There are many reasons why you would want to have each and every photo and video posted on Instagram, but you still don't know how to do it. Well, calm down, because there is a very simple way to make a copy of all your Instagram photos that the platform itself facilitates. So if you are interested, keep reading because we tell you how to do it.
What data can be downloaded from Instagram
Before moving forward and telling you how the whole process is, it is probably more interesting to tell you what this data is that you can download from your Instagram profile. They are the following:
- Information from the profile itself: name, surname, nickname, ...
- Information related to followers, accounts you follow and even those that are blocked
- Information about the likes you have given as well as comments made
- Private conversations
- Searches that have been performed recently
- Photos and videos published
With all this information, you can later consult many of the things that the social network knows about you or simply make a backup of the content that you have been uploading since you created the profile.
Why make a copy of your Instagram photos
Instagram has become for many, and almost without realizing it during the process, everything a photo album with the most important memories of their lifes. There are, for example, all those photos and videos with friends, with the family, with the memories of trips or special moments such as the birth of children, etc. Without forgetting everyday moments that for one reason or another they have wanted to share and preserve, because they also have their value.
Well, for all this published content it is normal that as the years go by there are more and more users worried about it and what would happen if the platform closed suddenly or, worse still, lost the content of the account well because they steal username and password or cancel it for some reason beyond him.
Okay, calm down, a priori none of this should happen. In the event that it did, there are options to contact Instagram and regain control. And if it were to go to waste, there would always be a period to recover your content. After all, Instagram is not interested in that, but in that personal data based on your likes, interactions, and usage time in order to generate a business based on segmented advertising.
However, knowing how to make a backup all that data It is important. Especially when even knowing that you can transfer them to the Instagram archive so that they are not public. Because the only thing you want to do is change the theme of the profile and the photos with your partying cousins ​​no longer add up.
How to download all the Instagram photos you have posted
Well, whatever the reason you have and even having options to hide some without having to delete them, if what you want or need is to download them all at the highest possible resolution and have them on your hard drive, cloud or photo storage system that you have decided to use, these are the steps you should follow if you go do it from your computer.
- The first step is to access Instagram through the web version. That is, you will have to use a browser like Chrome, Safari, Edge, etc., and enter the instagram url
- Once you are logged in with your user account, the next step is to access the Configuration options that you will find, as always, in the upper right corner of the web interface
- When you access that new screen you will have to look for the options related to Privacy and security
- Within this option you will see that different options appear, although the one of interest on this occasion is the Data download option. click on it
- Then you will have to click again on the Request data option and from there begin to fill in some of the fields that are indicated
- When you have entered these required data, you will have the option to click Next so that the entire collection process begins and as soon as it is finished you will receive an email to your associated account (it is important that you verify that you have access to it) and download the file.
Is it possible to do or carry out this same process from the mobile? Yes, the only thing is that later in the download link, although you can also store it on your device, it would not be convenient to manage it since different folders, types of files, etc. are included. But if you just want request data download, this is what you should do:
- Open the Instagram application on your mobile device
- Go to Settings and then to the Security option
- Within Security, look for the Download data option and again fill in the indicated change
- When you have everything ready, press the Request download button
- The process will begin again and all the information will be prepared in a downloadable file through a link that is sent by email
In both cases, you should know that the process of generating said link may take a long time. Up to 48 hours. That will depend on the number of photos, videos and information that they have to collect, unify and compress so that you have it all accessible from a single download link.
Easy right? Well, it's just a matter of getting down to work and once you have all this data in your possession, decide what you want to do with the account. If you only needed a copy to which you can add future photos and videos that you publish, then that's it. And if what you wanted was to recover all that material to delete the profile or change the publication theme, well, that's fine too.
In the end, since each one does what they think is most appropriate. Instagram will continue to be a relevant network, despite the changes confirmed by its own managers that indicate that they will focus more and more on video and less on photography.