Instagram stories became very popular since their release few years ago. Almost every other Instagram user uploads Instagram stories on daily basis.
One major problem with Instagram stories is that stories automatically disappear after 24 hours. If you haven’t saved or downloaded your Instagram story within 24 hours, then it will be lost forever.
Whether you would like to re-post your Instagram story another time, use it on other social media platform or simply save it for memory sake, you can do this by saving or downloading your Instagram stories.
In this article you are going to learn how to save & download Instagram stories so you could use them later.
Let’s get started!
How to save & download your Instagram stories?
Luckily there are a lot of different options to save & download Instagram stories. I have picked three best methods to accomplish this.
You can either archive Instagram stories in your Instagram app, highlight Instagram stories so they would be saved for longer than 24 hours or download Instagram stories directly to your smartphone.
Keep reading further and I will explain all of these methods in detail.
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1. Archive Instagram stories to save them for later
Archiving is a great feature if you would like to automatically save all of your Instagram stories that will be posted in the future.
This option is the best because you won’t need to manually download every story that you post, as they will be automatically saved in Instagram app’s archive. Whenever you want to view or download any of those, you can easily access them in your archive folder.
Follow the steps below to enable archiving of your Instagram stories:
- Open up your Instagram app and login to your profile if you haven’t already;
- Tap on the menu icon at the top right corner and select “Archive”;
- Tap on three-dot icon at the top right and select “Settings”;
- Turn the toggle on next to “Save to archive”.
Done! From now on you will be able to view all of your saved stories in your archive folder. Only you will be able to view them after they disappear from your stories.
2. Download Instagram stories directly to your smartphone
Luckily, you won’t need any third-party apps to do this. Simply open up your Instagram app and follow the steps below:
- Go to Instagram app and login to your Instagram profile;
- Open up Instagram story which you would like to download;
- Click on three-dot icon at the bottom right corner;
- Select “Save photo” and story will be automatically saved in your smartphone’s memory.
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3. Save Instagram stories to story highlights
Instagram story highlights were created to keep stories available to public even after 24 hours. You can also create different categories of highlighted stories which will remain public until you delete them.
Some use highlighted stories to post customer reviews, some use them to place their products, etc. However, every highlighted story will be saved and remain available even after 24 hours. This means that Instagram story highlights can be used as a storage for your stories too.
Follow the steps below to save Instagram stories to your story highlights:
- Go to Instagram app and login to your Instagram profile;
- Open up a story which you would like to highlight;
- Select “Highlight” icon at the bottom right corner;
- “Add to highlights” tab will appear, add it to your existing highlight folder or create new;
- If you are creating a new highlight folder, just add highlight name and tap on “Add”.
Your story highlights will appear under your profile description in your profile page. They will be available for public viewing.
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I hope that you found this guide helpful and have been able to save & download your Instagram stories. If you have any more questions, leave a comment below!
