Instagram is a fantastic social media platform that we all love for sharing visual content, and discovering exciting visual content from others. Like all social platforms, however, Instagram content can be fleeting and fast-moving, so knowing how to download or save photos and posts is a really useful skill to learn.
Perhaps you want to save your own Instagram photos, either for safe keeping or to share them elsewhere. Maybe you want to download content other users have posted. Or you might want to save your old photos, change your Instagram username, and start fresh with an empty feed. Heck, maybe you're just tired of the app and want to save your memories before deleting your Instagram account altogether.
Whatever your reasoning for wanting to save Instagram photos may be, here's a helpful, step-by-step guide that will teach you how to save photos from the platform.
How to save Instagram photos you've created to your phoneInstagram makes it very easy for you to save photos that you've captured, filtered, and edited in the Instagram app to your phone's photo library.
Open the Instagram app, and head over to your profile by tapping the person-shaped icon or your profile photo shown at the bottom of your screen. (What you see will depend on which version of Instagram your phone has.)
Find your Instagram profile by clicking the person icon. Credit: instagram
Once you've navigated to your own profile page, tap the three horizontal lines menu icon at the top right of your screen.
Yep, click here next. Credit: instagram
Once the menu appears as a pop-up, select to go into "Settings," it's the first option at the top of the list. Next tap on the "Account" option, then finally hit up the "Original Photos" option which will show if you're using an iOS device. Android users will see the option for "Original Posts".
Click "original photos" within your Instagram profile. Credit: Instagram
The Instagram app now gives you the option to automatically save down your Instagram imagery. Hit the blue toggle to "Save Original Photos/Posts.
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Now that this option is turned on, every photo you post on Instagram will also be saved to your phone's photo library. How convenient!
How to save other users' Instagram photosIt's really easy to save an Instagram picture or video posted by anyone (as long as the user is public) to a private area of your Instagram app so that you can view them again at a time that suits you. It's worth noting as well that when you save a post from someone, whether they follow you or not, they will not be able to tell that you've saved it.
To save a post, tap the bookmark icon that appears below it. This will add the post to your generic "Saved" folder.
Create an Instagram collection to save all your favorite posts. Credit: instagram
Alternatively, if you want to save a post to a certain collection within your private saved area, tap and hold the bookmark icon. This brings up a pop-up of the Instagram collections you've already created.
It also gives you the option to create a new collection. This is done by tapping the "plus" symbol.
Curate collections of your favorite images. Credit: instagram
Now, to see the picture or video you've saved and the collections you've created, go to your profile by once again tapping on the person-shaped icon or profile photo at the bottom right of your screen. Then tap the "Saved" option that appears in the pop-up menu. This will show you all the saved content that you bookmarked.
Instagram collections are an underrated feature. Credit: instagram
As we've stated already, only you can see what you've saved, and the collections that you've created. As a reminder, other Instagram users will not know you have saved their content.
How to download Instagram photos using your desktop browserBecause of very valid copyright issues, Instagram does not let you download other users' photos, either on a regular desktop browser, or on an iOS or Android mobile device.
However, there is a slightly sneaky workaround that makes it possible to do it on a desktop browser. Do not use this for evil.
To download any image on Instagram open the image in a fresh browser tab. (Note: If you're trying to open without being logged into your own Instagram account, you'll need to right click on the image and select "Copy Link Address.") Now land near the image and right click your mouse or other input device. You will see a menu pop up. Select "View Page Source."
Going to an Instagram post's backend. Credit: screenshot / instagram
This will bring the page source code up in a separate browser tab. Scroll down through the code, or use your browser's "Find" tool, until you see the first .jpg link you come to.
A gorgeous backend. Credit: screenshot
Copy just the URL text that appears between the two speech, or quotation marks. Paste this URL into another fresh browser tab. Once the image has loaded you can right click to download it to your computer as you would a normal photograph on the internet.
This brief guide should mean you now know how to save your own Instagram imagery to your phone, as well as save Instagram content from your friends and other accounts you follow. Whether you're saving a recipe you want to make later, bookmarking an inspirational quote or helpful activism guide to keep on your phone for when you need it, creating Pinterest-style mood boards for a project, or simply saving a pretty picture, you've now got the knowledge to do it quickly and easily.
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This story was originally published in July 2020 and updated in August 2021.
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If you want to save a file/photo from Instagram to your own computer, there are a few ways to do it.
Take a look at the options for making that content last.
Instagram is a mecca of inspiration so it’s no surprise that you want to learn how to save Instagram photos on your PC or Mac.
But since Instagram does not allow users to save images directly to their computers (due to copyright regulation), you’ve probably found yourself taking a multi-step process to save your images.
Whether you’re a brand that needs to save UGC photos for reposting, or an Instagram user who loves keeping a folder of their favourite photos, here’s how to save Instagram photos on PC or Mac when double tapping or your saved photos folder just isn’t enough!
There are 4 different ways to save Instagram photos on PC or Mac.
If size or resolution isn’t an issue for you, the easiest way to save or capture an Instagram image to your PC or Mac is by taking a screenshot.
The most convenient way of taking a screenshot of your Instagram image on PC is using Windows’ Snipping Tool. Follow these steps to start screenshotting like a pro!
If you want to save Instagram photos at the highest resolution possible, saving via your browser’s Page Source is your best option.
Here’s how it’s done:
6. In the ‘View Source’ window pane, click CTRL + F (PC) or Command + F (Mac) and paste or type in “.jpg”
7. The first URL to appear is usually the image you’re want to save (highlighted below). But you may need to employ trial and error.
8. Copy and paste the URL into another tab/window to produce a window with the image.
9. Right-click on the image and save it to your PC or Mac.
When you need to save Instagram photos to repost them for your user-generated content (UGC) campaign, the most efficient way to do so is using Sked Social’s Regram Chrome extension.
Sked Social Regram allows Sked Social users.
Follow these steps to start levelling up your regram skills:
6. If you wish, you can hide hashtags in the First Comment box.
7. ‘Queue’, ‘Schedule’ or send your post to ‘Drafts’ automatically. Note: Before queuing your posts, be sure that your queue posts have been set up in Sked Social.
8. Click ‘Submit Post’
Besides this, you can also use the ‘Upload from Instagram URL’ option on Sked Social to regram images.
Plan & schedule your brand's Instagram posts, Stories, videos and more.
If you want to save your own Instagram photos to your PC or Mac, the process is simple and quick, but requires you to enable a feature within the Instagram app before posting.
Enabling this feature automatically saves every photo to your phone in a separate album named, ‘Instagram’.
If you want to learn how to save Instagram photos on PC or Mac, you’re not alone! From UGC campaigns to shoutouts or just plain-simple inspiration, the methods discussed above put you on the right track for success.
Sked Social, in particular, makes it easier to regram photos and credit them to save you precious time.
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The social network Instagram quickly gained popularity due to its simplicity. The user just needs to take a photo on a phone or tablet, process it using the tools built into the application and upload it to his account so that the whole world can enjoy it.
Many people use Instagram to view the profiles of stars, big stores or just interesting users. Sometimes you want to save an Instagram photo to your computer in order to add it to your collection, but you can’t do it in the standard way (by right-clicking on the photo and selecting the appropriate item).
The developers of the service in a similar way take care of the copyright of users on images. At the same time, bypassing this limitation is quite simple, and in this article we will consider several ways to do this. nine0003
Contents: 1. How to save photos from Instagram to a computer without third-party services and applications - Video instruction 2. Saving photos from Instagram on a computer using third-party services 3. Extensions and plugins for saving photos from Instagram
Installing additional applications and extensions on a computer, as well as using unfamiliar services on the Internet, is always dangerous, given the number of viruses and scammers. At the same time, most often such basic actions as saving information from a page can be done without third-party intervention, for example, saving a VKontakte audio recording.
nine0008 You can also save photos from Instagram to your computer through the page code, and for this you need to do the following:
The instructions above are for the Google Chrome browser, but similar actions can be done in any other browser by defining the button for viewing the HTML markup of the page.
Interesting fact: When you open a photo in a new window, you will notice that the favicon in the browser tab is the icon of the social network Facebook, not Instagram.
This is due to the fact that Facebook has completely bought Instagram, and it is on its servers that all user photos are located. nine0036
There are dozens of sites on the Internet that allow you to save a photo from the Instagram social network to your computer without any problems. Such services can be arranged in different ways:
nine0020 Above are not the only services for saving photos from Instagram. But it is important to remember that for such actions it is better to use trusted sites so as not to lose access to your social network account. If you do not need to bulk upload photos, you can use sites that download photos to your computer from the corresponding link from Instagram without authorization.
Many browsers support the installation of extensions that can be downloaded both from third-party sites and from official stores. You can find a lot of extensions for Instagram that allow you to process photos on your computer using your own tools, and then upload them to a social network. Most browser extensions used to work with Instagram, including the ability to save photos from the social network to your computer. nine0003
Please note: Install extensions that have a high user rating and perform well.
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Three easy ways. Remember one - and use it.
Saving a photo from Instagram to your computer may be necessary for both an SMM specialist, a journalist, and a business owner.
Come on, what is there, each of us at least once faced with the need to save a picture. nine0003
But "Save As..." won't help here. The creators of Instagram did not provide the ability to download the pictures you like on your PC. Therefore, I want to share with you three life hacks that make life much easier.
My favorite way. Having figured it out once, you will forget that you ever encountered such a problem.
Open the desired image on your computer. By right-clicking, select View Page Code. The html-code of the page will open in front of you in a new tab. Don't be scared 🙂
Call up the search bar by pressing Ctrl+F. Enter the text "jpg". You have found a picture.
You need the first result (there will be about 20 in total). Copy the link in its entirety, not including quotes. Paste the text into the address bar and a photo will open in front of you.
Now it remains only to save the picture in the usual way.
Right-click on the image, a context menu will appear, "Save image as ...". Voila, the photo is on your computer. nine0003
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You can save the video using the same algorithm, you just need to look for files with the mp4 extension.
There are many apps that you can use to save your Instagram photos. I came up with this.
Looks, to be honest, not very good. But the site is simple and unloaded. In the search field, paste the link to the photo you need. You can get it by finding a photo through a browser. Or by copying on the phone in the application itself. nine0003
Pasted - "Download!"
At this stage, you can copy the text of the post, which is useful. Next, click "download photo" and save it.
There is also such a site. You paste the link again and save the picture. For me, the minus is that there is no way to save the text of the post.
A small plus is that the service shows photos that someone is downloading right now. While you are waiting for your photo, have fun 🙂
Perhaps the longest and most inconvenient way, but there are situations when it saves. By logging into Instagram on your phone, you can take screenshots of the desired photos or use photo downloading applications, such as InstaSave. The download takes 2 minutes.
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You can also use this "workaround". Go to Instagram from your phone, copy the image link, paste it into Telegram (you can make a private chat where only you will be), the photo is automatically uploaded and you can save it to your device. nine0003
Readers suggested that they can be saved in the same way by making a post on Vkontakte.
The photo is on your phone, transfer it to your computer. At this stage, I cannot give advice on how to do this, since the mechanics for IOS and Android, Windows and MAC are different.
