Earlier on, if you wanted to hide the likes count on your IG posts, you needed to do it before uploading the post. But with the latest update, you can turn off the likes count even if you posted the photos several years back.
Here's how you can turn off the like counts on your Instagram post in three simple steps.
Step 1: Open Instagram, and go to the post whose likes you want to turn off.
Step 2: Click on the three dots in the post's top right corner.
Step 3: Click on "Hide like count."