How to Use the Instagram Video Downloader
Three steps from an Instagram link to a file on your device:
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Copy a link in Instagram
Open the post, Reel or story in Instagram and use Copy link; in a browser, copy the address from the address bar. For a profile, the username is enough.
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Paste it into the form
Put the link into the field at the top of this page with the Paste button, or type the username, and press Search.
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Download from the result screen
After Search, the result screen opens. Press Download under the file you want to save.
What the result screen shows
Search for a username or a profile link, and the result screen opens with the profile card and four tabs: Posts, Stories, Highlights and Reels.
- Profile card. Profile picture, the number of posts, followers and following, and the bio.
- Posts. Each post shows the start of its caption, the number of likes and comments, the date and a Download button.
- Stories. Stories from the last 24 hours, each with a Download button. If there are none, the tool shows "It seems that there are no stories for the last 24 hours. Please try again later."
- Highlights. The story collections the author keeps on the profile. Open a highlight to download its stories; each story is a separate file.
- Reels. The profile's Reels, each with a Download button; a Reel is saved as one MP4 file with sound.
- Profile picture. Tap or click the avatar in the profile card to open a larger view and download it as a JPG.
What you get: formats, resolution, size
InstaSuperSave does not convert or compress anything: you get the file Instagram serves, in the resolution Instagram serves it. We downloaded each type of file below from public profiles and read its resolution and size from the file itself.
Resolution depends on what the author uploaded, so the table shows what we got in our test, not a guarantee for every file.
| Content | File | Resolution in our test | Size in our test | Notes |
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| Reel, 41 s | MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio) | 720 x 1280 | 6.7 MB | one file, sound included |
| Video post, 30 s | MP4 (H.264, AAC) | 720 x 1280 | 6.5 MB | saved from the Posts tab |
| Photo post | JPG | 1080 x 1350 | 192 KB | saved from the Posts tab |
| Story photo | JPG | 1179 x 2096 | 238 KB | saved from the Stories tab |
| Story inside a highlight, 10 s | MP4 (H.264, AAC) | 720 x 1280 | 1.9 MB | each story in a highlight is a separate file |
| Profile picture | JPG | 400 x 400 | 8 KB | the size depends on the profile: another profile gave 1080 x 1080 the same day |
- The date of these measurements is in the changelog.
What InstaSuperSave can't download — and what to do
- Private accounts. Only public profiles work. For a private profile the tool shows: "You have entered the link to a private account. Please, try to use the link to a public account." What to do: use a link to a public account; posts of a private account open only in Instagram, for the followers the author approved.
- Close Friends stories. A story the author shares only with their Close Friends list is not public, and the tool shows only public content, so such a story is not among the profile's stories. What to do: it can be watched only in Instagram, by the people on that list.
- Live videos. A live broadcast can't be saved, during or after the stream. The tool shows: "Live videos cannot be downloaded". What to do: if the author later posts the recording as a Reel, download that Reel.
- Expired stories. A story disappears 24 hours after posting, and a link to it no longer works. The tool shows: "The download link not found". What to do: open the author's Highlights tab; a story the author added to a highlight stays there as long as the author keeps it.
- Links the tool doesn't recognize. Links to Instagram settings, hashtag pages or direct messages return "Link format is incorrect", and links to other websites return "Sorry we don't support this site". What to do: paste a direct link to a post, Reel, story or profile, or type the username.
- Stale results. If the result screen stays open too long, its download links expire and the tool shows: "The results are outdated. Please try your search again". What to do: press Search again.
- "No posts found". The message "No posts found. Please try again later." appears in two cases: the profile has no public posts, or loading the posts failed this time. "No highlights found. Please try again later." means the same for highlights. What to do: check in Instagram whether the profile has public posts; if it does, search again in a minute.
- A quick browser check. Sometimes the tool shows a short automatic check before the result; it needs no login. What to do: wait until it finishes. If the tool shows "Verification failed. Please try again.", search again; if it shows "Your browser does not support verification. Please update it or use a different browser.", update the browser or open the site in another one.
Who makes InstaSuperSave
InstaSuperSave is made by a small team that has been building download tools for social networks since 2021. We are not affiliated with Instagram or Meta.
- Changelog: last entry October 17, 2026
- Contact: [email protected]
Frequently Asked Questions about Our Instagram Downloader
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No. You don't sign in to Instagram on InstaSuperSave, so your Instagram account can't appear in a story's viewer list, and saving a post, Reel or story sends the author no notification. Watching stories this way is described on the story viewer page.
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No. The form takes a link or a username, and the site never asks for an Instagram login or password. Paste a link to a public post, Reel or story, or type a username.
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The file Instagram serves, without conversion or re-encoding: MP4 for videos, Reels and video stories, JPG for photos and the profile picture. Resolution and size of each type from our test are in the table under "What you get: formats, resolution, size" above.
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No. Only public profiles work, and a live broadcast can't be saved, during or after the stream. What the tool shows in both cases and what to do instead is in "What InstaSuperSave can't download — and what to do" above.
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Saving a public post to watch it yourself is generally fine. Reposting it or using it commercially without the author's permission is not: the content belongs to its author, see the Instagram Terms of Use. Rights holders can use our DMCA page.
What's new
- — Search and download engine updated (version 1.15.3).
- — Home page rewritten: file formats and sizes from our test, the cases the tool can't handle, new FAQ. About and DMCA pages added. Separate pages for long videos, Facebook, profile pictures and videos closed and redirected to the home page.
- — Search and download engine updated (version 1.15.2).
Last update: October 17, 2026. Full changelog