diff --git a/extensions/instagram/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtonsPatch.java b/extensions/instagram/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtonsPatch.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dd99e204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/instagram/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtonsPatch.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package app.revanced.extension.instagram.hide.navigation;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class HideNavigationButtonsPatch {
+
+    /**
+     * Injection point.
+     * @param navigationButtonsList the list of navigation buttons, as an (obfuscated) Enum type
+     * @param buttonNameToRemove the name of the button we want to remove
+     * @param enumNameField the field in the nav button enum class which contains the name of the button
+     * @return the patched list of navigation buttons
+     */
+    public static List<Object> removeNavigationButtonByName(
+            List<Object> navigationButtonsList,
+            String buttonNameToRemove,
+            String enumNameField
+    )
+            throws IllegalAccessException, NoSuchFieldException {
+        for (Object button : navigationButtonsList) {
+            Field f = button.getClass().getDeclaredField(enumNameField);
+            String currentButtonEnumName = (String) f.get(button);
+
+            if (buttonNameToRemove.equals(currentButtonEnumName)) {
+                navigationButtonsList.remove(button);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return navigationButtonsList;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/Fingerprints.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/Fingerprints.kt
index 07933f70f..efbdaf597 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/Fingerprints.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/Fingerprints.kt
@@ -2,28 +2,22 @@
 package app.revanced.patches.instagram.hide.navigation
 
 import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint
-import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.Opcode
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.BytecodePatchContext
 
-internal val tabCreateButtonsLoopStartFingerprint = fingerprint {
-    returns("V")
-    strings("InstagramMainActivity.createTabButtons")
-    opcodes(
-        //Loop Start
-        Opcode.IF_GE, // Check if index is finished (index, size)
-        //Injection
-        Opcode.INVOKE_INTERFACE,
-        Opcode.MOVE_RESULT_OBJECT
-    )
+internal val initializeNavigationButtonsListFingerprint = fingerprint {
+    strings("Nav3")
+    parameters("Lcom/instagram/common/session/UserSession;", "Z")
+    returns("Ljava/util/List;")
 }
 
-internal val tabCreateButtonsLoopEndFingerprint = fingerprint {
-    returns("V")
-    strings("InstagramMainActivity.createTabButtons")
-    opcodes(
-        Opcode.IPUT_OBJECT,
-        // Injection Jump
-        Opcode.ADD_INT_LIT8, //Increase Index
-        Opcode.GOTO // Jump to loopStart
-        // LoopEnd
-        )
+private val navigationButtonsEnumClassDef = fingerprint {
+    strings("FEED", "fragment_feed", "SEARCH", "fragment_search")
+}
+
+context(BytecodePatchContext)
+internal val navigationButtonsEnumInitFingerprint get() = fingerprint {
+    custom { method, classDef ->
+        method.name == "<init>"
+                && classDef == navigationButtonsEnumClassDef.classDef
+    }
 }
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtons.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtons.kt
index cac9c35c3..4ada34d27 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtons.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtons.kt
@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
 package app.revanced.patches.instagram.hide.navigation
 
-import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.addInstructionsWithLabels
 import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.getInstruction
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.booleanOption
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.bytecodePatch
-import app.revanced.patcher.util.smali.ExternalLabel
+import app.revanced.util.addInstructionsAtControlFlowLabel
 import app.revanced.util.findFreeRegister
+import app.revanced.util.getReference
+import app.revanced.util.indexOfFirstInstructionOrThrow
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.Opcode
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.OneRegisterInstruction
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.TwoRegisterInstruction
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.reference.FieldReference
 import java.util.logging.Logger
 
+private const val EXTENSION_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR =
+    "Lapp/revanced/extension/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtonsPatch;"
+
 @Suppress("unused")
 val hideNavigationButtonsPatch = bytecodePatch(
     name = "Hide navigation buttons",
     description = "Hides navigation bar buttons, such as the Reels and Create button.",
     use = false
 ) {
-    compatibleWith("com.instagram.android"("397.1.0.52.81"))
+    compatibleWith("com.instagram.android")
 
     val hideReels by booleanOption(
         key = "hideReels",
@@ -38,43 +45,44 @@ val hideNavigationButtonsPatch = bytecodePatch(
             )
         }
 
-        tabCreateButtonsLoopStartFingerprint.method.apply {
-                // Check the current loop index, and skip over adding the
-                // navigation button view if the index matches a given button.
+        val enumNameField: String
 
-                val startIndex = tabCreateButtonsLoopStartFingerprint.patternMatch!!.startIndex
-                val endIndex = tabCreateButtonsLoopEndFingerprint.patternMatch!!.endIndex
-                val insertIndex = startIndex + 1
-                val loopIndexRegister = getInstruction<TwoRegisterInstruction>(startIndex).registerA
-                val freeRegister = findFreeRegister(insertIndex, loopIndexRegister)
-                val instruction = getInstruction(endIndex - 1)
-
-                val instructions = buildString {
-                    if (hideCreate!!) {
-                        appendLine(
-                            """
-                                const v$freeRegister, 0x2
-                                if-eq v$freeRegister, v$loopIndexRegister, :skipAddView
-                            """
-                        )
-                    }
-
-                    if (hideReels!!) {
-                        appendLine(
-                            """
-                                const v$freeRegister, 0x3
-                                if-eq v$freeRegister, v$loopIndexRegister, :skipAddView
-                            """
-                        )
-                    }
-                }
-
-                addInstructionsWithLabels(
-                    insertIndex,
-                    instructions,
-                    ExternalLabel("skipAddView", instruction)
-                )
+        // Get the field name which contains the name of the enum for the navigation button ("fragment_clips", "fragment_share", ...)
+        with(navigationButtonsEnumInitFingerprint.method) {
+            enumNameField = indexOfFirstInstructionOrThrow {
+                opcode == Opcode.IPUT_OBJECT &&
+                        (this as TwoRegisterInstruction).registerA == 2 // The p2 register
+            }.let {
+                getInstruction(it).getReference<FieldReference>()!!.name
             }
         }
-    }
 
+        initializeNavigationButtonsListFingerprint.method.apply {
+            val returnIndex = indexOfFirstInstructionOrThrow(Opcode.RETURN_OBJECT)
+            val buttonsListRegister = getInstruction<OneRegisterInstruction>(returnIndex).registerA
+            val freeRegister = findFreeRegister(returnIndex)
+            val freeRegister2 = findFreeRegister(returnIndex, freeRegister)
+
+            fun instructionsRemoveButtonByName(buttonEnumName: String): String {
+                return """
+                    const-string v$freeRegister, "$buttonEnumName"
+                    const-string v$freeRegister2, "$enumNameField"
+                    invoke-static { v$buttonsListRegister, v$freeRegister, v$freeRegister2 }, $EXTENSION_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR->removeNavigationButtonByName(Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/util/List;
+                    move-result-object v$buttonsListRegister
+                    """
+            }
+
+            if (hideReels!!)
+                addInstructionsAtControlFlowLabel(
+                    returnIndex,
+                    instructionsRemoveButtonByName("fragment_clips")
+                )
+
+            if (hideCreate!!)
+                addInstructionsAtControlFlowLabel(
+                    returnIndex,
+                    instructionsRemoveButtonByName("fragment_share")
+                )
+        }
+    }
+}