Instagram Downloader: Photos, Videos, Reels and Stories
Download Instagram photos and videos from one post, a reel, somebody's stories and highlights, or a whole profile, section by section. Everything comes at the largest size Instagram has, into a folder named after the account. Sign in to Instagram once in NeoDownloader, and later projects use that sign-in by themselves.
Instagram Downloader vs Online Tools and Chrome Extensions
Online tools and extensions
- Take a single post or reel per paste
- Mix everything together in Downloads
- Pass your Instagram links to someone else's server
- Show ads before every file
- Lose the post a picture belonged to
NeoDownloader
- A whole profile from one address, section by section
- A folder for the account, and one inside it for each section
- Your computer talks to Instagram itself, with your sign-in
- An installed program, with nothing in between and no ads
- Each file remembers its Instagram post
How to Download Photos and Videos from Instagram
Instagram's phone app can save a reel when its owner allows it, but not on a computer. For photos, videos, stories and highlights, one post or a whole profile, four steps:
One-time setup: download NeoDownloader and install it. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. The steps below are what you repeat each time.
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Copy an Instagram Address
In your browser, go to the profile on Instagram and take its address from the top of the window. A single post, a reel, someone's stories or one highlight work the same way.
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ProjectsNew projectWhat do you want to download?
instagram.com/nasa/
NextPaste It into NeoDownloader
Click New project: the address is already in the field. Click Next. Gallery Downloader takes Instagram, marked “This address needs a login”; for a profile, the next step lists its sections - “Posts” is ticked, and “Reels”, “Stories” and “Highlights” can be added.
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Sign in on the site
ContinueCancelSign In to Instagram
Pick a folder and click Create project. If there is no Instagram session yet, the run stops at Instagram's own sign-in page, opened inside NeoDownloader; once you are in, Continue lets it go on, and that session serves every later project.
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Get the Photos and Videos
Files arrive at the biggest size Instagram serves, in the account's folder with a subfolder per section. They are fetched as your account, and Instagram treats that as your activity; a later run of the project brings only what was added.
Download Instagram Stories and Highlights
A story lasts a day on Instagram, so a project takes the stories that are up right now; run it again the next day for the new ones. What the author chose to keep is under Highlights, and a highlight downloads whole, its photos and videos alike.
For a profile, tick “Stories” or “Highlights” in the wizard. The address of somebody's stories - instagram.com/stories/… - or of one highlight - instagram.com/stories/highlights/… - works too.
Instagram shows stories only to people who are signed in, so stories and highlights need a sign-in.
Download Instagram Posts, Reels, Stories and Highlights by Their Addresses
- A whole profile - instagram.com/ and the account's name, with the sections you tick
- A post with its photos or video - instagram.com/p/…
- A reel - instagram.com/reel/…, even without a sign-in
- Somebody's stories - instagram.com/stories/…
- A highlight - instagram.com/stories/highlights/…
- A mix of posts and highlights - addresses one per line, together as one project
Instagram Downloader Features
Photos, videos, stories and highlights, a whole profile in one run
A Whole Profile, Section by Section
Give it a profile and choose its sections: posts, reels, stories, highlights. The account gets a folder, and each section a folder inside it.
Names You Can Read
Instead of Instagram's long numbers, a file from a profile or a post is named with the account, the date, its place in a carousel and the start of the caption: someone [2026.08.31] #2 Morning at the lake.jpg.
Every File Knows Its Post
Every file keeps a link to its Instagram post. To see it, look at “Found on” among the file's properties; to go there, use “Open on the site”.
Only What Is New
A repeat run looks for what appeared since the last one - new posts, new stories - and downloads only that.
Instagram Downloader FAQ
Is there a free Instagram downloader?
Yes. NeoDownloader costs nothing to install and keeps Instagram photos, videos, reels and stories from the links you paste. The free version has no time limit; Premium lifts its limits on the number of files per project.
How do I download photos from Instagram?
Instagram offers no way to save someone else's photos to a computer. Copy the address of the post or the profile from your browser, begin a project with it through “New project”, and sign in to Instagram the first time NeoDownloader asks; the photos land in your folder at full size.
How do I download Instagram videos and reels?
Paste the reel's address (instagram.com/reel/…) into “New project”: Video Downloader takes it without any sign-in and saves an MP4 with sound. Videos inside posts or a profile come along with the photos once you are signed in.
Can I download Instagram stories?
Yes, after signing in: Instagram shows stories only to people who are signed in. Tick “Stories” in the wizard for a profile, or paste the address of somebody's stories. A story lasts a day, so the project takes the ones that are up right now; what the author kept is under Highlights.
Can I download Instagram highlights?
Yes, after you sign in: tick “Highlights” for a profile, or paste the address of one highlight - instagram.com/stories/highlights/… - into “New project”. Its photos and videos download together.
Can I download a whole Instagram profile?
Yes. Give “New project” the profile's address and tick the sections you want - posts, reels, stories, highlights - and each lands in its own folder. Later runs add only what is new.
Do I need an Instagram account?
For almost everything, yes: without a sign-in Instagram gives nothing of a profile, its posts or its stories. The first project opens Instagram in NeoDownloader's own browser for you to sign in, and later projects use that sign-in by themselves. A reel by its own address downloads without one. What you download signed in comes down under your account, and Instagram counts that as your activity.
What quality are Instagram photos and videos downloaded in?
As large as Instagram serves them: photos at full size, videos in the best quality Instagram plays. They are not upscaled or re-encoded.
Can I download from a private Instagram account?
NeoDownloader sees Instagram the way your account does: it opens nothing that Instagram does not show you.
Is there an Instagram downloader online or as a Chrome extension?
Neither. It is a program on your computer, which is why it can take a profile with its sections in one project and save straight into your folder, with no site in between.
Ready to Download from Instagram?
Copy an Instagram profile, post or reel and let a project collect it. The free version has no time limit.
Available for Windows, Mac and Linux