Step by step
How to download your Instagram data
Instagram’s official export includes the full list of accounts you follow and accounts that follow you. It’s free, and you don’t have to give your password to anyone.
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Before you start
You request it inside the Instagram app itself. The file arrives within a few minutes or a few hours, depending on how big your account is.
Step by step
- In the Instagram app, go to your profile and tap the menu ☰.
- Tap Accounts Center → Your information and permissions → Export your information → Create export.
- Choose your account, then Export to device.
- Under Customize information, select Followers and following.
- Date range: All time. Format: HTML or JSON.
- Tap Start export. When Instagram tells you it’s ready, download the .zip.
Tip: always pick All time as the date range. With a shorter range, people who have followed you for a long time are left out of the file and look like they don’t follow you.
What else you can select
- Likes and Comments: show who you interact with most.
- Messages: show who chats with you and reacts to your stories. Choose Low media quality to keep the file smaller.
If the file won’t open
Large files sometimes arrive incomplete when the download is interrupted. Download it again from the same export screen, ideally on Wi-Fi, and wait until your browser shows the download as finished.
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