Download videos from Instagram to Android

Instagram is full of interesting photos and videos. You may want to save or reuse some videos from Instagram. Unfortunately there is no built-in option to download those videos from Instagram. We have to use a third-party app or service in order to save a copy of Instagram videos offline. There are numerous websites or web-based services that let you save videos from Instagram, and they all work in pretty much the same way. Within the Instagram app, tap the three dot button to the upper right of a post you want to save the video from and select ‘Copy link’ to copy the link to your clipboard. Switch to the online video downloading service and paste the link there. Then download the Instagram video to your computer. For Android users, there are several easier options when it comes to save Instagram videos to the phone. SHAREit is a free app, ad-supported, that can help you download any video from Instagram to your Android device.

About SHAREit

It is best known as a free, cross-platform file sharing solution which helps share your files, apps, games, and more. Other than these, you can also use it to manage files on your phone, download videos, convert videos to audio, and so on. We will use it as the free Instagram video downloader for Android in this tutorial.

Just like any other free apps, you’ll have to put up with ads, but this is a minor distraction. It even comes with a light version which is Ads FREE. You can download SHAREit Lite below before we continue.

Download Instagram videos to Android – YouTube video demo

Watch the video tutorial on Youtube to learn how to save videos from Instagram and preserve those special memories on your Android phone. We walk you through how to quickly and easily download Instagram videos using SHAREit Lite for Android v3.4.29.

How to save Instagram videos on Android?

Start the free app on your mobile phone. Switch from the Share to the Files tab from the bottom.

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Navigate to Tools > Downloader.

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The Downloader opens on a new page. Here you have two options to download videos from Instagram. You can either copy the video or post URL from Instagram app, then paste it to the Downloader, or find the Instagram video using the built-in browser. To do that, tap on Instagram in the Top Sites section, then log in your account to find the video you want to download. The Downloader will automatically analyze the page and put a Download icon above each video it has found. Just tap on the Download button, then choose video resolution and format before downloading it to your Android phone.

SHAREit download Instagram videos to Android phones

All downloaded videos, not only Instagram videos, but also videos grabbed from Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, TED, can be found from its Download Center. At the top right corner of the Downloader, tap on the Download icon (down arrow inside a circle) to view all saved videos.

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