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How it works

Three steps on your side, three on the server. No account, no app and nothing kept afterwards.

The three steps

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Copy the link

Open the reel or post in Instagram, tap the share icon and choose Copy link.

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Paste it

Drop the link into the box on the home page. The Paste button reads your clipboard where the browser allows it.

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Save the file

Preview what came back, then hit Save. Carousels list every slide separately.

What actually happens when you press the button

No magic, and no logging in. Here is the whole chain.

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The link is read

Your link is reduced to its shortcode, the short ID between /p/, /reel/ or /tv/ and the next slash. Everything else, including tracking parameters, is discarded.

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Public post data is fetched

The server requests the post's public embed data, the same information Instagram hands any browser that loads an embedded post. No account, cookie or session is involved.

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The file is streamed to you

The media URL points at Instagram's own CDN. The file is passed straight through to your browser as it downloads. Nothing is saved on the server at any point.

Device notes

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iPhone and iPad

Safari treats an MP4 as a file, so it lands in Files → Downloads. Open it there and use Share → Save Video to move it into Photos. Full iPhone guide.

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Android

Chrome saves straight to Downloads and the Gallery usually indexes it within seconds. Full Android guide.

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Windows and Mac

The file goes to your normal downloads folder. Nothing else to do.

When it will not work

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Needs a login

Stories, highlights and posts from private accounts are only visible to a logged-in session. This tool never logs in, so it cannot reach them.

  • Stories and highlights
  • Private accounts
  • Close friends posts
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Nothing to fetch

A deleted, archived or region-blocked post returns no media even though the link still looks valid.

  • Deleted posts
  • Archived posts
  • Wrong URL type
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In-app browser

Instagram's built-in browser blocks file downloads. Open the page in Chrome, Safari or Firefox instead.

  • Instagram in-app browser
  • Some embedded webviews

Save something now

Paste any public Instagram reel, video, photo or carousel link.

Open the downloader