Free: the freebie you send by DM, for people who missed the post.
Routine or Day: the recurring series your page is known for.
FAQ: the questions you get in comments, answered once.
About: who the page is and what it posts. An AI persona page can say plainly that the persona is AI.

Next, fill the page: find videos that already perform on Instagram and Facebook, and make your version with your AI persona. See 16 AI persona ideas →

Instagram Highlight Cover Maker questions

What size is an Instagram highlight cover?

1080 × 1920 pixels, the 9:16 size of a Story. Instagram shows the middle of it in the highlight circle, so keep the icon in the center.

How do I change a highlight cover without posting it to my Story?

Press and hold the highlight on your profile, tap Edit highlight, then Edit cover, and pick the image from your phone’s photos. It never shows as a Story.

Can I use my own photo as the background?

Yes. Pick Your image, drop a photo, and darken it until the icon stands out. The whole set uses the same photo.

Can I use these icons commercially?

Yes. The icons come from Lucide, which is open source under the ISC License. The covers you make are yours to use.

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