How to download your instagram data
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- You can download your data on Instagram by accessing the app's security settings, and requesting the data from Instagram.
- Downloading your Instagram data allows you to export photos, videos, archived stories, comments, messages and more.
- You can download your data from either the Instagram app or the website.
- This story is part of Business Insider's Guide to Instagram.
If you are thinking of leaving Instagram for good, downloading your data is a smart move.
The data download tool not only gives you a copy of all the videos, photos, and stories you've archived, but also messages, profile information, and comments. If anything, the feature allows you to have a backup of everything you've uploaded to the platform.
Luckily, it's an easy process that's not hard to figure out. Here's how to download your data through the Instagram app for your iPhone and Android devices, or through any internet browser on your Mac and PC.
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2. In the upper-right hand corner of your profile page, tap the three horizontally stacked lines. Then, tap "Settings."
Open your settings menu. Meira Gebel/Business Insider3. Select "Security."
4. Under "Data and History," tap "Download Data.
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5. Enter your email address and then select "Request Download."
6. Enter your password and then tap "Next."
You'll receive an email with the data within 48 hours.
It could take up to two days to receive your data. Meira Gebel/Business Insider How to download Instagram data through the website1.
Visit the Instagram website and log in if you haven't already.
2. Click the profile icon in the upper-right hand corner of the screen, and then click "Settings."
Go straight to your account's settings menu. William Antonelli/Business Insider3. Click "Privacy and Security" in the left sidebar.
"Privacy and Security" is one of the last options. William Antonelli/Business Insider4.
Scroll down to find "Data Download." Then, click "Request Download."
5. Enter your email address and enter your Instagram password, then click "Request Download."
You'll receive an email with the data within 48 hours.
How to view your Instagram dataIf you don't think it's necessary to request a copy of your data, but still want to view it, you can do that as well. You can review everything Instagram tracks from the date you joined the platform to your ads interests.
1. Open the Instagram app.
2. Go to your profile page by tapping the profile icon on the far-right side of the bottom toolbar.
3. In the upper-right hand corner of your profile page, tap the three horizontally stacked lines. Then, tap "Settings."
4. Select "Security."
5. Under "Data and History," tap "Access Data."
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram: how to download all data to a computer
RBC Trends explain how to download all important information from Dropbox, Apple Notes and Facebook services in the face of their possible blocking
In recent days, Roskomnadzor has partially restricted access to Facebook, and Twitter was experiencing crashes. Other services where Russians store valuable information were also under threat. RBC Trends tells you how to save your data when blocking popular applications.
Content:
- Dropbox
- Apple Notes
- Trello
- Notion
WhatsApp chats can be configured to be automatically copied daily and saved to your smartphone. If the user decides to uninstall WhatsApp, they will need to manually back up their chats. To do this, open WhatsApp, click "More Options", select "Settings" → "Chats" → "Backup Chats" → "Backup".
The export function can be used for both individual and group chats. To do this, open the chat, click "More options" → "More" → "Export chat".
Find the option "Export chat" in the drop-down menu in the upper right corner of the chat
In this case, the user must choose whether he will export media files. After that, he will receive an email with an attachment in the form of a document in TXT format containing the history of correspondence.
To receive a copy of all materials, you must send a download request in JSON format.
To do this, you will need to enter your Instagram account password. The user must go to their profile, click on the icon in the upper right corner, select "Your activities", click "Download information". Then you will need to enter the email address to which Instagram will send the download link and click "Request File".
Instagram asks for an email to send the archive
When saving data, the user can choose what content he wants to download, as well as set the date range for downloading.
To download all data from Facebook, you need:
- click the account icon in the upper right corner of the Facebook window,
- select "Settings and privacy" and then "Settings",
- select "Your information" on the left,
- next to the item "Download information" click "View",
- to add or remove data categories for download, check or uncheck the boxes on the right,
- configure other parameters: download file format, quality of photos, videos and other materials, date range (by default, information is downloaded for all time),
- Click "Create File" to confirm the download request.
The download request will then have a status of "Pending" and will appear under "Available Copies of Your Download Information Tool"
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Facebook allows you to select the format, quality and time range for saved files, as well as their categories
It may take up to several days for Facebook to prepare the archive. Then the user will receive a notification from the social network.
To download a copy of the requested data, you need:
- go to the section "Available copies of the information download tool",
- click "Download" and enter the password.
User can choose HTML or JSON file format to download files.
The latter is more convenient for transferring data to another service.
To submit a request to upload an archive of tweets, the user needs to click the "More" icon in the navigation bar to go to the account settings. Then you need to select the item "Your account" in the menu, click "Upload an archive of your data", enter the password in the section "Upload an archive of your data" and click "Confirm".
The user will then receive a code to the account's stored phone number or email address. After confirming your identity, you need to click the "Request data" button. Twitter will send an email or push notification when the download is complete if the app is installed on the smartphone. After that, in the settings in the "Download data" section, you can click the "Download data" button. The archive is uploaded in ZIP, HTML, JSON formats. It may take several days to prepare.
Upload Your Data Archive button in the Twitter account dashboard demographic information, advertisement information, and so on.
Dropbox
You can transfer files and folders from your Dropbox account to your computer. To do this, you need to sign in to your account on dropbox.com, hover over the file or folder you want to download, then click "..." (ellipsis) and select "Download".
Download a folder with photos from Dropbox
This way you can download folders up to 20 GB in size, the number of files in which does not exceed 10,000.
All folders are downloaded as ZIP archive files.
Dropbox Paper docs must be converted to one of the following formats to download to PC: DOCX, MD, or PDF. To do this, click "..." (ellipsis) in the document, select "Export", select the file format to download and click "Download".
The DOCX format will only be compatible with Microsoft Word, not Google Docs or OpenOffice.
Apple Notes
Most users sync their notes with iCloud accounts. To upload notes from iCloud on Mac, you need to:
- click on the Apple logo in the upper left corner,
- select "System settings",
- choose iCloud,
- tick Notes,
- select the note or notes to be uploaded,
- click on "File" on the top and select the option "Export as PDF",
- name the file and specify its location on a Mac,
- click "Save".
Windows users must first install the iCloud app on their computer and then sync their notes with Outlook.
In the iCloud app, you need to:
- check "Mail, contacts, calendars and tasks",
- click "Apply" at the bottom,
- Run Microsoft Outlook on your computer,
- go to "File" → "Options" → "Advanced",
- click "Export".
Selecting notes to download in Backup Explorer (Photo: macroplant.com)
All iCloud notes will be available in the selected folder on the computer.
Trello
The export function can be found in the Board menu → More → Print and Export. The information is downloaded in JSON format. It is currently not possible to import the archive back to re-create a Trello board.
Export board from Trello
Trello Premium allows you to export all boards in your workspace in CSV and JSON formats. Also the user can include all their attachments as a ZIP file in their own format.
To do this, go to the Premium Workspace page and select the Export tab.
Notion
To create an archive, you need to go to "Settings and members" at the top of the left sidebar, select "Settings" in the sidebar of this window, scroll down and click "Export all workspace content" (Export all workspace ). The user will then receive an email from Notion with a link to download the files. The link will expire after 7 days.
Export workspace from Notion
For Enterprise members, this option can be disabled at the administrator's discretion to keep documents available for internal use only. Enterprise plan users can export their workspace as PDF files.
You can upload individual images, HTML, Markdown, PDF and CSV tables on the service. To do this, click in the upper right menu "...", then - Export, and select the desired format.
How and where to save your Instagram
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Roskomnadzor announced that on Monday, March 14, the procedure for blocking Instagram in Russia will be completed. These 48 hours were specifically given to users so that they could decide what to do with everything accumulated on Instagram. We tell you how you can save your data and where you can transfer it.
The Russians were given two days to "save" their contacts and photos from the American social network. Not everyone has the ability and desire to use VPN
Download your data from Instagram
In a social network, it has long been possible to save everything that you have accumulated in it over the years. You can use it both from the application and from the browser. Below is a clear video instruction when using a smartphone from ordinary bloggers from the “where to poke” series:
In short: go to your profile, click on the menu button in the upper right corner, select “Your actions”, and then “Download information” .
Here is the same step by step, for those who are more comfortable in pictures:
Step 1: switch to your profile and press the menu button (three bars)
Step 2: in the pop-up menu, request "Your actions" information related to you from Instagram
After that, you will be asked to confirm the email to which you need to send everything, and again enter the password from your account.
Step 4: wait for the letter
After a while, a link to download the zip archive will be sent to the specified e-mail. It can be very large, so check the free space on your phone in advance or download via your desktop computer.
Upload your Instagram via browser
In desktop version of (open Instagram in a browser from your desktop or laptop), the upload is located in "Settings", in the "Privacy and Security" section (here is a direct download link).
