Save me: 5 ways to download photos from Instagram
You may have your reasons for wanting to download a photo. Perhaps
you accidentally deleted the original photo of the Eiffel Tower from
your Parisian vacation, and the only copy you have left is the one you
posted to Instagram. Maybe there’s a photo that you absolutely love and
would like to have it as a desktop wallpaper. Maybe you just really
liked a picture.
Just because there’s no download button, doesn’t mean you can’t do it. We found the five best ways to download photos from Instagram. Some methods are as easy as clicking a few buttons, while some take a bit more digging, but they’re all relatively painless.
Note: Respect other users’ photos. Downloading a photo for personal enjoyment is one thing, but if you intend to repost or use it in another manner, get the owners’ permission. Instagram has an in-depth section regarding copyrights.
Step 1: Navigate to Instagram’s website.
Step 2: Find the Instagram picture you want to save and click on the time-elapsed counter in the upper-right corner.
Step 3: Copy the photo’s URL from your browser.
Step 4: Go to DownloadGram’s website.
Step 5: Input the photo’s URL into box with the auto-generated Instagram link.
Step 6: Click the Download button. Then, click the resulting Download Picture button to save your image.
Step 1: Download 4K Stogram onto your computer.
Step 2: After installation, open the program and insert an Instagram username, hashtag, or even location into the search bar.
Step 3: Click Subscribe.
Step 4: All photos and videos will automatically begin to download to a folder on your computer. Once done, you can locate and configure them from within the application’s preferences pane.
Step 5: For the ability to do this for an unlimited number of profiles, purchase a license key here for $10.
Instagram
Step 1: Navigate to Instagram’s website.
Step 2: Find the Instagram photo you want to save and click the time-elapsed counter in the upper-right corner.
Step 3: Copy the photo’s URL from your browser.
Step 4: Right-click or control (ctrl)-click the photo, and then click View Page Source.
Step 5: Click ctrl+F or command+F to open the search bar. Then, input the Instagram photo’s URL.
Step 6: Locate the section that has “meta property” information. Here, you’ll see a line of code that starts with property
=”og:image“.
Step 7: Copy the link that follows until you see a common photo extension, specifically JPG or PNG.Just because there’s no download button, doesn’t mean you can’t do it. We found the five best ways to download photos from Instagram. Some methods are as easy as clicking a few buttons, while some take a bit more digging, but they’re all relatively painless.
Note: Respect other users’ photos. Downloading a photo for personal enjoyment is one thing, but if you intend to repost or use it in another manner, get the owners’ permission. Instagram has an in-depth section regarding copyrights.
Downloading images in Windows and MacOS
DownloadGram
Step 1: Navigate to Instagram’s website.Step 2: Find the Instagram picture you want to save and click on the time-elapsed counter in the upper-right corner.
Step 3: Copy the photo’s URL from your browser.
Step 4: Go to DownloadGram’s website.
Step 5: Input the photo’s URL into box with the auto-generated Instagram link.
Step 6: Click the Download button. Then, click the resulting Download Picture button to save your image.
4K Stogram
Step 1: Download 4K Stogram onto your computer.Step 2: After installation, open the program and insert an Instagram username, hashtag, or even location into the search bar.
Step 3: Click Subscribe.
Step 4: All photos and videos will automatically begin to download to a folder on your computer. Once done, you can locate and configure them from within the application’s preferences pane.
Step 5: For the ability to do this for an unlimited number of profiles, purchase a license key here for $10.
Step 1: Navigate to Instagram’s website.Step 2: Find the Instagram photo you want to save and click the time-elapsed counter in the upper-right corner.
Step 3: Copy the photo’s URL from your browser.
Step 4: Right-click or control (ctrl)-click the photo, and then click View Page Source.
Step 5: Click ctrl+F or command+F to open the search bar. Then, input the Instagram photo’s URL.
Step 6: Locate the section that has “meta property” information. Here, you’ll see a line of code that starts with property
Step 8: Paste the link into your browser and hit Enter.
Step 9: You will be taken to a page with just the photo. Now, right-click or ctrl-click the image, and select Save Image As to save the photo.
Downloading images in iOS
Video & Photo Downloader for Instagram
Step 1: Download the app from the Apple App Store.Step 2: Make sure the Instagram app is already logged into your account (or the account you want to save a photo from).
Step 3: Launch the app, which will be labeled as “InstaGet.”
Step 4: Tap the small Instagram logo in the upper-right corner and find the photo you want to download.
Step 5: Tap the Option button in the upper-right corner of the photo.
Step 6: Select Copy Share URL to download the photo to your camera roll.
Downloading images in Android
Instasave
Step 1: Download the app from Google Play Store.Step 2: Launch the app and toggle the slider beneath the Instagram logo.
Step 3: Open Instagram and locate the photo you want to download.
Step 4: Tap the Option button in the upper-right corner of the photo.
Step 5: Select Copy Share URL to download the photo.
