Step by step

How to Download from Instagram

The same three steps work for every content type. The only thing that changes is which tool you paste the link into.

1. 1

   Open the post and tap Share

   In the Instagram app, open the Reel, post or profile you want, tap the paper plane share icon (or the ... menu on a profile) and choose Copy Link. On desktop, right click the post and choose Copy Link, or copy it straight from the address bar.

2. 2

   Paste it into the matching tool

   Use the tool built for that content type. A Reel link goes into the Reel Downloader, a profile link into the Profile Picture Downloader, a username into the Story Viewer. Pasting into the wrong tool usually still works, since every tool resolves whatever the link actually holds, but the matching one labels the result most clearly.

3. 3

   Save the file Instagram serves

   Once it resolves you see the direct file, or one entry per slide for a carousel, at whatever resolution Instagram's own CDN holds. Nothing is re-encoded and nothing is upscaled.

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