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.
Now, before you get too excited and have 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 that most of the storage on your iPhone is taken up by the photos you don’t really need. And thankfully, there’s an app that can help you clean up these images — CleanMy®Phone.
Once you download CleanMy®Phone 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:
If you want to free even more space, you can use the Organize module to find similar photos. All you have to do is choose a proposed time frame or set up a custom filter and tap Scan. Then, select photos for deletion and tap Clean.
You should remember that CleanMy®Phone only moves your pictures to the Recently Deleted album in the Photos app. This 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 > ellipsis bottom right > Delete All.
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.
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:
Following those steps will save content to your Collections. Here’s how to find it once you’re ready to view it again:
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.
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:
From there, your videos, photos, and posts will all be automatically saved to your Archive.
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.
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:
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.
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:
Following those instructions will download all your Story videos automatically. But if you only want to download one current Story, here’s how:
Doing this will add the video to your Camera Roll.
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:
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:
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.
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:
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.