
You’ll be taken to the Instagram site to sign in and start the download. Once you receive the email, click 'Download Data'. To get started you'll need to request a download link either via the Instagram website or the app. It might not be very practical if you just one to download one image that you uploaded recently, but it's not a bad option if you want to save a whole load of old photos that you've accidentally deleted from your phone. This “official” way to download your stuff was introduced due to privacy concerns following controversies at parent company Facebook (now Meta) to give people more ownership of their data. That includes all the photos and videos that you’ve uploaded as posts or stories as well as a lot of other things you might not want, such as details of your comments and likes.

The one option Instagram has is to let you to download your account’s entire history in one massive package. There is no native method to download Instagram photos from your account one by one. You should always ask permission and give credit where due. Some of the methods below will allow you to download Instagram photos from other people's accounts. If you download Instagram photos, please respect image ownership. How to download Instagram photos to a PC or Mac I followed this article to discover this method.We also have a beginner Instagram Reels tutorial, if you've yet to get up to speed on the ins and outs of Instagram's video content format, and we have a guide on how to sell on Instagram if you're thinking of using the platform for a creative business. Hope this method stays available as it's better than nothing.

If it works for you, give me an upvote :-) This should bring up a list of chats you have participated in.Ĭlick on the chat you wish to save or copy - it should open all of the threads of that chat in a list - (it looks similar to threaded /nested gmail conversation).Ĭlick on the Print All icon (printer icon) top right of the gmail window, which should then open a print dialogue box.įor me, this allowed me to "cancel" the actual print dialogue box, and then I am left with a single html page showing the formatted entire chat thread, which I was then able to copy and paste into a new email or wherever. Go to the Gmail account that was used for the chat.

To export / backup your Google Chat do this: I am not sure how long this workaround will last, since this method seems to rely on 'Google Hangouts' - which I understand is being deprecated. Adding to the previous - I found a workaround (July 2022) to make a download / backup of Google Chat text that does not require Google Takeout.
