Download Instagram Reels and videos at full resolution
Paste the address of a Reel, a video or a carousel. No account, nothing to install, and no watermark of ours on the file.
Instagram hands the browser a reduced version of almost everything and keeps the largest one at a different address. We ask for the largest the network makes publicly available — on Reels that reaches 1920 pixels tall, when the author published at that quality. Carousels are the network's most common format and usually mix photos and video in one post: we expand the items and return whatever videos are inside, plus the photos that come along with them. Standalone photos have no working path here yet, and we say so immediately instead of leaving you waiting to find out.
How to use it
Step 1
Copy the address of the Reel or post
In the app, tap the three dots and choose Copy link. On a computer, the address bar with the post open is enough. Both shapes work: the short one with /reel/ and the long one with the profile name in front.
Step 2
Paste it here and press Download
The paste button fills the field for you when the browser allows it. If the link is a Story or a standalone photo, the answer arrives before any waiting — the address alone already says what kind of post it is.
Step 3
Pick the resolution
We show dimensions and file size for every option before the download, so you do not find out afterwards that you took the compressed 480-pixel version.
What works, and how far
- Works today
- Reels, feed video, IGTV, video inside a carousel, and full-size profile pictures
- Does not work yet
- Standalone photos, Stories and Highlights — each returns its own notice, never a generic error
- Maximum resolution
- Up to 1920 pixels tall on Reels, when the author published that way. The network re-compresses every upload, so no larger file exists anywhere
- Formats delivered
- MP4 with H.264 for video, JPG for profile pictures and for the photos that come inside a carousel
- Private accounts
- Out, without exception. If a post requires following the account to appear, it is not public
- Measured success rate
- Around 90% per attempt on Reels. What changes between one attempt and the next is the outbound address, not the video — which is why there is a try-again button
Frequently asked questions
Can I download from a private account?
No, and this is not a technical limitation we plan to work around later. We only handle public content. If a post requires you to follow the account to see it, it is out of reach for this tool.
Is the quality the same as the original?
It is the largest version Instagram serves publicly for that post. Videos are re-compressed by the platform itself at upload time, so the author's original file no longer exists anywhere — not for us and not for them.
Why does a standalone photo not download?
Because the path that resolves video does not resolve a lone photo, and a separate path for that has not been built yet. We would rather say so than return an error that makes it look like your link is wrong. If the photo sits inside a carousel, it usually comes along with the rest of the post.
What about Stories and Highlights?
A Story disappears 24 hours after it is posted, and Highlights have not been tested enough here to promise anything. If the author posted the same video to the feed, that is the link that works.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It works in the browser on phones and computers. On iPhone, Safari handles video downloads in its own way, and the instructions appear next to the result rather than buried in a help page.
Do you keep the files I download?
We keep neither the files nor a history of what you asked for. What is stored in your browser, and only there, are the last addresses you pasted, so you do not have to copy them again.
Can I use whatever I download anywhere I like?
That depends on you holding rights to the content. The tool fetches the file; it does not transfer authorship or a licence. Someone else's work stays theirs.
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