Instagram Video Downloader
Paste an Instagram link and keep the video: a Reel, a Story, a clip from your feed, saved as MP4. Vidferry runs on your Mac or PC, with no ads and nothing sent anywhere.
- MP4 video
- Reels, Stories, and posts
- MP3 or M4A audio
- Best, 1080p, 720p, 480p
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Everything you need to download Instagram.
One paste, and it’s yours, at the quality and format you want.
Save Reels, Stories, and video posts
Paste any Instagram video link and Vidferry pulls the clip as an MP4. Pick Best for the highest Instagram serves, or drop to 720p to save space.
Keep just the sound
A Reel's audio can be worth more than the video. Switch to MP3 or M4A and Vidferry saves the sound on its own.
Catch a Story before it expires
Stories vanish after a day. If you can still see it while signed in, Vidferry can save it to a folder that keeps it for good.
Private and on your machine
It all runs locally. No account, no ads, no telemetry. What you pull off Instagram stays yours.
An Instagram downloader that follows how you browse
Instagram keeps video in a few different corners: Reels, Stories, clips in the main feed, the odd carousel with a video buried in it. Vidferry treats them the same way. You copy the link, paste it into the app, and it reads what’s there and saves an MP4 to a folder you choose. Nothing you download is logged or uploaded, and there’s no account to make.
Every link is handled on your machine, so the formats Instagram hands over come across cleanly. Video and audio arrive merged into one MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio), the kind of file that opens in QuickTime or drops straight into an edit.
Reels, Stories, and the sound behind them
A lot of Reels live and die by their audio: a voiceover, a track, a joke that only lands with the sound on. Switch Vidferry to MP3 or M4A and it keeps just that. Stories are the opposite problem, gone in a day whether you meant to save them or not. If one is still playing for you, paste the link and it’s yours before the timer runs out.
Signed in? It can ferry that too
Some clips only play once you’re logged in, like a Story from an account you follow or a close-friends post. In Settings, point Vidferry at the browser you already use for Instagram, and it uses that session to fetch them. The cookies stay on your machine. Vidferry won’t reach a private account you don’t follow, and it won’t pull anything you can’t already watch yourself.
How to download Instagram videos
Three steps, about a minute. No setup, no sign-up.
- 1
Copy the Instagram link
Tap the three dots on a Reel or post and choose Copy link. For a Story, copy the URL from your browser.
- 2
Pick quality and format
Paste it into Vidferry and choose a quality, or switch to MP3 to keep just the audio.
- 3
Ferry it over
Hit download. The video lands in the folder you chose, ready to watch offline.
Instagram downloader FAQ
Yes. Copy the Reel's link from the share sheet or your browser, paste it into Vidferry, and you get an MP4. You can also keep only the audio as an MP3 or M4A.
Open the Story, copy its link, and paste it in before the 24 hours run out. For a private account you follow, point Vidferry at your browser in Settings so it can use your session. It won't reach Stories you can't already watch.
Only what you can already see. If you follow the account and it plays for you, point Vidferry at the browser you use for Instagram and it borrows that session. It won't get past accounts you don't follow.
Vidferry is a video downloader. From a carousel that mixes clips and photos, it takes the video. Single photo posts aren't what it's built for.
Instagram usually tops out around 1080p, so Best gives you that. Drop to 720p or 480p for a smaller file. Vidferry merges it into one MP4.
Ready to ferry?
Paste your first link in under a minute. $12 once, yours to keep, on Mac and PC.