Reels, feed videos, IGTV, public Stories, and multi-slide carousels — paste the share link and you get the original file, not a re-encoded copy. Same quality Instagram uses on a high-end phone.
Instagram hides the share link behind a paper-plane icon. Once you know where it is, the rest is muscle memory.
Find the content inside the Instagram app or on instagram.com in a browser. The flow is identical for both — only the icon placement differs slightly.
Copy linkOn a Reel or post the paper-plane sits in the row of icons below the video. In Stories, swipe up or tap the three-dot menu first. In the share sheet that appears, the bottom row has Copy link. Tap it and Instagram confirms with a small toast.
The valid URLs we accept: instagram.com/reel/…, /p/… (regular post), /tv/… (IGTV), /stories/USERNAME/STORY_ID/ (public Story). Both instagram.com and instagr.am short URLs work.
You'll see the preview thumbnail plus options: Original (1080p), Standard, or Audio (MP3). Carousel posts unlock a fourth button: Download all as ZIP. Tap your pick — the file lands in Downloads (or Photos on iOS).
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Instagram's CDN stores multiple variants of every Reel — 1080p HEVC for new iPhones, 720p H.264 for older devices, and a low-bandwidth fallback. We always grab the highest one available, so what you save matches what the creator uploaded.
A multi-slide post becomes a ZIP file named username_postID.zip. Inside, each slide is numbered (01.jpg, 02.mp4, etc.) so the order matches what you saw on the feed. No mystery filenames.
Stories vanish after 24 hours. If a public account's Story link is still live when you paste it, we grab the file before it disappears. Story Highlights from public profiles work indefinitely.
Reels often use licensed music. We don't strip or replace audio — what's on the original is what's in the file you save. Audio-only export demuxes without quality loss.
If you paste a private link, we say so on screen — clearly, with no fake spinner. Same for expired Stories. You won't sit waiting for nothing.
We do not strip captions, alter the audio, or watermark the output with our own logo. What you get is exactly what was posted — clean.
A few of the common patterns we hear from users.
Brand and agency teams archive Reels they paid for, so when a contract ends and the post stays up — or comes down — they still have proof of delivery at the right resolution.
Carousels save as ZIPs so each slide is its own image — easy to drop into Figma, Pinterest, or a desktop folder structure without 12 individual screenshots.
Instagram's official data export takes hours and dumps everything in one giant file. Saving individual Reels and posts at full quality is faster and lets you reorganise by topic.
A grandparent posts a Story of a grandkid's birthday. By the time you see it, it's six hours from expiring. Save it locally and it's yours forever.
Food creators post short cooking videos that scroll past quickly. Save the Reel, watch it slow in a video player when you're actually in the kitchen.
Yes. We grab the highest-quality variant Instagram stores — usually 1080×1920 vertical. The exact resolution appears next to the download button before you tap it.
Private posts cannot be downloaded. The tool only works on public profiles. Private accounts require a signed-in session to view, and we do not handle credentials.
Yes — carousels download as a ZIP with each slide numbered. Photos stay JPG, videos stay MP4, in the order they appear in the post.
Public Stories from public accounts can be downloaded while still live (within 24 hours). After expiry the link no longer resolves. Highlighted Stories work indefinitely.
Yes. Reels, IGTV, Live replays, and standard feed videos use the same Instagram CDN. Paste any URL — you'll get an MP4.
No. Instagram does not send notifications for downloads. The creator has no way to know a public link was saved.
Yes. The link format from instagram.com on desktop is identical to the share-sheet URL from the mobile app.
If the original Reel was uploaded as a silent video (or with audio muted), there's nothing for us to extract. Check the source — if Instagram plays it silent, the saved file will be silent too.
instagram.com/reel/CODE/, /p/CODE/, /tv/CODE/, /stories/USERNAME/STORY_ID/, and the short instagr.am/p/CODE/. Paste whichever Copy link gave you.