How to Save Instagram Videos – Instagram is known for its design for photo sharing, but video sharing has become a very big part of the social media. On daily bases people are sharing videos for their followers. Should you want to download your own Instagram videos or the videos uploaded by other Instagram users, you can do so using these methods explained below.

How to Save Instagram Videos – Saving Your Own Video

1. Tap your Instagram app to Open the app.

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2. Open the Instagram story or video you wish to save.

3. Tap the corresponding menu button – It is located in the lower right-hand corner and represented by three dots.

4. Once the pop-up menu appears, tap Save or Save Photo/Video. iOS users can also tap Save Story, which allows you to retrieve the entire contents of a story as one video file.

How to Save Instagram Videos Of Another User

In addition to saving your own Instagram videos, it is possible to also save Instagram videos by other Instagram users. You can do this via web-based version of Instagram using Mac or PC. Meanwhile, Android and iOS mobile users may have to use third-party apps to save Instagram videos or use this method explained below;

How to Save Videos From Instagram to Your Computer:

1. Open your web browser and navigate to the page containing the Instagram video you wish to download.

2. Right-click anywhere on the page outside of the video post itself.

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3. When the context menu appears, select View Page Source or Inspect Element.

Note: This option varies based on the browser.

4. A new tab should now appear, displaying source code for the entire page. Launch the browser’s Find field by using the following keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+F on Windows; Cmd+F on macOS.

5. When the edit field appears, enter the following text: mp4

6. Several results will be highlighted, each accompanied by a complete URL. Copy and paste the first one, as shown in the above screenshot.

7. Open a new tab and paste the copied URL into the address bar. Press Enter or Return.

8. The video should now load in its own standalone player. Right-click anywhere within the video window and select Save video as.

9. You can now specify the filename and location where you’d like to store the MP4 video file on your hard drive.

How to Save Instagram Videos to Your Phone

There are certain third party apps that allows you save Instagram videos to your phone, though most of these apps do not work as they claim. Thus, the best option to saving Instagram videos to your phone is first downloading to your computer using the method above, and then you transfer it to your phone either by email or any other transferring means.