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How to Save and Download Instagram Videos

  • You can save Instagram videos posted to your story and download them to your iPhone or Android. 
  • You can also save any Instagram video post or reel to Collections. 
  • It's possible to download Instagram videos with a third-party app or record your screen to save them. 

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 Collections

You 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/Insider

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 "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/Insider

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. 

How to save Instagram videos posted to your story 

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/Insider

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.

Tap the "More" icon in the 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.

Select "Save" in the menu of options. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

4. In the pop-up menu, tap "Save. "

Choose how you want to save. 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.

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 apps

Whether 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 recording

You 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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How to save videos from Instagram

Looking to learn how to save videos from Instagram and preserve those special memories. We walk you through how to quickly and easily do just that!

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Figuring out how to save videos from Instagram isn't as complicated as it first appears, as long as you have the right tools to hand. While the three-dot menu used to contain an option that let you save videos straight to your camera roll, changes to the platform in recent years have seen this disappear. Thankfully, Instagram still makes it pretty easy - well, kind of!

If you have the best iPhone or the best Android phone, Instagram is likely one of your favorite go-to apps. And for good reasons. This beautiful social media platform is all about living in the moment, allowing you to quickly and easily take a photo or video and share it with friends and family. Plus, you can also view the photos and videos that others have shared, many of which you may want to download and keep.

Finding and bookmarking videos so that you can return to them later is a piece of cake on Instagram, but the one issue with the app is that it offers no built-in option to download those videos you'd like to save for posterity. If you're wanting to do this, you're going to have to use a third-party app, which, funnily enough, is what you'll need to do if you're wanting to learn how to post to Instagram from PC. 

The good news is, there's plenty of those around, so if you're wanting to save videos from Instagram, you've come to the right place. Whether you're using it on the best computer or on your mobile or the best tablet, there are various options you can use to download Instagram videos. Here are some of the best...

Save Instagram videos to your PC

There are numerous websites that let you save videos from Instagram, and they all work in pretty much the same way. One of the easiest, sleekest and most reliable, however is DreDown .

To make use of the site, you'll first need to visit Instagram and load up the video you're interested in. Copy the URL from the address bar of your web browser, switch to the DreDown page, click the Instagram link at the top, and then paste the URL into the text bot on the DreDown page. Hit the DreDown button, wait while the video is analysed and then download it.

Other web-based services that work in a similar way include DownloadGram and Download Instagram Videos .

Save Instagram videos on an iPhone

The security restrictions in place with iOS mean that being able to save videos from Instagram is not quite as straightforward as on the desktop, but it's still not too tricky – all you need is the right app.

One option is Blaze: Browser & File Manager . Just copy the URL of an Instagram post from the Instagram app an then paste it into Blaze. Next, you need to tap the download button, and then select the option to 'Export video To Camera Roll'. Of course, you can also use any of the web based options mentioned above if you prefer.

Save Instagram videos on Android

For Android users, there are several options when it comes to how to save videos from Instagram, including using one of the web-based services mentioned about. There are, however, also apps that you can use to make things a little easier. One such option is Video Downloader for Instagram , a free app that does very much what its name suggests.

As the app is free, you'll have to put up with ads, but this is a minor distraction. Video Downloader for Instagram does an excellent job of explaining how to use it, but it's worth summarizing nonetheless.

Within the Instagram app, tap the three dot button to the upper right of a post you want to save the video from and select 'Copy link'. Switch to Video Downloader for Instagram and select the 'Paste' option. That's all there is to it.

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How to save a video from Instagram to your phone: detailed instructions

June 17th, 2019 Ekaterina Vasilyeva

Sometimes you really want to save interesting content from Instagram in order to review it without the Internet on your phone. If everything is easier with a photo - I took a regular screenshot and the picture was saved, then what to do with the video? What programs will help you download a useful or just funny video?

Via Telegram

You can download the video using the Telegram messenger (in this case, we don’t need a bot - we will use the built-in functionality of the program):

  1. On Instagram, open the post with the video, click on the three dots.

    Tap on the three dots at the top

  2. Select "Copy Link".

    Make a copy of the video link

  3. Now go to Telegram. Expand its menu, go to "Favorites" and go to the cloud.
  4. Paste the link to the publication you copied earlier into the message. Send her dialogue with you.
  5. Tap on the arrow icon in the top left corner of the video. The video will be downloaded to Telegram itself. After downloading, you can watch it in the messenger dialog.

    Download the video to the dialogue or immediately to the phone gallery

  6. To download it fully to the gallery, tap on the three dots in the upper right corner. Select "Save to Gallery" from the white menu. Wait a bit - the video should appear on your phone, that is, it will be saved in the smartphone's memory.

Through a third-party program (using InstaSave as an example)

There are several third-party programs that allow you to download videos and photos from Instagram: InstaSave, InstaDown, InstaSaver and others. We will consider the download procedure using InstaSave as an example (it is suitable for both Android and iPhone):

  1. Go to Play Market or App Store (depending on your OS), find InstaSave there and install the program in the standard way like any other application.
  2. Open the video you want to download on Instagram. Tap on the three dots at the top of the post. Select a copy of the post link.

    In the Instagram interface, copy the link

  3. Run InstaSave. Press the line in the center and select the "Insert" option. Click Preview.
  4. Click Save on the next page. The video will immediately load into your gallery.

    After pasting, click on the green button

Through the service site

There are special sites that are designed to download all kinds of content from Instagram. Consider one of them:

  1. Follow the link to the Instagram Downloader service in the smartphone browser.
  2. First, copy the link to the publication with the video in the Instagram application.
  3. Paste the link into the field. Click on the blue Download button below.

    You need to add a link to the video in the service line

  4. As a result, a video for downloading will appear - now click on the Download link. The browser will download the video to the default folder for downloads.

    Download a video using the clickable word Download

How to download stories from Instagram - read our other article.

If you have a Telegram messenger, use it to download a video from Instagram. Send yourself a link to the post with the video and save it straight from the chat to your gallery. You can also use a third-party InstaSave program, or simply go to a special site through a browser, paste a link to the video there and get another link to download the video.

  • Author: Ekaterina Vasilyeva