How to save your pics from instagram
How to save photos from Instagram
(Image credit: Shutterstock)Wondering how to save photos from Instagram? Unfortunately, a feature within everyone's favorite photo-sharing app doesn’t exist. While there’s a simple setting feature to save your own posts, it gets a bit trickier if you wish to download a full-resolution .JPG version of a photo from a different user’s account.
Of course, this is by design — you didn't capture the photo, so you probably don't have the copyright to use it. Luckily there’s still a way to save those photos using a web browser. We will show you step-by-step how to save photos from Instagram, whether they’re your own posts or others’.
Why can’t I save photos from Instagram?
Instagram’s copyright rules may explain why the app makes it difficult to save photo posts. If you took an Instagram photo or video, you own the copyright in that post. As the owner of the content, you can prohibit other users from copying or distributing your photos and videos. In an effort to regulate the behavior of 1 billion users, Instagram hinders copyright infringement by omitting an option to save photos directly from the app. For more details, here’s an outline of Instagram’s copyright rules.
How to save your Instagram photos to camera roll
Maybe you want to save photos you take using Instagram’s in-app camera; or maybe you want to save an edited version to your phone’s photo library. Either way, saving your Instagram images to your camera roll is simple. Just enable this one setting in your account and your IG photos will save automatically.
1. Go to your profile page and tap the icon with three horizontal lines in the top right corner.
(Image credit: Tom's Guide/Instagram)2. Tap Settings at the bottom of the menu and select ‘Account.’
(Image credit: Tom's Guide/Instagram)(Image credit: Tom's Guide/Instagram)3. Select ‘Original Photos’ and tap the toggle button next to ‘Save Original Photos.
’ As long as this option is turned on, any image you post on Instagram will save to your camera roll.
How to save photos from Instagram
If you’re not scared of a little coding, there’s a neat feature in the Google Chrome Browser that can help you save photos from Instagram without taking a screenshot.
1. Open Instagram and find the photo you want to save.
2. Tap thee ellipses icon (…) at the top right above the photo you want to save.
(Image credit: Tom's Guide/Instagram)3. Select ‘Go to post’ from the pop out menu.
(Image credit: Tom's Guide/Instagram)4. Right-click and choose “View page source.’
(Image credit: Tom's Guide/Instagram)5. Press Ctrl+F and enter ‘.jpg’ in the search box.
6. Highlight the first link with a .jpg you find and copy.
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Open a new web browser tab and paste the link.
8. Right-click and save the photo to your computer.
More Instagram tips
- How to post on instagram from PC or Mac
- How to change your Instagram password or reset it
- 8 hidden Instagram features you need to know about
- How to download Instagram
- How to turn on Instagram’s Dark Mode on iOS and Android
- How to use Instagram Co-Watching
- How to deactivate your Instagram account
- How to mute people on Instagram
- How to use Instagram Stories
- How to download all your Instagram posts
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How to Download and Save All Your Instagram Photos
If you've used Instagram for a while, you've probably built up quite a collection of your own photos, as well as those you've saved from others. You can always view them on your Instagram page, but what if you want to save copies as a backup?
Thankfully, it's pretty easy to save Instagram photos. We'll show you how to download and save photos from Instagram on iPhone, Android, and your PC.
How to Download All Your Instagram Photos at Once
If you want to download everything you've posted on Instagram in one go, you can use Instagram's simple tool on your computer or phone. To use it, first log into Instagram on your desktop or laptop, or open the mobile app.
On mobile, tap the Profile icon in the bottom-right, followed by the three-line Menu in the upper-right.
From the menu that appears, tap Settings. Finally, choose Security > Download Data on the options menu.
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On desktop, click your profile picture in the upper-right corner to open a menu, then choose Settings from that menu. On the resulting page, choose Privacy and Security on the left side. Then scroll down to the Data Download header and click Request Download.
Either method will take you to Instagram's download request page, where you can get a copy of everything you've posted on Instagram.
Instagram says this includes all "your photos, comments, profile information, and more." This can take up to 48 hours, but shouldn't take more than a few minutes to an hour in most cases.
Your email address should already be in the field, so click Next to continue. On desktop, you can choose HTML or JSON for the format.
You'll need to then enter your password, and Instagram will start generating the data.
Soon, you'll get an email with a link to everything you've ever shared on Instagram. It's only valid for a few days, so download your data quickly before it expires. This is the best way to save an archived copy of your entire Instagram profile in a short amount of time.
How to Download Instagram Photos on iPhone
Instagram doesn't provide an official way for you to download your own photos on iPhone, Android, or the web. You might be tempted to download an app that claims to do this for you, but you should stay away from most of these. Never enter your Instagram password into a third-party app, as doing so could lead to your account getting stolen.
However, some downloader apps are safe to use because they don't require your credentials. One is iGram, which works on mobile and desktop. It has some ads, but they aren't overly intrusive.
To use it, find the Instagram photo you want to download.
Whether it's one of yours or someone else's, tap the three-dot button at the top-right on the post and choose Copy Link. Next, open iGram in Safari or another browser.
Tap in the URL box and choose Paste to add the link to your photo. Then press Download. After a few moments, you'll see the image appear below.
You can tap on the Download 1080w or other buttons to quickly download the file in a variety of sizes. If you prefer, long-press on the image and choose Add to Photos or Share > Save Image instead.
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For future reference, you can also toggle a setting in the Instagram app to save a copy of everything you post to your phone. To enable this, tap the Profile icon in the bottom-right corner of Instagram, then open the three-line menu in the top-right. Choose Settings in the list that appears.
Choose Account > Original Photos from the list here. If you enable Save Original Photos, Instagram will save a copy of the unedited version of any photos you take with the Instagram camera. This is a good way to make sure you don't lose anything, and saves you from doing the manual method above every time.
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How to Download Instagram Photos on Android
The process for download Instagram photos on Android is quite similar to the above process for iPhone. We'll cover it again here with Android screenshots, due to a few minor differences.
Related: New to Instagram? Top Tips for Newbies
Open Instagram and find the picture you want to save. Tap on the three-dot Menu button above the post and choose Copy Link to add it to your clipboard. Next, open Chrome or another browser and go to iGram.
Press and hold inside the text field to show the Paste option and tap that.
Then hit Download and wait a few moments for the image to process. Scroll down and tap Download 1080w or one of the other buttons to immediately download it. If you prefer, you can also long-press on the image and choose Download image.
To find your downloaded image, tap the three-dot menu button at the top-right of Chrome and choose Downloads to view it. You can also use a file explorer app to browse to Downloads and check it there.
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You'll find the same option on Android for saving a copy of all future Instagram posts, too. In the Instagram app, tap your Profile icon in the bottom-right of the app, then open the three-line menu at the top-right and choose Settings from the resulting window. On the next menu, choose Account > Original Posts.
Enable the options here to save copies of everything you post to your phone's storage.
In addition to saving unedited photos, Instagram on Android lets you also choose to save the posted images and videos you put on your account.
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How to Download Instagram Photos on a PC
iGram works fine on your desktop or laptop too. To use it on a desktop browser, just click the three-dot menu button on an Instagram post and choose Copy Link. Paste it into iGram to access a downloadable copy of the image, just like on mobile.
If you'd like to take a more technical route, you can use a trick to access and download Instagram images through the page's source code. To do this, first click a photo's timestamp (such as 15 Minutes Ago) to open its permanent URL. Once on that page, right-click the image and choose View page source.
In a new tab, you'll see a bunch of HTML code, but don't worry if you're not familiar with this. Press Ctrl + F to search, and enter og:image to jump to the only line that contains this text.
On that line, find the URL that appears after content=. It will usually have .jpg somewhere in it; you'll need to copy the entire URL for it to work.
Copy this URL and open it in a new tab to load just the image. Then you can right-click and choose Save image as to download a copy.
How to Quickly Download Many Instagram Photos From a Profile
If you want to download many photos from one account, it's pretty slow to use the above methods for each image. There are other Instagram downloader websites that let you quickly download many images from a profile.
They're not perfect—most of them don't let you download more than a handful of images in one session, or charge you to download everything from an account. But if you want to download a few recent posts from an account, it's faster to use a service like Bigbangram or Ingramer.
These both offer a Download profile option that loads all recent images from a user and lets you click Download to grab their photos in quick succession.
Give it a try if you find the above too slow.
Don't Forget About Bookmarking Images on Instagram
While it's not the same as downloading, you can also hit the Bookmark icon on a post to save it for later. You can access all your saved bookmarks by tapping on the three-line menu on your profile page and choosing Saved.
Bookmarking on Instagram allows you to jump back to a photo without copying the link or downloading it. These are only visible to you; nobody else can see your saved posts on Instagram.
Keep in mind that that bookmarks are only shortcuts to existing posts on Instagram. If the owner takes down a photo you've saved, the bookmark won't work anymore.
Unfortunately, there is no way to download all your saved photos on Instagram at once. Some third-party software exists for this, but as mentioned, you should be careful about trusting these apps since they can compromise your Instagram account.
In addition to the default Saved list, you can create and manage additional Collections on this page.
These are handy for collecting posts around a certain theme, such as ideas for a wedding.
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When you tap the Bookmark icon on an Instagram post, you can then choose Save to Collection to put it somewhere else. Tap a collection from the list that appears, or hit the Plus icon to make a new one.
Saving and Downloading Instagram Photos Made Easy
We've covered how to download everything you've posted to Instagram, how to save a copy of other people's photos, and even how to grab an image from the source code on desktop. These methods should allow you to download pretty much any photo on Instagram.
There are lots of other ways to become an Instagram pro beyond just saving photos, though.
6 ways with detailed instructions
Good afternoon, friends.
The Instagram social network is developing rapidly, new functionality appears regularly, errors and problems are fixed.
However, each program has its limitations. They can be a flaw of the creators or their conscious decision.
The lack of a direct ability to download photos from Instagram is a feature of this platform. And this can be understood. People are more willing to post pictures knowing that no one will be able to use them. However, there are workarounds that can be done. We’ll talk about this today and find out how to save photos from Instagram.
Remember, if Instagram is blocked in any country, then you can always access it through a VPN.
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Saving all photos by email
1. Go to the menu, select the item "Your activity".
2. Click "Download Information".
3. Specify your email address to which to send the photo archive.
4. We go through the protection of information by entering the password for your account.
5. We are waiting for the archive to the mail.
Saving your photos in your phone
Solving this problem is quite simple.
We go to the application on a mobile device.
Swipe the screen from right to left and at the bottom of the panel that opens, click on the gear icon.
Go to the "Original Publications" section on an Android phone or "Original Photos" on iPhones. Here we set the levers to the desired position to save photos and videos on the device.
This is the only way to download images provided by Instagram itself. Everything else is sleight of hand and our resourcefulness.
You can make a free analysis of subscribers through the InstaHero service. You will find out why coverage is falling, who your audience is and what type of content will go best .
Taking a screenshot
This is an accessible way for everyone to copy a photo from someone else's Instagram profile. You can do this on different devices.
On the phone
To take a screenshot, you need to press a specific button or key combination.
They differ depending on the brand and model of the gadget. I have an Asus phone, in it I need to press and hold the "Recent Documents" button in the lower right corner.
Possible combinations on phones from other manufacturers:
- screen lock + volume down - they are usually located on the side panel of the device;
- Long press the power button until the menu appears;
- menu button + "Back";
- in iPhones, press the round "Home" button in combination with the lock located on the side of the gadget.
If you can't find the combination or magic button you want, go to the Play Store or App Store and download one of the apps:
- ScreenMaster, Screenshot Easy, Screenshot Pro, Lightshot for Android, or Screen Capture for Windows phones.
Screenshots are saved in a folder with all photos or in a separate section in the gallery.
Please note that everything that is currently visible on the screen will be saved and you may have to crop the picture.
I will talk about this further.
Computer
We have an article on our blog about how to take high-quality screenshots. It discusses 5 methods with details and explanations. I will show one of them, which is available to everyone without installing additional programs.
Find the desired photo in the web version of Instagram and press the "Prt Sc" button on the keyboard. It is located at the very top closer to the right edge. Now we go to the Start menu, which is hidden under the Windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen. And we find the standard program Paint.
Press the key combination "Ctrl" + "V" or find the button "Paste" or "Paste" in the top panel. A screen image should appear in front of us, including the photo we want to save.
We copied the entire screen, but we only need a photo. Therefore, we cut off everything unnecessary. To do this, click on the option "Select" or "Select" and outline the desired area.
Press the key combination "Ctrl" + "C".
Then we open a new document.
Click "Insert" and save the resulting image. If it turned out to be smaller than the white field, we remove the empty space for the lower right corner.
Everything, it remains only to save the photo.
Use the address bar
This is a very simple option. Open the post on the web version of Instagram. In the address bar, after the url, add "media? size = l" without quotes.
Press "Enter". The desired photo will appear on the screen. Right-click on the image and select "Save Image As..."0003
Uploading images through the page code
This method is available only on a computer, I did not manage to perform such a trick on my phone. Open the publication in the web version of the social network, press the right mouse button, then "Page source code".
In the new window, press the combination of buttons "Ctrl" + "F". A search bar will appear at the bottom or top. In it we write "display_resources".
The program will highlight the text. We need to copy the line next to this inscription, starting with "https" and ending with "cdninstagram.com" and paste it into the address bar of the browser.
The photo will open. We call the context menu, "Save image as ..." Done, we uploaded a photo from Instagram.
Programs and services
Until now, we have used the tools available to any person on the phone and computer. But there are also specially created programs for downloading photos from Instagram. Let's consider some of them.
Browser extension
When I need a full version of the application on my computer, I use the Google Chrome extension. To download it, go to the menu, "Additional tools", "Extensions".
Next, click on the 3 bars in the upper left corner and at the bottom click on the link "Open the Chrome Web Store". In the search bar we write "instadesktop". Installing the extension.
After that, an icon will appear on top.
Click on it. We see an image of a phone with a full-fledged version of Instagram and a nice bonus: each photo has a button for downloading it.
Phone programs
There are applications for iPhones and Android devices. All you need to do is go to Play Store or App Store and install one of them:
- InstaSave,
- FastSave,
- QuickSave,
- iSave and others.
They work on approximately the same principle. We go to Instagram, open the publication, click on the three dots next to it and select "Copy link". Then we go to the application for downloading, insert the address of the publication. After a few simple steps, the photo becomes available for saving.
The simplest and most stable application at the moment is FastSave for Android. Try it in action.
Online services
To download photos from Instagram, it is not necessary to install programs, you can use online services.
The most popular resources for this are:
- InstaGrabber.ru,
- instagramgrabber.net,
- savefrominsta.com,
- zasasa.com, www.igrab.ru
- .
They have the same principle. I will show you on the example of the InstaGrabber service.
First, we go to the web version of Instagram and open the post we are interested in. Copy the address from the browser line and paste it into the line on the site instagrabber.ru. And then click on the arrow.
The photo from the publication will appear on the screen. It remains only to click on the "Download photo" button.
How to save other people's posts on Instagram without downloading
If you don't need to download photos to your device, but just save them as a bookmark on your Instagram, click the checkbox under the post you like.
Saved posts can be seen in your profile. On your phone, swipe from right to left and select the appropriate section.
On the web version of Instagram, you just need to go to the "Saved" tab.
To split posts into topics and put them into folders, click on the checkbox and hold this position. A window will appear where you can select a directory or create a new one and save the entry to it. The nice thing is that no one can see these posts on your profile.
Conclusion
So we've covered all the basic ways to copy photos from Instagram. Let me briefly list them again:
- Save your pictures with appropriate settings.
- Take screenshots.
- Add "media?size=l" to the end of the url.
- Extract photos from page code.
- Use third-party services and programs.
- Copy entire posts to your profile.
Use caution when using unverified software. Install a reliable antivirus and, if possible, do not enter data from your main social network account. And remember that all materials published by users on Instagram are protected by law as objects of copyright.
Write in the comments which method you liked best and suited you, what questions remained, what difficulties you encountered.
And I say goodbye to you. Goodbye friends.
Instructions: How to save photos from Instagram to your computer
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 celebrities, 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.
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
How to save photos from Instagram to a computer without third-party services and applications
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. You can also save a photo from Instagram to your computer through the page code, and for this you need to do the following:
- Go through the Chrome browser to the page of the photo you are interested in on the Instagram social network and open it;
- Next, press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + U to switch to the page HTML-markup view mode;
- Then press Ctrl+F to start searching the page and look for the line that contains the following combination of characters " og:image ";
- The found line will contain a direct link to the photo, which must be copied and opened in a new tab;
- After that, the photo from Instagram can be saved to the computer.
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.
Video instruction
Saving photos from Instagram on your computer using third-party services
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:
- Services replacing Instagram.
A striking example of such a resource is Webbygram. On it, the user needs to log in under his account on Instagram, after which all information from it will be loaded in the interface of this service. The user will be able to upload new photos, like photos, subscribe, unsubscribe and save images. - Sites for downloading photos from Instagram. If you just need to download photos from the Instagram social network to your computer, the Instaport service can handle this task. It is developed by the same team that created the Webbygram service, but it has a different purpose. You will also need to log in to this service, and then you can choose for what period you want to download photos to your computer. Interestingly, the service also allows you to download from Instagram all the photos that the user has recently "liked" or photos with a specific tag, but not more than 500 pieces.
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.
