Save your own Instagram photos to your mobile device
Whether you are looking for a way to save a copy of the photo you just edited on Instagram before posting it, or you want to add a photo of another user to come back to later, or you want to upload a photo on your computer, it's a bit difficult to know exactly how to do this..
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Instagram has some useful features that make it easy to upload your own photos and bookmark other users' photos, but it prevents you from uploading any user's photos by saving an image to a normal web page. There are a few side solutions which we will see later, but let's start with the most basic method of saving Instagram photos that you have already posted on your own account.
Saving copies of your own Instagram photos when posting
If you upload an existing photo to Instagram without using the built-in filter or editing functions to make changes to it, you obviously already have a copy on your device. But for those who take photos directly through the app or upload existing photos with Instagram filters and editing effects applied to them, saving a copy of the finished product can be done very easily and is done automatically by activating de simple parameters..
Here's what to do:
- Go to your profile tab.
- Tap the gear icon in the top right corner to access your settings.
- Scroll down on the next tab until you see an option labeled Save Original Photos (under Settings) with a button next to it.
- Press “Save Original Photos” to activate them and make them appear in blue.
As long as this setting is enabled, all your messages will be copied automatically to your mobile device's photo album, when you post them to a new photo album or folder titled 'Instagram'. It works for all types of posts including: those you take through the Instagram app, those you post from your device without making changes, and those you download from your device with filter effects and filter effects. edition applied to them.
Save other users' photos (and videos) to review them in the app
Instagram now has a recording function built right into the app. While it just lets you bookmark the photo or video tab without downloading anything to your device, it's still better than nothing. So far the only way in the Instagram app to bookmark the photo or video that has been posted by another user is to like it, and you will be able to access it again by previewing your preferred positions via the Settings tab..
The two big disadvantages of Instagram's backup feature are:
- You must have an internet connection to be able to review the message recorded in the application.
- The saved image could potentially disappear if the user who posted it decides to delete it. Remember, using the bookmark feature is just a link to the photo - nothing will be saved to your account or device.
On the other hand, if you want to follow the comments of a popular post, a very useful way to do so would be to save the post and come back to it later to read the new comments.
How to use Instagram's new Save tab?
The new Save tab appears as a small bookmark icon on each user's profile directly above the Photo Stream in the horizontal menu. You cannot see the backup tab on other users' profiles, but you can see it on your own profile when you are logged in. This is to make sure that only you are able to see what you have recorded.
To save any post you find on Instagram, find the bookmark icon in the lower right corner and tap it. It will automatically be added to your backup tab and no notification will be sent to the user who posted it.
Save other users' Instagram photos in a few more ways
If you've all tried right-clicking and Save As ... on a photo from Instagram on your computer, or you've tried doing it on a mobile device, the way is to tap on a photo while holding it down in a mobile web browser, you're probably wondering why nothing is showing up.
It's okay with Instagram whether you save copies of your own photos to your device or even bookmark them, but it doesn't claim ownership of all content posted in the app, it's up to you get permission from other users if you want to use their content. This explains why it is so difficult to upload any photo.
As mentioned at the start, there are a few tips to get around this. Just be aware that while many users do this often, using content from other users when they are unaware is against Instagram's terms of service.
Take a screenshot
An unofficial, yet quick and easy method of saving photos of others would be to take a screenshot and use a photo editing tool to crop it. Learn how to take a screenshot on your iOS device or on your Android device.
Show page source to locate the image file
If you have access to a computer, you can save an Instagram photo by identifying the image file in the page source.
You can simply tap the three dots on any photo posted on the Instagram app so you can copy the URL and paste it into an email and send it to yourself. If you're already viewing Instagram from the web's wallpaper, you can tap the three dots at the bottom of a post and then tap Go to post to view its post page.
When you navigate to the web wallpaper photo url, right click and select Show Page Source to open a new tab with all the code. The image file ends with .jpg. You can use the keyword search feature by typing Ctrl + F or Cmd + F and entering .jpg in the search field.
The first .jpg you find should be the image file. Using your cursor, highlight everything from https: // instagram. to .jpg and copy it. Paste it in the URL field of your web browser and you will see the image, on which you can right click and select Save As ... to save it to your computer.
Try third-party apps (if you're desperate)
If you do some research, you might be able to find a third-party app that claims to allow you to save or download Instagram photos. However, there is no guarantee that it will really work, as Instagram reviews all API access requests and rejects anything that allows users to interact too strongly with the app, or that goes to it. 'against their terms of use.
In other words, you might have a really frustrating time trying to find any kind of third-party app that could let you download items seamlessly, and whatever you decide to download could be like a questionable matter affecting your privacy and / or security. It is much better to go about it by one of the methods mentioned above.
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