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for people who use Instagram as a filing cabinet

you followed 43 tattoo artists. name one.

sheesh reads the export Meta hands you, and turns 10 years of follows into an archive you can search by meaning.

start€9, once. no subscription.

sheesh opens soon. start takes you to the 4 steps — there is no form here and nothing to sign up for.

a thick stack of printed contact sheets, hundreds of tiny photographs, one yellow note on top

10 years of references. all of it kept. none of it findable.

the archive is real. it is just unreadable.

you followed 1,240 accounts on purpose. a ceramicist here, a tattoo artist there, kept for the day you would need them.

then the day arrives. Instagram search only matches letters in a handle, and the saved folder is an undated scroll.

so you scroll for 40 minutes, find nobody, and end up in explore — strangers, instead of the people you already vetted.

the other option is starting over by hand in Pinterest, Are.na or Notion. 10 years, re-collected. no thanks.

one question. names back.

sheesh works out who each handle actually is — what they make, where they are, when you followed them. then you can ask.

example archive1,240 accounts3,102 savesexport of 14 Feb 2026

you type

tattoo artists

43 accounts

you already follow every one of them

  • @lnk.by.mrnfine-line tattoo · portofollowed since 2019
  • @sable.noir.inkblackwork tattoo · brusselsfollowed since 2017
  • @aiguille.mtlhand-poked tattoo · montréalfollowed since 2021
  • @needle.and.rusttraditional tattoo · lisbonfollowed since 2016
  • @tvr.studio.tattgeometric tattoo · berlinfollowed since 2020
  • @pale.hand.cosingle-needle tattoo · londonfollowed since 2018

37 more matches below · 8 unknown, said out loud, never guessed

and the other 1,197 accounts, labelled too

  • @grain.and.clay
  • @studio.ceram.lx
  • @ph.marta.rs
  • @atelier.demi.jour
  • @setbuild.daily
  • @fournier.papier
  • @risoprint.club
  • @casa.verde.arq
  • @sombra.textiles
  • @objet.trouvé.pt
  • @bleu.de.four
  • @lucas.shoots.film
  • @terre.et.email
  • @atelier.mirador
  • @wool.and.warp
  • @nordkap.design
  • @vitrine.ambulante
  • @hardstone.masonry
  • @sable.et.chaux
  • @studio.bruit
  • @la.fonderie.ceram
  • @marbre.recyclé
  • @ink.on.linen
  • @fenêtre.ouverte
  • @tables.et.bancs
  • @atlas.of.rooms
  • @drapé.studio
  • @ombre.portée
  • @paper.weight.co
  • @studio.demi.ton
  • @fer.blanc.atelier
  • @salt.glaze.daily
  • @cast.iron.notes
  • @rue.des.plantes
  • @lampe.à.souder
  • @zinc.et.verre
  • @formes.simples
  • @herbier.lisboa
  • @bois.brut.mtl
  • @studio.longue.vue
  • @archive.des.murs
  • @sténopé.club
  • @laine.brute
  • @four.à.bois.ceram
  • @plein.jour.studio
  • @mur.porteur
  • @atelier.sans.nom
  • @grès.et.cendre
  • + 1,149 more

example archive. the handles here are made up; yours will not be.

4 steps. 2 of them are Meta's.

this is the whole recipe, stated before you start. the export takes a moment to arrive and that wait is not ours to hide.

  1. 1

    request your export

    Instagram → settings → your activity → download your information. pick JSON, all time, and only followers and following + saved.

    2 minutes on your phone

  2. 2

    wait for Meta

    the file lands in minutes, sometimes in 48 hours. sheesh emails you the drop link and holds your place.

    0 minutes of your time

  3. 3

    drop the ZIP

    one drop zone, no account, no password. sheesh reads 2 files, ignores the rest, and prints the count.

    20 seconds

  4. 4

    ask in your own words

    type “tatoueurs à lisbonne”, or “céramistes”, or “the accounts i followed in 2019”. names come back labelled and dated.

    40 seconds

€9

one time, for one archive

  • every account and save scanned
  • unlimited search
  • future exports re-imported, free
  • no subscription, no tiers

the free scan reads the first 100 accounts of your export. you see your own archive working before you pay.

questions, answered plainly

does sheesh need my Instagram password?
no. sheesh never logs in and never touches Instagram's servers. it reads a file you download from Meta yourself.
what does the €9 cover?
one payment for one archive: every account and save scanned, unlimited search, and future exports re-imported for free. there is no subscription.
can I delete everything?
yes. one screen, type delete, and the export, the accounts, the saves, the labels and your email address are removed permanently.
what happens to accounts sheesh cannot identify?
they are labelled unknown and counted on the archive screen. an honest gap beats a confident wrong label.

you already did the collecting.

startsheesh opens soon. the 4 steps above are the whole recipe, and the export you request today keeps working.