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How to download Instagram Videos, Stories, Reels, Photos, Highlights and IGTV

26 Nov 2022 News
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Saw a great video on Insta you want to save? Want to download your own Insta Photos and Videos?  Maybe you want to watch them even if you are not online!  Unfortunately, Instagram like other Social Media doesn't let its users save photos and videos but there are other ways for you to save them with sound and in high quality.
Scroll down below to see different ways to download or save Insta Videos, Photos, Stories, Reels, Highlights, and IGTV and find the perfect way for you.

How to download Instagram Videos 

There are different ways to download IG Image,Videos, Stories, Reels, Highlights, IGTV, and many different ways to save them for different devices.  But what are their differences? Well, Reels are short videos made by users and are similar to Tiktok. Stories are videos and pictures that users share with their own audience or followers and it disappears after 24 hours, while highlights are the stories users want to showcase and categorize this can be seen on their homepages. Lastly, IGTVs are longer videos and are mostly used to give information and post edited videos.

While there are many different methods there are some universal ways of saving them in high quality, like using online extensions or websites like Insta Stories. Just copy the link of the user and put it in their search bar and you will be taken to a new tab with their page, just simply click the  Videos, Photos, Stories, Reels, Highlights, or IGTV you want to save and click download.

How to Download Instagram Videos on PC

You saw a video on IG that you like, and we all know that IG content is fast-moving and it might just disappear if you want to watch it again you need to save it. Here are 2 ways to download Instagram videos on a PC:

Screen record

Screen recording is the simplest way to save or download Instagram videos on a PC but unlike your phone, your PC doesn't have a built-in screen recorder for videos. This is where third-party apps come in handy, apps like  EaseUS RecExperts. It's a free app that lets the user screen record the whole window or a part of it, it's easy to use and you can record from so many websites as well.
Just download it, and hit record you can also visit their website for a step-by-step guide.

Development Tools

  • Log in to your Instagram using Chrome or any Web Browser
  • Right-click on the IG video you want to save and click “Inspect Element”
  • Click “Ctrl-F” and type in “MP4”  this will then take you to a series of code
  • You will then find and copy the link next to “src” 
  • Paste this to a new tab, and the video will start playing
  • You can now right-click and click “save video as”
  • Your video will start downloading.

How to Download Instagram Videos on iPhone

Screen record

You can download Instagram videos or save them in your camera roll by screen recording them, to do it follow the steps below: 

  • Go to your settings and go to the control center
  • Scroll down and find “Screen Recording” then add it to your control center

Now you can save the IG video in your camera roll.

  • Open insta and go to the video you want to save
  • Swipe down to see your control center
  • Click the Screen Record and you'll see a tiny red dot. This is what you click to start recording.
  • Click it to start recording and you will see it move to the upper left
  • Click the button again to stop the recording, and your video is now saved in your camera roll with sound.

Safari

Another way to save or download Instagram videos on your iPhone is by going into safari and using websites:

  • Go to your insta and copy the link of the video you want to save 
  • Open your safari and go to Instastories.watch, you can also click this link.
  • Paste the link and click download
  • Your download will start and the IG video will be saved in your camera roll in high quality.
     

App

Having an app on your phone will guarantee high-quality Insta videos with sound for you to save in your camera roll, one of those apps is InsSaver. A free and simple app for downloading Instagram videos.

Just copy the link of the video, paste it into the app, and click download! Another great thing is that it's now limited to videos, you can save photos, and even captions and hashtags!

How to Download Instagram Videos on Android

Screen record

Screen Recording is the fastest and easiest way to save or download Instagram videos. Different android has many different interfaces but for most of them here is how you screen record:

  • Go to the video you want to record
  • Scroll down in the top left side of your phone and find the screen record button
  • Click it and you will see a red button, click it to start recording
  • Click it again to stop recording and your video is now saved in your camera roll

Just to note that in some android you cannot screen record with sound and private videos can just record black, but there is a workaround which is the other 2 options down below.

Cache

There has been some talk that Insta will Notify users when their stories get screen recorded, which can be super awkward. Instagram said that this isn't true if you are worried about this there are still many other ways to save or download Instagram videos. Like this method:

  • Watch the entire insta video, and watch it completely so it's complete when you save it.
  • Go to your file manager and go to Android>data>com.Instagram,android>cache>videos.
  • You will see the videos you watch with .extension
  • Click to watch the videos!

Just be mindful that they are cache, meaning deleting all cache will delete them too, if you want them to be more permanent use the method below.

App

There are many apps available to download Insta videos. Here is how to save a video from Instagram if you plan to save or download Instagram videos more than once:

  • Go to the play store and download InsSaver
  • Go to your Instagram and copy the link of the video you want to save
  • Open the app and then paste the link 
  • Click Download and your IG videos will start downloading 

There is another way to use this app to save multiple videos:

  • Copy the link of the user 
  • Paste it into the app InsSaver
  • You will now see the account of the person, you can click multiple videos and download them
  • Watch them be downloaded and saved in your gallery.

How to download Instagram Reels

The only way you can save or download IG reel is by using third-party websites like https://instastories.watch/en/reel_downloader.

  • Copy the link of the IG reel you want to save
  • Open the website and paste the link
  • Click to save or download the IG reel
     

How to download Instagram highlights

To save or download Instagram highlights, you need to go to third-party websites like StoriesIG.me or storysaver.
To save or download Instagram Highlights using StoriesIG.me, follow the steps below:

  • Copy the link of the user whose highlight you want to save or download
  • Go to StoriesIG.me and past the link
  • You will go to another tab with the user you want to download from
  • Click the item you want to save, and you will see a download button
  • Click the download button to save to gallery. 

If you want to use storysaver.net, follow the steps below: 

  • Go to storysaver.net
  • Enter the username of whose highlight you want to save and click 
  • Click the highlight you want to be saved
  • Click save as and save or download Instagram highlight in your PC or phone

How to download Instagram IGTV

To download Insta IGTV, you can go to websites like InstaStories.watch and inflact.com.
To save or download using InstaStories.watch:

  • Copy the link of the user or Copy the username
  • Go to InstaStories.watch and paste the username
  • You will go to another tab with the user you want to download from
  • Click the item you want to save, and you will see a download button
  • Watch your IGTV download

To save from inflact.com:

  • Go to Instagram and copy the link of the IGTV you want to save
  • Open your chrome or any web browser and go to inflact.com
  • Paste the link and hit download
  • Your IGTV video is now downloaded

How to download Instagram stories

Want to download IG story? Or maybe you saw your idol's story and you want to save it in your camera roll? Well, here is how you can save them!

  • Copy the link of the user of who you want to save or download stories from Instagram
  • Go to InstaStories.watch or StoriesIG.me and past the link
  • You will go to another tab with the user you want to download from
  • Click the item you want to save
  • The story will pop up with a download button
  • Click the download button and watch the story be saved.

How to download Instagram Photos, Pictures, Images, posts

There are different ways to save and download ig image for different platforms but there is a universal way to do it, here is how to download images from Instagram for every platform:

  • Copy the link of who you want to download Instagram photo
  • Open Chrome (or any web browser) and go to InstaStories.watch or StoriesIG.me
  • You will be in another tab where you can see the account you want to download Instagram photo
  • Click the item you want to save
  • The story will pop up with a download button
  • Click the download button and watch the story be saved.

How to Download Instagram Photos on PC

Screenshot

An easy way to save or download Instagram Photos, Pictures, Images, and posts on PC is to screenshot them.

  • Open chrome or any web browser and go to the photo you want to save
  • Click window-shift-s and drag the cursor on the photo you want to save
  • A window will pop up with the photo, you can click that window and click “save as”
  • You can now save it in your folder

development tools

If you want don't want to screenshot, there is another way to save or download Instagram Photos, Pictures, Images, and posts on PC:

  • Log in to your Instagram on chrome or your web browser
  • Right-click on the post you want to save and click the view page source
  • Click ctrl-f and type in .jpg
  • You will see a .jpg code, copy the URL 
  • Paste this on the new tab and paste the URL
  • The photo will load, you can now right-click this and choose “save as” and save it in your photos. 

How to Download Instagram Photos on iPhone

Screenshot

To screenshot and save or download Instagram Photos, Pictures, Images, and posts on PC is easy!

  • Go to Instagram and the post you want to be saved in your camera roll
  • Press the home and volume up buttons you will hear a click
  • The post is now saved in your camera roll

Safari

If you want to save or download instagram post with just the post you can do so by going to third-party websites like InstaStories.watch and StoriesIG.me.

  • Go to Insta and click the three dots above the post
  • Copy the link of the post you want to save
  • Open Chrome (or any web browser) and go to InstaStories.watch or StoriesIG.me
  • You will be transported to another tab where you can see the account you want to download your Instagram photo
  • Click the item you want to save
  • The story will pop up with a download button
  • Click the button and the post or photo will now be saved

How to Download Instagram Photos on Android

Screenshot

Taking a screenshot in an android is a bit different, due to many brands there are many ways to screenshots and download Instagram post, here are some of them:

  • Clicking the home and volume down buttons at the same time (this is the universal way of doing it)
  • Some phones have gestures to take a screenshot like swiping three fingers down on the screen, lightly touching the fingerprint sensor twice and many others.
  • Androids also have a quick setting that has a screenshot button, just swipe down and locate the screenshot button. 

App

If you want to download Instagram post with high quality, you can download some app that will help you like Repost for IG, Its  free and easy to use just follow the steps below:

  • Go to you Instagram and the post you want to save
  • Click on share and scroll and find Repost For IG
  • Click on the Icon, and go to the app to see and save your photo in your camera roll

Conclusion

There are many reasons why you would like to download IG posts, videos, reels, stories, and IGTV. If you want to repost them or maybe have them as keepsakes or memories. Even though you can save to archive a post on IG, sometimes it's not enough and you want it in your camera roll.

With all the available options above, which one will you choose to save Instagram photos, posts, Insta videos, IG  reels, IG  stories, and IGTV.? 




 

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