There are many ways to create videos on Instagram — as a normal video post, on your story, or in reels. But if you want to save an Instagram video and download it on your phone, there are a few ways to do it.
Instagram makes it easy to save and download videos from your story. However, if you've created a video post, there's no longer an option in the three-dot menu to save it directly to your camera roll. Instead, you can save it to your Instagram Collections, record your screen to capture it, or download it with a third-party app.
Here's how to save and download any Instagram video on your iPhone or Android phone.
How to save Instagram videos to CollectionsYou can save Instagram video posts and reels within the app in your Collections.
Save Instagram video posts
Tap the flag icon in the bottom-right corner of the video you want to save. This will save the video post to a default Collections folder.
Tap the flag icon to save a post. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider If you want to categorize your saved posts, you can tap the "Save to Collection" banner that appears above the flag icon, and in the pop-up, tap the plus "+" sign icon to create a New Collection.
Tap the "Save to Collection" banner to save the post to a specific Collection, or to create a New Collection. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider
To get to your saved Collections, go to your profile page, tap the icon of three horizontal lines in the upper-right corner, and select "Saved" next to the flag icon. Here you can see all posts you've ever saved.
Save Instagram video reels
Tap the flag icon at the bottom of the reel. You can also tap the three-dot icon at the bottom and select "Save" in the pop-up. This will save the reel to your default Collections folder.
At the bottom of a reel, you can tap the flag icon, or tap the three-dot icon and select "Save" in the pop-up menu.
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To save an Instagram video on your story and download it on your phone:
1. Open Instagram.
2. If you currently have a story posted to your profile, you can save that story to your camera roll. Tap the "Stories" bubble in the top-left corner of the screen to take you to your current story.
Go to your current story by tapping your profile bubble in the upper-left corner. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider 3.
When you see the video or photo from your story you want to save, tap the three-dot icon in the bottom-right corner.
Tap the "More" icon in the corner. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider 4. In the pop-up menu, tap "Save."
Select "Save" in the menu of options. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider 5.
Then select "Save Video" (or "Save Photo") to save only that video or photo, or select "Save Story" to save the entire story as a single video.
Choose how you want to save. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider
After completing the process, you should get a quick confirmation that your video has been saved to your device's camera roll.
You can also adjust your Instagram settings so your stories are always automatically downloaded to your camera roll or saved to your Instagram archive.
If you want to keep your stories preserved on Instagram, you can also save them as Highlights on your profile.
How to download Instagram videos using third-party appsWhether you want to save and download an Instagram video post, story, or reel, you can easily do so with the help of a third-party app.
Download Instagram videos on Android
1. Get the app Video Downloader for Instagram from the Google Play Store.
2. Go into the Instagram app. On the video post you want to save, tap the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner.
3. In the pop-up, click "Copy Link." Then, go into the Video Downloader for Instagram app and paste the link to begin the download.
Download Instagram videos on iPhone
1. Get the app Blaze: Browser & File Manager from the Apple App Store.
2. Open the Instagram app on your iPhone. On the video post you want to save, tap the three-dot icon and select "Copy Link" in the pop-up menu.
3. Paste the link into the Blaze app, select download, and choose the option to save the video to your camera roll.
How to save Instagram videos by screen recordingYou can also record your phone screen on iPhone or Android to save an Instagram video.
If you have an iPhone, you can record your screen from the Control Center. If you have an Android 11, you can record your screen by accessing the Quick Settings list.
If you have an Android that predates Android 11, screen recording is only possible through a third-party app, such as AZ Screen Recorder.
Important: If you download an Instagram video and share it later, make sure you give the original account proper credit. It's poor practice and potential copyright infringement if you steal someone else's video and pretend it's your own.
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Ever since Instagram opened the floodgates to media beyond still images, the platform has become a prime location for watching videos. From insightful tutorials to funny moments captured on camera, there’s a plethora of content for you to discover. But what if you love a video so much that you want to save it and rewatch it? Luckily, there are a variety of ways on how to download Instagram videos, both within the app and on your iPhone.
In this guide, we’ll go over everything you need to know on how to download video from Instagram.
Now, before you get too excited and have a free-for-all downloading videos from Instagram, you should really make sure you have enough free space. Videos are typically big files. So, the more you want to download, the more space you’ll need on your iPhone.
The good news is, most of the storage on your iPhone is taken up by the photos and videos you already have. And thankfully, there’s an app that can help you clean up the photos and videos you don’t really need: Gemini Photos.
Once you download Gemini Photos from the App Store, it will scan your phone for duplicate, similar-looking, and even blurry pictures. Then, it will help you quickly get rid of them. Here’s how to use the app:
Now, you can tap Similar > Your Library at the top to go through the other categories and keep decluttering your phone.
You should remember that Gemini Photos only moves your pictures to the Recently Deleted album in the Photos app. Which means they’re still taking up space on your phone for the next 30 days.
So, if you want to remove them immediately, just open the Photos app and tap Albums > Recently Deleted > Select > Delete All.
Maybe you love a video so much you want to show it to a friend — or maybe you just don’t have time to sit through the whole thing right now. You’ll be pleased to learn that saving an Instagram video for later is easy thanks to the app’s Collections feature.
Instagram Collections is an in-app feature that allows users to bookmark content like posts and IGTV videos from other users to view later. You can even organize your saves into Collections folders to make them easier to find.
While it is possible to save your own posts in Collections, this feature is primarily meant for saving content from other accounts. You can only save content from public accounts or private accounts that have accepted your follow request.
Here’s how to save an Instagram video post into your Collection:
Following those steps will save content to your Collections. Here’s how to find it once you’re ready to view it again:
From there, you’ll see all the content you’ve saved. If you wish to create a new folder within your Collection, simply press the + icon at the top-right of the screen.
While you can save your videos to Collections, you can also save them via your Archive.
The Archive is an in-app feature that allows users to remove posts from their profile and save them to a private folder that only they can see.
It’s also a place to store Stories after they’ve exceeded the 24-hour lifespan on your profile and Stories feed.
Luckily, you don’t have to save these manually; you just have to make sure the Save Story to Archive feature is turned on. Here’s how to do that:
From there, your videos, photos, and posts will all be automatically saved to your Archive.
If you don’t want to store your favorite content in the app, you can use one of the following methods to download Instagram videos directly to your device instead.
While many users shoot their content with their device’s default camera app, others use Instagram’s in-app camera, especially when creating Stories.
If you want to make sure those videos are saved to your iPhone, follow the instructions below:
After you turn this feature on, all videos and photos you take with the Instagram feed camera will automatically be saved to your iPhone’s camera roll.
The feature mentioned above will only save content from Instagram’s feed camera. To save videos taken with the Stories camera, you have to turn on a separate setting.
Here’s how to do that:
Following those instructions will download all your Story videos automatically. But if you only want to download one current Story, here’s how:
Doing this will add the video to your Camera Roll.
At the time of this writing, there is no way to download someone else’s Instagram video to your iPhone within the Instagram app. However, there’s an easy way to work around that issue: iPhone screen recording.
Before we dive into how to record a video posted on another account, it’s important to note that saving and reposting someone else’s content without their consent is a violation of copyright law. If you want to make sure you’re protected, get the original user’s written permission first.
Now that we’ve covered the legality around this option, here’s how to record (and save) someone else’s Instagram video:
Now, you might want to trim the beginning and the end of your recording or crop out the top and bottom where the Story controls were. Here’s how to do that:
From there, your newly saved video will be stored in your Camera Roll.
Unfortunately, this feature is only available for those with iOS 11 or later, or an iPadOS. However, there are third-party apps that can help you download an Instagram video if your iPhone doesn’t support screen recording.
There are multiple third-party apps and tools you can use to copy and download Instagram videos. But for the purpose of this guide, we’ll show you how to save a video using the free app Instake.
Here’s how to use it:
After you follow these steps, the video will be saved in your Camera Roll.
With videos becoming more and more prominent on Instagram, the ability to save content is a useful feature to keep in your back pocket. Luckily, Instagram and other third-party tools make this easier than ever.
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Instagram has entered our lives so closely that it's hard to imagine at least one day without scrolling through the updated feed. Funny and informative videos and photos, useful posts and short master classes - all this is available on Instagram to everyone.
If you liked the video and want to download it to your phone or computer, then this is quite problematic: Instagram does not provide such a function. However, there are still ways to quickly and efficiently save the video you like, which we will discuss in the article.
Downloading your favorite videos to your phone will become possible with our guide: we will tell you how to save videos from Instagram on iPhone and Android and make this process as understandable and accessible to everyone as possible.
A non-standard method that often saves in situations where it is urgent to save the video. In IOS-based phones, this function is available in standard tools, all that remains is to click on the record button, open the video and play it in full, and then turn off screen recording and edit the video by cutting off unnecessary parts.
For Android smartphones, please download the screen recorder first. The most popular of them:
Of the variety of applications for downloading videos on IOS, one works relatively stably - Rapid Save Reposter for Instagram. This is most likely due to the policy of the App Store, which blocks such applications and removes them from the store. The software allows you to save videos to your phone's memory, as well as repost entries on your page.
If you want to save a video from Instagram to iPhone, the application will allow you to do it as quickly as possible by offering the ability to save several videos at once.
More applications with different interface and operation scheme are available for Android smartphones:
FastSave for Instagram
More than 11 million downloads and absolute popularity among Android users. The application has a clear interface, and the tasks of the program include not only downloading videos, but also reposting the recording you like.
QuickSave for Instagram
The mechanism of this software is a little more complicated, but the application works stably and continues to be popular among Android lovers. To save a video, follow a few simple steps:
Save & Repost for Instagram
The software has a paid and free version, allows you to download several videos at once and, if desired, save them to the cloud, which is great for those who do not want to overload their phone's memory.
With the development of Telegram, there is another way to save videos - using the instasave_bot bot. You just send him a link to the video, and in return you get a video that you just have to download to your phone. Today, this is the easiest and fastest way to save videos from Instagram to iPhone and Android.
We figured out how to save an Instagram video to a phone, but there are situations when you need to download a video to a personal computer. And even in this case, application developers have created the appropriate software.
For Google Chrome Download from Instagram. After installing the extension, a video download icon will be available above the video, by clicking on which you will successfully save the video to your computer.
For Mozilla Firefox "Download IG Video/Photo". After installing the extension, you will see it in the toolbar.
When you click on the download button, the software will redirect you to a separate page where a link to save the video from Instagram to your computer will be available.
Applications
Today there are many applications and services with which you can save videos from Instagram. We will consider the most reliable and effective options:
As a result, you will get high-quality video that will be stored in the memory of your PC.
The video is downloaded instantly, and you do not have problems with the loaded device memory.
Please note that in the considered options, the user does not have a choice in which format to save the video for Instagram, the software itself compresses the video to an accessible size.
For several years, Instagram users have been actively using additional ways to post content on the social network - Stories and live broadcasts.
As a rule, this is where the most interesting videos with a high refresh rate are posted. We will tell you how to save a video from history and live on Instagram, spending the minimum amount of time on this.
Remember about screen recording, which you can use to save history to your phone or computer.
Before you save a video from Instagram Stories, make sure that the page where the video is located is open to all users.
Chrome IG Stories is a free add-on for users of the popular browser. Install this software, log into your Instagram account and select the video you like from the list (you will be prompted to list all the stories in the given range).
Attention! To download the live broadcast, you will be prompted to download the video and audio files separately, later they can be edited in a special application.
A similar extension with a slightly modified scheme of work.
Here, a link to download the video is added to each individual post on the Instagram website.
We have already reviewed the application for Mozilla Firefox in our review of regular video downloaders. This extension will allow you to download stories and live broadcasts, working similarly to applications for Google Chrome and Yandex Browser.
InstaStory is a popular software available for iPhone users. Operation scheme:
Remember that in this way you can only save content from the open page, information from private profiles is not available for viewing and downloading.
In the social network Instagram, you can send two types of videos to Direct: disappearing posts and content from the device gallery.
In the first case, the user receives a video that can be viewed once (in some cases, the sender sets the replay option), after which the video is removed from the cache. This type of message cannot be saved to the phone and computer, and any attempts to take a screenshot of the recording will be accompanied by informing the sender about this action.
Another situation with videos sent from the gallery. Downloading them is very simple:
The video will appear in the gallery and you can enjoy the video even without an internet connection.
We have come to the most frequently asked question of users: "Is it possible to download a video from a private account." We answer immediately - no. And the reason for this is the reliable security policy of the Instagram service, which does not allow the distribution of personal information if the user chose to hide it.
All actions to save the video go through copying the link, which is available to a limited number of users.
The only option is to subscribe to an account and use the above methods to download videos. Many users create fake accounts with which they view other people's pages, but this method is not legal, which means it can harm the user's main page.
We warn you that a lot of malicious applications and services are spread on the Web that promise to quickly download videos from Instagram. Always carefully check the software that you download to your gadget, and do not install programs from unverified developers, even for the sake of curiosity, because the price for this is the complete failure of your device.
All options listed are current and available for 2018. Your task is to choose the most suitable method and apply it in practice. We advise you to keep track of application updates and install the latest versions on your smartphone. This will help speed up the video download process and fix any program crashes.
Use only proven methods and resort to legal methods in order not to be banned from the Instagram service.
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For all its many advantages, the official Instagram application does not allow account holders to save photos and videos from the pages of other users to the device's memory. However, this can still be done using several third-party services. In this short article, we will figure out how to save Instagram videos to iPhone.
If you do not want to read the article, then check out the video - it also explains everything in as much detail as possible.
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because the Social Network is not maintained for these users, more . You can find a lot of such utilities in the App Store - let's consider the most effective of them.
Inst Down is a specialized application that allows you to download any video from Instagram in a few steps. To use the utility, you need to perform the following sequence of actions:
As a result, the video will be saved to the gallery, you can freely view it. You don't have to pay for the app's services.
Another interesting utility is called InstaGrab - the principle of working with it is almost completely similar to the previous one:
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We advise you to find the most convenient utility for you, paying attention to the interface and speed. If you regularly download videos and photos from Instagram, then such a tool will be simply indispensable.
Screen capture during playback is an alternative method that can be used when only one single clip is to be saved. To record the screen on iPhone, you will have to download an additional utility. In addition, you need to take into account that the capture will only work on iOS 11 and higher. Let's take the free DU Recorder as an example.
The operating instructions are simple:
That's all - the video will be saved, editing will take just a couple of seconds.
You can do without additional recording software. The DropBox cloud service can come to the rescue, the free client of which can be downloaded from the App Store. The principle of operation is as simple as possible - copy the link to the desired post on Instagram (disassembled earlier) and paste it into the application through the "Save to DropBox" button.
