Smaller profiles fit in one run
An account that has posted fewer than fifty times can be packaged completely in a single job, which is the common case for a newer profile.
Instagram Post Downloader
Download posts from an Instagram username as a ZIP file. Each run covers up to 50 posts.
Paid tool
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You can run this tool as many times as you need (same or different usernames). Each successful run is charged. On this page you can download or view the current result once; later reopen it from Paid Tool Runs.
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Run the tool to see the current result here.
How the run works
A Queued Job That Ends In One File
This does not return results into the page the way a checker does. It starts a job and hands you a file when the job finishes, and knowing that shape sets the right expectation.
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Submit one public username
The run targets a profile rather than a list of links. There is nothing to collect beforehand.
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The job runs away from the page
Collection happens server side. It takes longer than a lookup because media is being fetched rather than a single attribute read.
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A download appears when it completes
Success resolves to a download rather than a table of rows. Because you save Instagram photos as ZIP in a single file, everything gathered by the run arrives together instead of one item at a time.
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Save it before you move on
Treat the archive as the deliverable of the run. Retrieve it while it is offered rather than assuming it will be waiting later.
The ceiling
Fifty Posts Per Run, And How To Plan Around It
One run covers up to fifty posts. For most profiles that is the recent history, and for a long-running account it is a slice.
Long histories need several runs
A profile with years of posting cannot be captured whole at once. Decide in advance whether you need the full archive or only the recent window, because each run is charged.
Ask what the archive is for before you start. Backing up content you own usually means capturing everything. Reviewing a profile before a purchase usually does not, because the recent window shows posting cadence and quality just as well as the full history and costs a fraction as much.
What it is good for
Cases Where Packaging Beats Saving One Post At A Time
Single-post savers are everywhere and free. The reasons to run a batch job instead are specific, and if none apply you probably do not need this tool.
Keeping your own content
Anyone who publishes on a platform they do not control eventually wants an Instagram content backup. One archive is a far more practical backup than fifty separate saves, and it keeps the posting order intact.
Taking over an account
When an account changes hands, capturing the existing content first gives you a record of what was there on the day you received it.
Judging a profile offline
Assessing posting quality across dozens of posts is easier from a folder than from scrolling. Being able to archive an Instagram profile and read it offline is where this earns its cost.
Keeping a dated snapshot
Content can be edited or removed. An archive fixes what a profile looked like at the moment the job ran.
Boundaries
Public Profiles, And What You May Do With The File
Two limits apply. One is technical and one is not, and the second matters more.
The technical limit is visibility
The job collects what a visitor to a public profile could see. A private account exposes nothing to collect, so no run against one will produce a useful archive, and no request here changes that.
The limit that is not technical
- Downloading does not transfer any right to the content. Copyright stays with whoever created it.
- Backing up your own posts, or content you have been given permission to hold, is the straightforward case.
- Republishing someone else work because you hold a copy of it is not made lawful by the copy existing.
- Platform terms apply to you regardless of which tool produced the file.
Sign-in is required. Every run is charged against your balance and there is no free tier, because each job fetches media rather than reading one attribute. The free hourly allowances on this site cover the checker and lookup tools, not this one.