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 to save a post. Grace Eliza Goodwin/InsiderTap 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 "Save to Collection" banner to save the post to a specific Collection, or to create a New Collection.
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.
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
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. Grace Eliza Goodwin/InsiderTap 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.
To save an Instagram video on your story and download it on your phone:
1. Open Instagram.
Go to your current story by tapping your profile bubble in the upper-left corner. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider2. 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.
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.
Select "Save" in the menu of options. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider4. In the pop-up menu, tap "Save.
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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.
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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Now almost every iPhone owner has an Instagram account. Even if you don’t like to post personal photos for everyone to see, you definitely love to spy on others.
I myself am, and there is not a single photo on my instagram, although I follow many of my friends, as well as some profiles that are just interesting to watch ... for example labuten_vsemy_golova .
Sometimes you come across such interesting posts that you want to keep them as a keepsake or share them with friends. Unfortunately, there is simply no built-in function for saving content from Instagram to the media library, which is why I will tell you today how you can save photos and videos from Instagram on iPhone .
Instagram content is presented in the form of photos and videos. Come on! What didn't you know? That's why I decided to split this article into two parts... The first is about the photo, the second is about the video.
Instagram static images can be saved in at least two ways. The first way is to take a screenshot of the screen with the photo displayed on it. Don't know how? Well then here's a step by step guide for you:
STEP 1 - Open Instagram and go to the photo page
STEP 2 - Press the Home and Power buttons at the same time (just press and release, no need to hold anything). The screenshot has been taken… the blinking screen and the sound effect of the camera shutter will tell you about it.
STEP 3 - Screenshot has been placed in Library on your iPhone.
STEP 4 - If you don't want to see Instagram frames around the photo, you can crop them in edit mode (see pictures below).
Unfortunately, this method is only suitable for saving photos. You can't save a video from Instagram to your iPhone this way. But there is a more advanced way, which I will talk about right now ...
So, here we come to the most interesting part of this article. Now you will learn how you can save photos or videos from Instagram to iPhone or iPad.
For this we will use the InstaGrab app from the AppStore.
In fact, there are more than a dozen such applications in the AppStore, and they all have consonant names like InstaSave, InstaDown, Repost for Instagram or InstaGrab. All applications have similar functionality, and differ in the amount of stuffed with ads.
The InstaGrab app (by Jinxin He) has minimal ads and works quite well. Therefore, I recommend him. Next, we will do everything step by step…
STEP 1 – Download and install Instagrab (AppStore link) on your iPhone
STEP 2 – Go to Instagram and select a video or photo to save to iPhone
STEP 3 – Next click on the ellipsis in the right corner above the video / photo and select " Copy link " from the menu that opens.
STEP 4 - Next, launch the InstaGrab application.
STEP 5 - The application will immediately pick up the link you copied earlier and ask you if you can download this media file to your iPhone.
Click Download , after which the video / photo will be saved to the media library of your i-device.
Well, something like this… Nothing complicated at all. If you suddenly do not find the application that I used, look in the AppStore for a similar request. Applications for saving videos from Instagram are a dime a dozen ... Even if not all of them work perfectly, but they perform their function.
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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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since it is not possible for the official application for the official application for the official application . 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.
