How to Save Instagram Photos and Video to your iPhone

Learn how to save Instagram videos and photos to your iPhone Camera Roll in a few easy steps! Find out how to store your favorite Instagram media for free.

In Short

  • Enable Settings in the Instagram app and save Original Photos and Videos to the camera roll. (Instagram app > Profile > More settings > Archiving and Downloading > Enable Saving to Camera roll)
  • Use Screenshot tricks and save HD Photos.

Fortunately, people enjoy Instagram Live Videos, share Stories, and can save favorite photos and Videos in the Instagram App on iPhone. But can’t save Instagram Photos to iPhone Camera Roll. If you would like to keep your desired pictures that other Instagram users upload, then the following guide will help you quickly.

Easy Way to Download or Save Instagram Photos to iPhone Camera Roll

Turn on Save Original Photos and Videos From Instagram to iPhone Camera Roll

If you are looking for a solution for a New Capture photo or Edited photo and Video, automatically save to your iPhone Photos (Camera Roll). Here are the applicable Instagram settings allowing users to Manage Automatically save Instagram photos/Video downloading on their iPhone before posting on your Instagram profile/feed.

  1. Open the Instagram App on your iPhone.
  2. Now, Tap on Profile and Find More Option at the Top Right corner of the screen.
Open the instagram click on profile picture now tap on more option on iphone
Instagram Settings on iPhone
  1. Tapping on Settings and privacy option.
  2. Please scroll the screen to tap on the Archiving and downloading option that is located under the Your App and Media section.
  3. Now, turn toggle to the right side to Save original photos. Using this setting, you can Automatically save the unedited photos and videos taken with Instagram’s feed camera to your camera roll.
  4. If you want to Save the story to Camera Roll, you can turn on the toggle next to it. For information, please see the below given picture.
Click on archiving and downloading enable save original photos & save story to camera roll on iphone

What is Save? Now Open the Photos app on your iPhone, And Tap on the Photos tab at the bottom of the Photos app. Under All Photos, see the recently downloaded Photo to your iPhone. Find more tricks to download Instagram photos from your Instagram feed.

Officially, there is no toggle or tweak to save an Instagram photo or video to your Phone camera roll. Here, I’ll show you certain useful ideas that may help you save your favorite pictures from Instagram to your Apple phone.

No, third-party apps don’t work to save Instagram photos on iPhones. A year ago, there were many Apps available on the Apple App Store. Apps Name such as Insta Save, Insta Get, Insta Grab, etc.

Note: If you are looking for Download Video, then Enable the Screen Recording on iPhone. After then, Edit the Recorded video from the Photos app, and Crop the unwanted Space around the Video in Edit mode.

Save Instagram Photos to iPhone Camera Roll With Capture Screenshot

On an iPhone X, and later, Follow the below steps to take a screenshot on your iPhone for Instagram.

  1. You should Press the Side button and the Volume up button simultaneously. Then Quickly release both buttons. A thumbnail of your screenshot appears in the lower-left corner of your iPhone.
  2. Tap the thumbnail to crop the picture and tap Done to save a picture into the camera roll.
  3. Tap the Save to Photos option. Get photos into the Photos App on your iPhone. Get more: How to take a screenshot on iPhone X or later

On iPhone 8 or earlier, iPad, and iPod Touch

  • Step #1. Press the Top or Side button and the Home button at the same time. Quickly release both buttons.
    A thumbnail of your screenshot appears in the lower-left corner of your device.
  • Step #2. Tap the thumbnail to crop the picture and tap Done to save the picture into the camera roll.
  • Step #3. Tap the Save to Photos option.
Crop the images tap on done select save to photos on iPhone

How to find the screenshot you just took, along with ones you’ve taken before,

  1. Launch Photos App.
  2. Tapping Albums tab
  3. Scroll down the screen to tap on Screenshots. You can see all the screenshots taken on your device here.
Open the photos app tap on albums scroll the screenshots on iphone

Note: If you do not find a picture in the Photos app, then force close Photos app re-open photos app again and try to find it Out.

Click on photos app in tap on photo on iPhone

How to save Instagram photos without posting them on your iPhone (Use AirPlne Mode)

1. Open the Instagram Camera on your iPhone. Tap on the (+) Plus Icon in the Instagram app.

Launch the instagram app tap (+) plus icon on iPhone

2. Tap on the Camera icon, Click the Camera tap on Edit with a tool to Apply a filter, and select the Next Button on the iPhone.

Click on camera icon tap on appear picture then select next on iPhone

3. Now enable AirPlane mode before tapping on the Share Button.
4. Now tap on the Close button to appear in our picture example.

5. Then tap on the Share button so you can see something went wrong please try again later. So tap on the X button next to an error and tap Remove.
6. Launch the Photos App.

Choose the remove launch photos on iPhone

7. Now open the photos app and find a recent picture that is saved from Instagram.

Choose the remove launch photos on iPhone

That’s it!


A Caveat: Somewhere, you find a way to save Instagram photos to an iPhone camera roll using a copy link and paste it into the Safari browser, then copy and paste it into Notes App. This is the nasty way it doesn’t work. Truly it is perhaps a waste of your time.


So hey, friends, this is the simple method through which you can download/ save Instagram Videos to your iPhone Camera Roll for all time. In a convenient way, anybody can comply efficiently.

So don’t miss every single photo and video on Instagram that you most like. So try for yourself and share with your friends on Whatsapp, Facebook, and other social networks directly from your iPhone.

Let’s guys, do you have any other tricks to download Instagram Photos and Videos on your iPhone camera roll? Please drop them in the comment box. We will appreciate your ideas.

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Karly Wood

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