Instagram is undoubtedly one of the most popular photo-sharing apps in the world. Today, it is not only used to share images and videos, but it is also used to share news and make purchases. The app is full of photos – some we like, some we hate, some we laugh at and some we want to save. But Instagram comes with one major limitation – you can’t save images (or videos) from Instagram natively.
While the social messaging app offered by Facebook offers its users a functionality for bookmarking posts (remember the ribbon icon you see on every Instagram post), there's no way to simply right-click and save an image. But luckily there are a few tricks you can use to save images from the app.
Here's how to save images to your smartphone:
– Tap on the Profile icon in the app.
– Now tap on the hamburger menu in the top right corner of the app.
– Click Settings in the bottom right corner of the app.
– Now click on the Account option.
– In the menu bar that opens next, iOS users tap the Original Photos option and Android users tap the Original Posts option.
– Now tap the button and you are good to go.
This will ensure that all original posts you share from your Instagram account are saved to smartphone by default.
You can also save images using the web version of the app. But the thing is, you might have to do it with code. If you don't mind doing that, then here's a trick that lets you download images using your web browser:
– Open Instagram in your desktop or laptop web browser
– Now open the image you want to save.
– Click on the three dots in the upper left corner of the image.
– Then click Go to Post.
– Right-click and click on View Page Source.
– Now press Command + F and type '.jpg' in the search bar.
– Now go to the first '.jpg' symbol that is underlined in the code.
– Copy the code starting from “https://instagram.” to ‘.jpg’ and paste into a new tab.
– Now, right-click on the image and click Save As to save it to your computer.
