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How to Save Instagram Status for offline easily?
Instagram is the most used photo-sharing app and has quickly become the top social media right now with over a Billion users.
Owned by Facebook the popular social media app offers several cool features that let you share your awesome snapshots in a beautiful and trendy way with your followers.
Instagram has several features like photo sharing, stickers, filters and most important of all the Instagram Stories which grew popular like wildfire in a short span of time.
Instagram stories are one of the best Instagram features and one of the most used features as well. According to the recent reports every day, nearly 500 Million Instagram users use Instagram Stories.
If you are an active Instagram user then you might be knowing that the stories last only for 30 seconds. You can take them to the next level by adding stickers, polls, and questions to your stories. Recently Instagram added the option to add music to your stories inside the app.
Stories are a cool way to sneak into the social life of your friends and celebrities and people whom you follow. Unfortunately, these short stories run for 30 seconds and last only for 24 hours and there isn’t a way to download them offline. Instagram doesn’t allow its users to download the stories offline.
So does that mean you can’t save the beautiful dress of your celebrity, or does that mean you can’t save the funny poses of your even more funny friend who posted crazy actions in his stories?
Well, you don’t have to feel sad as there is a way that lets you download stories from Instagram and save them for offline.
Don’t believe? Here are the latest working ways to save Instagram stories for offline.
How to download Instagram stories for Offline?
Method 1: Using Apps
There are many apps on Google Play that will allow you to save stories and photos from Instagram. One app that we would recommend is FastSave which has a simple and unique interface and is easy to use for downloading Instagram stories.
The app is less in size and helps you quickly capture your favorite moments from Instagram
How to use FastSave?
To use Fast Save, you need to first download the app from PlayStore. You can search for the app in the play store or just click here.
A quick guide to saving stories using Fast Save app:
- Download and install the FastSave app from the play store.
- Launch the app and turn on the “Enable Fastsave Service” toggle button.
- Now open Instagram and open the story you wish to download.
- At the bottom of the story, you will see a three dots icon located beside the send message box.
- Tap on the icon and you will see a popup with an option “Copy Link”.
- Just tap on the copy link and it is done. Your story will be downloaded and you can see it in the gallery.
Bonus: You can use the same app to download high-quality photos from the Instagram feed as well by following the above-said method. Just look for the copy link from the photo options from the three-dot menu located at the top right of the post.
Method 2: Using GB Instagram
This an interesting and easiest way to download stories from Instagram. Apart from stories, by using this method you can download anything from Instagram including stories, photos, videos from IGTV and even the profile pictures.
Doesn’t it sound interesting? All that is possible by using an app called GB Instagram which is an alternative to Instagram that lets you extend the functionalities of original Instagram.
What is GB Instagram?
As mentioned earlier GB Instagram is an alternative to Facebook-owned Instagram and is a modified version of the famous photo-sharing app.
It is the same Instagram app that we use but with some additional features added on top. It has some special features like changing the color theme of the app, direct option to download stories, photos and videos and many more.
If you are interested you can learn more about GB Instagram. Using GB Instagram you can download whatever you wish from the app and here is how you can do it.
- As it is a modified app it isn’t available on Google Play. Still, you can safely download the latest version of GB Instagram from the above link.
- Download and install the app by following the instructions mentioned in the above article and you can easily save stories using it in no time
Bonus: Apart from saving media, you can customize the app to your likes and use Instagram like a pro.
Conclusion
So this is how you can download stories and media from Instagram in a quick and easy way. Please note that privacy is everyone’s right and we would suggest you not violate it. We recommend using these methods for educational and information purposes and advise you to respect everyone’s privacy.
About the Author: Pierre Zarokian is the CEO of Submit Express, an SEO Company, and Reputation Stars, a Reputation Management company. Zarokian also writes for Search Engine Journal publication and has spoken at many industry trade shows.