How to save a photo from Instagram on any device
How to Save a Photo from Instagram on Any Device
Instagram deliberately leaves out a save button, so the picture you wanted stays inside the app. Copy the post link, paste it here, and the file itself comes down — on a phone, on a laptop, in whatever browser you already use.
Instagram Downloader
How to download Instagram photos on Phone?
Copy the post link from the share menu, open sssinst in your mobile browser and paste it in. A preview appears within a second or two, and from there you have two ways to keep the file — either works, and neither needs an app installed.
- hold your finger on the preview and choose Save
- or press Download underneath it, which opens the image on its own tab where you can save it the usual way
Downloading Instagram pictures on a desktop PC
On a desktop the link comes from the address bar rather than a share menu. Open the post so that it fills its own page, copy what the browser shows, and the rest is identical to the mobile route.
- open a single post that contains the picture and copy the address from the bar
- paste it into the field on the main page of sssinst
- press Download and the file is yours
Two things decide whether it works:
- the link has to be the whole address, not a shortened one;
- it has to point at one post, so that it carries the post identifier;
- and the account that published it has to be public.
How to save Instagram photos on iPhone?
Safari behaves no differently from Chrome on Android here. Copy the link from the post, paste it on the main page, and the preview gives you the same two options.
- hold your finger on the preview and choose Save
- or press Download underneath it and save the image from the tab that opens
FAQ
Does this work on a phone as well as a computer?
Yes, and the steps are the same on both. Anything with a browser will do — an Android phone, an iPhone, a tablet or a desktop machine. Nothing about the process changes between them.
Is there anything to install on a PC first?
No. The whole thing runs on this page in the browser you already have open. There is no extension to add and no program to download before you start.
How do you save a post with several pictures?
A carousel comes down whole. Paste the link to the post once and every slide inside it is returned as a separate file, rather than making you repeat the routine ten times over.
How many pictures can I save in a day?
As many as you need. There is no counter running in the background, no daily ceiling and no point at which the service asks you to pay to carry on.