Is the Instagram photo downloader free?

Yes, and for photos the free plan is the full version: the JPG is the same size on every plan, with no cap on how many you save. You can download Instagram photos free without signing up. Premium adds HD video, MP3 and faster downloads.

Can you download pictures from Instagram?

Yes, from public accounts, and you get a real file: the Save button inside Instagram only bookmarks the post in the app. The photo still belongs to its author: keep it for personal use and ask permission before you repost it or use it commercially.

Will the author know I saved their photo?

No. Neither Instagram nor iGram notifies the author when a public photo is downloaded.

Do I need to log in to Instagram?

No. Public posts open without an Instagram account, and iGram never asks for your username or password.

Can I save Instagram photos as PNG?

iGram saves photos as JPG, the format Instagram delivers. If you need a PNG, open the JPG in Preview on a Mac or Paint on Windows and export it as PNG. Converting changes the format only and adds no detail.

Does iGram keep the photos I download?

No. iGram stores neither the links you paste nor the files you save. The details are in the privacy policy.

Do I need an app to download Instagram photos?

No. You can download Instagram pics in any browser on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac, with nothing to install.

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Instagram Photo Downloader

Save photos from public Instagram posts and carousels as JPG files

The iGram Instagram photo downloader turns a link to a public post into a JPG file: single photos, every photo of a carousel and photo Stories, at the size Instagram stores them. You need no Instagram account and no screenshot.

File: JPG (JPEG), no watermark added
Size: As stored by Instagram, up to 1080 pixels wide: see the sizes
Access: Free and unlimited, public accounts, no Instagram login

How to download Instagram photos

To download an Instagram photo, copy the link to its post, paste it into iGram and save the JPG. It works the same on a phone and a computer.

Copy the post link

Open the post in the Instagram app, tap the paper plane icon under the photo and choose Copy link. On a computer, the post's address in the browser bar is the same link.
Paste it and press Download

Paste the link into the field at the top of this page and press Download.
Save the JPG

Pick the photo in the results and save it. A carousel shows every slide, so you choose the ones you need. On an iPhone the file goes to Files first: see how to move it to the camera roll.

Which Instagram photos you can download

A photo on Instagram lives in one of three places: a single post, a carousel or a Story. All three save by link.

Photos from a single post

A post with one picture gives you one JPG at the size Instagram stores it. Most people open an Instagram picture downloader for exactly this: one shot from someone's feed.
Every photo in a carousel

A carousel holds up to 20 photos and videos. iGram lists every slide, not just the cover, and you save each photo one by one. Video slides come as MP4 through the Instagram video downloader.
Instagram carousel downloader
Photos from Stories

A photo Story saves as a JPG with its stickers while it is live, within 24 hours of posting. Stories pinned to a profile save with the Instagram highlight downloader.
Instagram Story saver

Paste a post link to get the JPG

Instagram photo quality and format

The Instagram photo downloader gives you the file Instagram keeps for the post. Instagram stores photos between 320 and 1080 pixels wide and shrinks wider uploads to 1080 (Instagram Help Center), so the JPG you download is never wider than 1080 pixels.

Instagram to JPG: the size you get for each post shape
Post shape	Aspect ratio	Size of the JPG
Square	1:1	1080 × 1080 pixels
Portrait	4:5	1080 × 1350 pixels
Landscape	1.91:1	1080 × 566 pixels

iGram adds no watermark. Text or a logo the author placed on the picture stays, because it is part of the photo.

Download an Instagram photo or take a screenshot

A screenshot looks like a quicker way to keep a picture, but it saves your screen. An Instagram image downloader saves the photo itself.

Screenshot or download: what you end up with
	Screenshot	iGram
What you get	An image of your screen	The JPG Instagram stores for the post
Size	Your screen's resolution: the photo is resized to fit the display	The stored size, up to 1080 pixels wide
Interface	Caption, buttons and status bar, unless you crop them	Only the photo
Carousel	One screenshot per slide, each cropped by hand	Every slide listed from one link

Save Instagram photos to iPhone, Android or PC

A downloaded photo is an ordinary file, so it lands wherever your browser keeps downloads. Here is how to save Instagram photo files to the gallery on each device.

Save to the iPhone camera roll

Safari and Chrome on an iPhone put the JPG into the Files app, not into the camera roll. To move it to Photos:

Tap the download arrow in Safari's address bar and open Downloads.
Tap the photo to open it.
Tap Share, then Save Image.
Repeat for every carousel slide you saved.

Save on Android

Chrome saves the JPG to the phone's Download folder, and the gallery app shows it in a Download album. People who save photos every day can use the iGram app for Android instead of the browser.

Save on Windows or Mac

The JPG goes to the Downloads folder and opens in Photos on Windows or Preview on a Mac.

Download the photo as JPG

Why an Instagram photo won't download

Usually the post or the link is the reason.

Private account. iGram reads public posts only, so photos from a closed profile stay closed, even if you follow it.
Deleted or archived post. The link stops working as soon as the author removes or archives the post.
Story older than a day. A photo Story is gone 24 hours after posting unless the author pinned it to Highlights.
A video slide. If the carousel slide you want is a video, it comes as an MP4 file, not a JPG.
A shortened link. Some share menus cut the end off the address. Copy the link again from the paper plane icon under the post.