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How to Post Videos on Instagram in 3 Different Ways

  • It's easy to post videos on Instagram in three different ways. 
  • You can post videos to your feed or your story, and you can also privately send videos through direct message. 
  • In each case, you will have the option to post an existing video from your library or record a new one using the Instagram app. 
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While photos are a great way to capture a specific moment, videos are better at showing movement, the process of making something, or capturing events where sound plays a significant role.

In addition to photos, Instagram is well-suited to share video content.

You can post recorded moments to your feed and stories, and Instagram also allows you to privately send videos to friends through a direct message.

Here's how to do all three.

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How to post videos on Instagram as a post

1. Open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android phone. 

2. Tap the "+" icon at the bottom center of your screen.

3. You can either select a pre-recorded video from your library or take a video in the moment to post. For the former, tap on "Library" at the bottom of your screen and then tap on the video you'd like to post. For the latter, tap on "Video" then press down on the circle toward the bottom of your screen to record.

Select an existing video from your Library or record a new one to post to your feed. Christina Liao/Business Insider

4. Tap "Next" at the top right corner of your screen.

5. You'll be brought to a screen where you can edit your video. Once you've made any desired changes, tap "Next" again. 

6. Now you'll be brought to a screen where you can add a caption, select a location, tag people, and simultaneously post the video to another social media network. Once you've completed the desired fields, tap "Share" to post your video to your feed.

How to post videos on Instagram to your story 

1. Open the Instagram app.

2. Swipe right from anywhere in the feed or tap on the camera icon at the top left corner of your screen.

3. Your screen will now show your camera's view. Press down on the white circle at the bottom of your screen to begin recording a video. Alternatively, swipe up on the screen to pull up your library where you can select a pre-recorded video to post.

Swipe up to choose a video from your library. Christina Liao/Business Insider

4. Once you've recorded a video directly from the app or selected one from your library, tap "Send To >" at the bottom right corner of your screen.

5. On the "Share" screen you'll have the option to post the video to your story for all of your followers to see — and if you have a public profile, for anyone who comes across your account. You can also choose to share it with a specified list of "Close Friends." Tap "Share" or "Send" to select where and who you'd like to send the video to.

6. Tap "Done" at the bottom of the screen.

How to send a video in a direct message on Instagram

1. Open the Instagram app.

2. To access your direct messages, swipe left from anywhere in your feed or tap the paper plane icon at the top right of your screen. 

3. Find the person you'd like to send a direct message to by tapping on the pencil icon at the top right of your screen, selecting them from your existing list of messages, or via the "Search" bar at the top of the screen.

4. A chat screen will open up. Tap the camera icon at the bottom left corner to begin recording a video directly from the app or the photo icon at the bottom right corner to select a pre-recorded video from your library.

You have the option to record a new video or send an existing one through direct message. Christina Liao/Business Insider

5. If you're taking a video directly from the app to send to someone, their profile photo will appear at the bottom of your screen above the words "Send" once you've finished recording. Tap on the person's profile photo. If you're selecting a video from your library, tap on the video(s) you'd like to send and then tap "Send."

After you've finished recording a video, tap on the circle with the recipient's profile picture to send it to them. Christina Liao/Business Insider

 

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How to save Instagram videos or download them to your Camera Roll

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.

Before you start downloading Instagram videos

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:

  1. Download and open Gemini Photos.
  2. Tap on one of the categories like Similar.
  3. Select a month.
  4. Then, choose the copies you want to delete or let the app choose for you.
  5. Next, tap Move X to Trash.
  6. When you’re finished, tap Empty Trash.

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.

Save Instagram videos for later

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.

How to save Instagram video posts to your Collections

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:

  1. Open the Instagram app.
  2. Navigate to the post you wish to save.
  3. Press the bookmark icon at the bottom-right of the post.
  4. Select Save to Collection if you wish to save to a specific collection folder.

Following those steps will save content to your Collections. Here’s how to find it once you’re ready to view it again:

  1. Open the Instagram app.
  2. Press the icon of your profile picture at the bottom-right of the screen.
  3. Tap the three horizontal lines at the top-right of the screen.
  4. Press Saved.

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.

How to save your video Stories to Archive

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:

  1. Open the Instagram app.
  2. Tap the icon of your profile picture at the bottom-right of the screen.
  3. Press the three horizontal lines at the top-right of the screen.
  4. Select Archive.
  5. Press the Settings button at the top-right of the screen.
  6. Toggle the Save Story to Archive option on.

From there, your videos, photos, and posts will all be automatically saved to your Archive.

Download videos from Instagram to your iPhone

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.

How to save a video you shot with Instagram Camera

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:

  1. Open your Instagram app.
  2. Tap the icon of your profile picture at the bottom-right of the screen.
  3. Press the three horizontal lines at the top-right of the screen.
  4. Navigate to Settings > Account > Original Photos.
  5. Toggle the Save Original Photos option on.

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.

How to save your Instagram videos from Stories to 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:

  1. Open the Instagram app.
  2. Press the Stories camera at the top-left of the screen.
  3. Press the gear icon at the top-left of the screen.
  4. Toggle the Save to Camera Roll option on.

Following those instructions will download all your Story videos automatically. But if you only want to download one current Story, here’s how:

  1. Open the Instagram app.
  2. Head to your Stories.
  3. Navigate to the video you wish to save.
  4. Press the More button at the bottom-right of the screen.
  5. Tap Save > Save Video.

Doing this will add the video to your Camera Roll.

How to record someone else’s Instagram video

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:

  1. Open your iPhone’s Settings app.
  2. Navigate to Control Center > Customize Controls, then press the + button next to Screen Recording.
  3. Exit the app.
  4. Swipe up from the bottom edge of your screen if you have an iPhone X or later. Otherwise, swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.
  5. Press the record button at the bottom of the screen and wait for the three-second countdown.
  6. Open the Instagram app.
  7. Navigate to the video you wish to save.
  8. While recording, allow the video to play all the way through.
  9. When it’s over, press the red highlighted timestamp at the top-left of your screen.
  10. Select Stop Recording.

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:

  1. Exit Instagram and open the Photos app.
  2. Select your recorded video.
  3. Press Edit at the top-right of the screen.
  4. Use the tool below to trim the video down to include only the content you wish to save.
  5. Press the crop tool at the bottom-right of the page.
  6. Crop the excess area from your video.
  7. Press Done.

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.

How to copy an Instagram video using Instake

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:

  1. Open the Instake app.
  2. Press the Instagram icon button at the bottom-center of the screen.
  3. Log in with your Instagram account information.
  4. Navigate to the video you wish to save within the Instagram app.
  5. Press the three horizontal dots at the top of the post.
  6. Select Copy Link.
  7. Open the Instake app again and press the red arrow at the bottom-right of the screen.
  8. Press Repost.
  9. Either repost the video to your Stories or Feed or simply press the X to exit out of reposting.

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 is your favorite social network, and even if you use it on a daily basis, still that you would like to learn how to use better. Specifically, you want to post a series of videos about these stories, but don't know how to put them together.

If this is the case and you are therefore interested how to merge multiple videos in instagram story , you will be happy to know that I am going to explain in detail how to do this with the built-in features integrated into the Instagram smartphone app. In addition, I will also give you some tips on how to do this with the help of equally well-known third-party applications.

What do you say? Is this what you wanted to know and now can't wait to get started? In this case, sit back and take a few minutes of free time. Read carefully the instructions I am about to give you and put them into practice so that you can easily and quickly carry out the attempt you have suggested. At this point, all I have to do is wish you a good read and have a good time!

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How to merge two videos in instagram story

If you are wondering how to merge multiple videos in instagram story , you will be happy to know that you can easily do it by using the app's built-in functions. Instagram for Android (download from Play Store or alternative stores) and iOS.

However, before you start, please note that Instagram stories You can share videos with a maximum length of 15 seconds . However, if the movies exceed this length, no problem: the movies will automatically be split into multiple stories of 15 seconds each.

With that said, to continue, first launch the official Instagram app and log into your account. Then click camera icon Located in the upper left corner of the main screen of the social network to launch the story creation tool.

At this point, click the media gallery icon located in the lower left corner and click the "Select More Content" button located in the upper right corner. Once it's done, select the videos you want to upload to your Instagram story from your device's gallery and continue by clicking the "Go" button.

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Now edit your Instagram story using all available tools like adding stickers ( square smiley icon ). Then press the button Venga and finally, to share the video in stories, press the button Share .

In case of doubt or problems, please refer to the guide, where I will tell you in detail how to create stories on Instagram.

Other solutions for merging multiple videos in an Instagram story

If you want to combine multiple videos to share in stories Instagram , you can use third-party applications as an alternative to the solution in the previous chapter and thus get the edition effect More professional. Read on for details.

TikTok (Android / iOS)

A widely used video editing solution is represented by a social network. Tik Tok because it comes with a pretty advanced video editing tool that makes it easy to combine multiple videos for a pretty neat result.

To use this, first launch the TikTok app to Android (available from Play Store and other stores like HUAWEI AppGallery) or iOS/iPadOS and sign in with your account.

After that, if you want to merge multiple videos by recording them on the spot, press the (+) button to start the social network camera and video recording by pressing the button, the round red button located at the bottom.

Perform this operation several times to record several sequences of the same video: in case of an error, you can always return by pressing the 9 button0079 button (X) , confirming the deletion of the last clip and recording a new sequence.

If you want to merge several previously recorded videos, import them into the TikTok editor by clicking the button load , selecting them and clicking the Venga button.

After recording or importing a video, click the (√) icon and tap the Fit Clip button to access other Tik Tok tools. For example, you can change the duration of imported videos using the appropriate selectors .

Once you're done editing, click on the final button, then choose whether you want to add a Music background with to sound among those available in the Default Social Network Songs library.

At this point, to have Guardar video in your device's memory, press the Venga button and make sure that the option Save to your device is selected. After that, if you don't want the video to be published on Tik Tok select privacy private in the conversation with editorial Who can watch this video and finally click the Public button to automatically export the movie to your device's gallery.

Finally, you just need to follow the instructions I gave you in the previous chapter to download the video made in Instagram Stories . In case of doubts or problems, check out my guide where I will explain in more detail how to merge videos on TikTok.

InShot (Android/iOS)

Among the workarounds you can use to edit multiple videos together and then post them to Stories Instagram , the app exists in the Play Store or other stores) and iOS/iPadOS .

However, be aware that the application in question applies a watermark to the exported videos. The specified watermark can be removed free of charge by viewing ads every time you create a new multimedia project. AT iOS You can also buy the Pro app, which for 3.49 euros automatically removes ads, watermarks, and provides access to additional transactions, effects and stickers.

However, if you want to use the InShot video editing tool, launch the corresponding application and access the prompts displayed to you that are used for proper operation. After that, press the button Video and through your device's gallery, import the videos you want to join by adding tick . Then confirm the addition by clicking the icon √ .

Once this is done, you just need to use the other tools of the application, which are shown in the panel below, to edit the imported videos. For example, to adjust the resolution of your movie, click the canvas button, then select the 9:16 option to make the video fit the vertical format of Instagram stories.

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