Instagram is an extremely popular social service, the essence of which is to publish small photo cards, mostly square. This article will discuss methods that will allow you to download photos from Instagram to your computer or smartphone.

If you have ever needed to download a photo from Instagram to your smartphone or computer, then you may have noticed that the standard method will not be able to complete the required procedure. The fact is that hundreds of thousands of unique photos are published daily in this service, and in order to protect the copyrights of users, the application for the phone and the web version does not have the ability to save pictures. But there are many other options for downloading photo cards.

First, let's look at the fastest and most convenient way to download photos from the Instagram service, which is suitable for both a computer and a phone. We're talking about free stuff.

Similarly, using the iGrab online service, we can download the desired image to our computer.

Method 2: Screenshot

A simple, but not the most correct method. The fact is that a screenshot will give you an image of even lower resolution, although when uploading pictures to Instagram, the images seriously lose quality.

If you are an Apple iPhone user, you can take a screenshot by pressing the keys simultaneously Home+Power on. For Android devices, the combination is usually used Power+Volume Down key(However, the combination may vary depending on the shell installed).

You can also take a photo by capturing an image from Instagram on your computer. It is most convenient to use a standard tool for this purpose. "Scissors".

Method 3: Save using the InstaSave mobile app

InstaSave is a mobile application implemented for both iOS and Android. This is what you can use to download the image you like or even a video to your phone. It is worth noting that this application will not be able to help download photos from private profiles, since InstaSave does not have an authorization function. Therefore, it can be considered solely as a way to download from public profiles.

Method 4: Save to computer using page code

This option will allow you to save the image in its original quality and will not require the use of additional tools other than your web browser. Moreover, this method of downloading images is useful in cases where you need to download photos from closed accounts that you follow.

Method 5: Saving photos to your computer using the InstaGrab online service

If the option described above seemed inconvenient for you, then the task can be simplified thanks to the InstaGrab online service. The downside of the service is that it works exclusively with open user accounts.

These are the main and most convenient options for saving photo cards from Instagram.

Multimedia and messaging exchange, the main functions of Instagram, especially Internet publications fill up very quickly. By adding their personal content, every Instagram user has at least once dreamed of a function that would help download interesting publications of photos and videos to their phone. On the vastness of the social network Instagram, a large number of beautiful photographs can be found, for example, a large number of users upload family photographs, nature, architecture, landmarks, wise quotes, and share beautiful shots from vacations in exotic countries.

Scrolling through the activity feed, we can accidentally see in the photo our family, friends, classmates who are hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, and save the photo from Instagram on our phone or computer as a souvenir. Is it even possible to download photos from Instagram? The answer for everyone interested is positive. There are several ways to save photos that you can use to download photos from Instagram:

• Take a screenshot of the screen on your phone;
• from Instagram and download from a special website;
• Install additional applications on your smartphone.

We will describe each of the above methods in more detail below.

Download the photo from the link

How to save a photo from Instagram to your phone using a link? Launch Instagram on a mobile device. We look through the activity feed and find the publication, in particular the photo, that we want to download. On the right side of the upper corner, touch the publication menu (3 vertical dots). Select the “copy link” option. Open Telegram and start a chat with yourself. Paste the copied link and send yourself a message. Next, touch the picture in the message, and in the menu click save to gallery. The picture will be saved in the gallery on your device. To view the downloaded publication, go to the gallery.

Attention! If the Telegram messenger is not installed, then it must be installed so that the ability to download publications via a link is available. You can install the Telegram messenger for Android from the Play Market, and on iOS from the App Store. Today, the messenger does not work stably in Russia. The mobile messenger includes the Russian language.

In this way, you can download photos to your smartphone. All media files will be automatically saved to the gallery when you select them.

The fastest and least expensive way to save photos on your mobile phone instantly is to take a screenshot of the screen. We take a screenshot, go to the insta profile, select a photo of another user and take a photo. If your device runs on Android OS, then a screenshot is taken by simultaneously pressing two sound and lock buttons. The photo is saved in the “screenshot” album in the gallery.

Take a screenshot on your iPhone, press and immediately release the home button. The screenshot will be saved in a standard location.

How to download photos from computer

All of the above methods are good when using a special mobile application of the social network Instagram. In addition to the mobile program, the social network has its own official web page, which is always accessible from a computer.

Launch the installed browser on your computer/laptop. In the address bar, enter the Instagram website, type in your account login and password, and go through authorization. Next, find the photo you like and click on its menu (three vertical dots) and copy the image link. Open the next tab and type the request: download photos on your computer from Instagram. We find a service that offers to download online using a link on Instagram. Paste the link into the required field and wait until the material is downloaded.

Thus, videos lasting no more than 1 minute (60 seconds)

Downloading photos via apps

The social network Instagram does not stand still and is constantly evolving. To make the application convenient and comfortable to work with, additional programs are created for the developer. There are special applications for downloading photos from Instagram to your phone. Applications such as Instagrab, Instasave, Insta Download are popular.

The operating principle of the listed applications is the same. To use them to download photos from Instagram, you need to copy the links. To do this, touch the publication menu (three vertical dots) and select the copy link option. We launch an additional application on the phone and paste the address we copied into a special line. Next, touch the “download” button (down arrow). After downloading, the saved publication will appear in your album or gallery.

The principle of working with applications is simple and easy. These external programs allow you to download not only pictures, but also videos. All mobile applications from official trading platforms are provided to users absolutely free.

Another way to save the publication you like to your phone. It happens that the device has little memory and it is not possible to install additional external applications. And you don’t want to lose an interesting recipe, a wise saying or a beautiful photo. Then you can save it in the Instagram mobile application itself. To do this, click on the flag under the image on the right side. Now your note is saved and you can return to it and look at it at any time.

If you were personally sent a message with an attached file (photo), you can download the image without using any additional external programs. To do this, just click on the photo and select save to your phone.

Do not forget to update the installed additional programs to the latest version so that all additional programs work stably.

It would be difficult to find a person today who does not use Instagram. This service is one of the most popular for those people who like to share photos, thereby talking about their lives. At the same time, many users sometimes have a desire to download or save photos from Instagram to their computer or phone. But for some reason the developers did not think of a method by which it would be possible to do this without any problems.

This article will present 8 ways to save or download photos from Instagram.

How to download photos from Instagram to your computer or phone

Downloading a photo means saving a specific image on a device - computer, laptop, tablet or phone. It is necessary when you want to save a photo for later use or send to someone.

Configuring source saving

The user needs to go to their profile and click on the “Settings” tab. Then in the list that opens, find the “Original Photos” button. Thanks to this method, the user can save all edited photos, as well as those just taken.

This method is worth taking note, since it is the main one and also one of the simplest. It is especially convenient when the original photo has been lost.

Taking a screenshot

Any device, be it a modern smartphone or computer, allows you to take a screenshot. On smartphones, to take a screenshot, you most often need to hold down the phone's On/Off button. But you need to remember that in this way the entire area of ​​the visible screen will be saved and after that, you need to crop off the unnecessary part of the image.

For a personal computer, the algorithm of actions is as follows: open the desired photo and click PrintScreen. This button allows you to take a screenshot, after which you can safely upload the photo to your PC. In addition, using a special screen recording program, you can select in advance which area of ​​the screen to save and no post-processing will be required.

Programs for download

This method is effective when you need to download many files at once. To do this, the user needs to use the service Instaport, specially designed for such purposes. All you need to do is download the application, log into it through your Instagram account and choose how to download a set of files (there are options for downloading in a .zip file, as well as an option for uploading photos to your Facebook account. In this way, you can upload both your own and other people’s photos.

There is another option for downloading photos to a personal computer - instagram. This service allows you to download any photos and is suitable for those who do not want to bother too much. All you need to do is enter your username and access to downloading their content is open.

Saving the image from the code

Right-click on the photo that opens. Next, in the action menu that opens, select “View code.” A box will appear at the bottom, where in the upper left corner we click on the mouse icon in the square.

We return to the screen, and point the mouse at the photo, and when it is highlighted, click on it. After this, a code with this photo will appear below in the box that appears. Find the image, right-click again and select “Open link in new tab”.

The image will open in a new tab where you can save it.

Downloading the source on iOS

This method is for iOS users. Instagram installed on this system has a special menu under the photos. In this menu you need to find the “Copy URL” tab. Then proceed exactly the same as in the previous method.

In this regard, I found several ways to implement this task - as always, various online services help out, plus Yandex provided its very effective solution.

If you need a single download of images, there is one relatively simple method that is accessible to everyone and always works - I will also mention it. In the post I will look at how to download photos from Instagram to a computer, that is, smartphone applications are not included in the review. The same applies to desktop programs, I’m not sure if anyone else uses them :) Do you know other suitable solutions? - indicate them in the comments, they will come in handy. In total I found 4 ways:

Why download photos from Instagram?

The reasons may be different:

• Firstly, as in my case, the use of personal photos in work, whether for some other purpose.
• Secondly, you can download pictures of other users for the same purpose, although it is not entirely clear what kind of nuances there are with copyright - although the materials are in the public domain, they were made by a very specific person.
• Thirdly, such a solution is suitable for creating a kind of backup. It may be useful for importing into another service/account.
• Fourthly, if you want to delete your presence on this social network, you can first download it to your computer (so as not to lose your work).

It works very simply: 1) enter a link to your Instagram profile or a separate post in the form; 2) then select settings (optional, it’s better to leave everything as is); 3) click “Save pictures”. For free and without registration, you can download up to 20 images at a time in maximum quality; 2 launches per day are available from one IP. If you need a much larger scale and not only Instagram, then I advise you to activate the Pro version, where there are no restrictions.

Vibbi (ex Instaport)

Previously, the service was called Instaport, now, apparently, it has become one of the functions of the Vibbi project. It allows you not only to download photos from Instagram online, but also downloads your videos and posts.

On the main page, in the “Get started” field, indicate the link to your account. According to the description, the service positions itself as a backup tool, but no one bothers you to provide a link to another (not your) profile. After entering the address, click on “Continue”. A list of all available images will open in a new window.

On this page you can:

• make a selection by date and download it - click “Download Range”.
• mark only certain pictures for downloading + “Download Selected” button;
• download everything via “Download All Posts” (with a large number of objects it may be difficult);

As I said above, the Vibbi service allows you to download photos and videos from Instagram, that is, absolutely all your materials (I couldn’t find confirmation of functionality regarding posts).

In addition, some users claim that it is not always possible to download pictures from the social network - the process seems to be going on, but even after 2-3 minutes (stated in the description) nothing happens. This happened to me a couple of times myself. In this case, you can restart the process. If this does not help, I advise you to download photos from Instagram to your computer gradually, selecting 20-30 (or more) at a time and clicking on the “Download Selected” button. This method works 99% of the time. As a result, you get images up to 1080x1080 pixels with filters applied.

Yandex.Disk for photos from Instagram

Quite unexpectedly for me, the Yandex.Disk cloud file storage service included a function for importing photos from social networks. With its help, you can download photos from Instagram online directly to the service itself without downloading them to your local computer. After logging into your account, select “Photos from social networks”.

The page that opens displays already downloaded pictures, if any, plus there are a couple of tools for work: opening sharing, creating albums, sorting, etc. At the very top in the center is the “Save new photo” button. Click on it and you will see buttons for connecting different social networks.

Select Instagram, after which Yandex will request access to your account. Immediately after confirmation of permission, copying of materials to Yandex.Disk will begin. That's basically it. The process is completed quite quickly, and unlike Vibbi, it is not buggy.

If you initially needed to download photos from Instagram to your computer, then you should perform one more action. In the same section of the “Photos from Social Networks” menu, check the corresponding folder and click on the download icon in the sidebar on the right.

This is if you need to get a full backup of images from the service on the local drive of your PC. In this case, you can also go to the folder and make a random selection.

Unlike the previous service, the images here are smaller in size - 640x640 and only in square format (even if they were different in the service itself). In addition, videos are saved separately in a folder with common files; they are not in this section.

In general, Yandex.Disk is a great option to download photos from Instagram to your computer for free or store them in a cloud service. The only, but quite logical, “minus” here is that you can only upload pictures from your account.

Web page inspectors in browsers

Almost every modern browser has an interactive tool that allows you to view and edit source code - the Page Inspector. In Chrome and Firefox, it is called using the hotkeys Ctrl + Shift + I or through the context menu. The second option is simpler and faster, as it allows you to immediately open the desired element on the page.

So, to download a photo via Instagram using a link, you need to right-click on the image and then select Inspect from the menu.

In the Inspector, find a link to the image in the HTML code of the page. For example, in the screenshot above you see a certain DIV block with the class “ovg3g”, and the image is in the previous DIV with the class “_jjzlb” (at least that’s the case now). In fact, you don’t need the names of the classes; I’m giving them for absolute beginners who find it difficult to immediately understand the essence of what is happening.

Next, either copy the address of the image, or select “Open link in new tab” in the context menu to open the image in a new browser tab. This method allows you to download photos and videos to Instagram, but for the latter the HTML code is a little more complicated and you will have to open several nested DIVs during the search process.

Instagram for downloading photos from Instagram

The Instagrab project is easy to use and even works from mobile phones (via a browser, not as an application). All you need to do is indicate the link to the desired photo in a special field on the page and click “Download”.

After the picture is uploaded to the service, click the “Download file” button below it - the object will open in a new window (size 1080x1080). Then you use the basic functions of the browser and right-click on the image, selecting the menu item “Save image as...” (Save as).

In general, Instagramb allows you to quickly and easily download Instagram photos from a link, suitable even for beginners. The algorithm for working with video is similar. In fact, this service is a simplified version of the previous method without the need to study the source code of the page.

Total

I will briefly summarize the distinctive features of each option:

• Vibbi (ex Instaport) - several options for selecting images (including downloading all account materials), your own and other people's photos, size 1080x1080 pixels. Minus - sometimes it's buggy.
• Yandex.Disk - a selection of pictures + a full account backup, dimensions 640x640, fast, stable operation. The only downside is your profile.
• Web inspector - allows you to download photos from Instagram to your computer only one at a time, but from any account. The downside is the relative complexity of execution.
• Instagramb is a simple service, uploading one object at a time, processing your own and other people’s materials via a link, size 1080x1080 px. In principle, there are no obvious disadvantages, although I don’t particularly like the fact that a personal picture can appear on the site in the “latest uploads” slideshow.

Which method to choose depends on your goals. If you want to backup your account, I liked Yandex.Disk the most (easy and without glitches). For a single download, I use the page inspector - personally, it’s faster and easier for me, since I’m well versed in HTML code.

What applications/programs and services do you use to download photos from Instagram? — write the names in the comments.

While spending time viewing content on Instagram, quite often you come across wonderful author’s photographs, which you can save to the gallery of your PC, mobile device, or to your page (of course, indicating the authorship) on this social network. The problem is that the developers of the mobile application have provided protection against copying content. It is clear that this is done to prevent theft and unauthorized use of photographs. However, there are ways to save images, and in this story we will tell you how to copy a photo on Instagram.

How to copy photo materials on Instagram: a simple and fast way

The easiest option for copying content is a screenshot. You can take a screenshot both on a smartphone and on a PC, but we are not looking for easy ways, so to get a copy of the original image from a PC you need to:

• Follow the link. Right-click to open the menu and select “Save”.

As you can see, everything is extremely simple and clear.

We should not forget that using other people's photographs without permission (read free) violates the owner's copyright.

Copy an image from Instagram to iPhone

To save content to a smartphone running iOS, a lot of applications have been created, the most convenient of which is InstaDown.

1. Download the InstaDown application from the App Store and install it on your iPhone.
2. Copy the link to the photo page.
3. Open InstaDown and paste the copied address into the search bar, then start the search.

After the desired image is found, click the blue down arrow button to download and save the photo to the gallery of your mobile gadget.

To be fair, it is worth noting that you can copy an image from Insta to an iPhone without installing third-party applications. To do this you need:

• copy the address of the selected image;
• go to browser;
• paste the address into the search bar.

Saving photos from Instagram to Android

If you use a smartphone running Android OS, then it is best to use the InstaSave application to download content from Insta.

• First of all, this application needs to be downloaded and installed on your smartphone. It is distributed under a free license.
• Open InstaSave and log into Instagram.
• Select a photo, save its URL to your clipboard.
• Go to the InstaSave menu and click the "download" button.

After this procedure, the selected image will be copied to the gallery of your mobile device.

Similar to iPhones, owners of Android devices can save photos from Insta using a browser and the address of the image they like. To do this you need:

• find image;
• copy its URL;
• will paste the address into the browser.

How to copy a photo link on Instagram

Everything is extremely simple. If you are the owner of an Apple mobile device, then

If you are the owner of a modern gadget running Android OS, then to get the address of a photo on Insta you need to:

Copy photos from Instagram to your page

It is impossible to copy someone else's image from Insta and post it on your Instagram page (in other words, repost) using the application's standard tools. But you can perform this procedure using some third-party applications. In our opinion, the most interesting among the mass of services in this segment is Repost for Instagram. You can download the application for both smartphones running IOS and Android gadgets.

• download and install the program from the application store;
• launch Repost for Instagram and log in using the registration data from your Insta account;
• find a photo to repost;
• under the photo, click on the blue “Repost” button;
• create a signature and press the “Repost” button again.

In the window that opens, there will be text that says that the photo with the description was automatically copied. Click OK and go to the Instagram application. When you publish a photo on your page, text will be automatically inserted with the address of the account where the image was taken from.

Conclusion

Despite some technical difficulties with copying content from Instagram, this can be done using the capabilities of the application and the functionality of third-party software. The main thing in this procedure is not to violate copyright, since theft of content can lead to blocking of your account.