How to Download and Save Instagram Stories?

Do you want to download and save Instagram stories? Some people might find it interesting to collect their Instagram stories so that they can view them whenever they feel. But as we all know that the Instagram stories vanish after 24 hours.

It takes a lot of efforts to create a beautiful story and if you won’t save them, they will automatically vanish after 24 hours and you will lose all your hard work. Well, there are few methods using which you can download your Instagram stories so that you can take a look at it whenever you want.

Steps to Download and Save Instagram Stories:

Method 1 0f 3: Save your Instagram stories

Step 1: Tap the Instagram app on your phone and at your home page tap on ‘Your story’ icon.

Step 2: When your story is played you can see a menu button denoted by three vertical dots at the right bottom of your screen. Tap that menu icon.

Step 3: Now from the displayed option tap on Save photo or Save video depending on what you have put up in your story.

A message will be displayed confirming that the story has been saved to your camera roll.

Method 2 of 3: Archive Instagram Stories

Instagram also provides an option to archive your Instagram Stories. For this, you have to manage your Instagram Story Settings.

Step 1: Open your Instagram app and tap on the avatar icon to visit your profile page.

Step 2: Being at your profile page tap three horizontal bars at the right corner of your screen.

Step 3: Now, tap the Settings icon at the bottom of the screen.

Step 4: Under Settings, you have to tap on Privacy.

Step 5: Under Privacy, you have to tap on Story.

Step 6: Now under Story, you have a Saving section where you have two options ‘Save to gallery’ and ‘Save to archive’. To archive your Instagram stories, you have to tap the toggle button in front of ‘Save to archive’.

From now onward whatever you put on your story will be archived and you will be able to see it in the Archived folder of your Instagram account.

Method 3 of 3: Save Instagram Story in Highlights   

Step 1: Tap on your Instagram story, at the bottom of your story you have to tap on a Highlight button. Tap that Highlight button.

Step 2: Name that Highlight and tap on the Add button.

Step 3: Tap on Done button and you can view your Instagram story in your profiles under highlights until you remove it from there.

You can use a third-party app to download your Instagram stories. There are many apps available on the internet that would help you download Instagram stories.

Or there is one more method, you can share your Instagram story on your Instagram post it will prevent the photo or video of your Instagram story from vanishing after 24 hours.

These are the methods to download and save the Instagram story. So that you can view your Instagram story even after they disappear after 24 hours.