How to Download Instagram Videos from Private Accounts

Instagram photos and videos are meant to be viewed and not downloaded. But there comes a time when you wish you had a certain video or photo on your phone or PC. For non-private accounts, there are a number of sites that you can use to download these media.

Most of these sites will not be able to access videos from private Instagram accounts. This makes it impossible to use them to download such videos. Thankfully, a few of them can use your login details to download the videos.

But I’ll now show you a simpler trick that you can use to download Instagram videos from private accounts on your android phone. You don’t have to use any third party platforms. Just follow these steps:

1. Open the Instagram App on Your Android Phone

In order for the video to load to your phone, you have to use the default Instagram app. This procedure will not work it you use your browser. Note: be sure that you have some disc space.

2. Locate the Video You Wish to Download

Use the search tool on the Instagram app to look for the person whose video you want. If you ‘liked’ the video or other media uploaded by that particular user, go to your profile and look for ‘posts you’ve liked’.

3. Open Your Video

Once you locate the video, let it load and play. Simply tapping on the video is not enough. You have to wait until the video starts to play.

4. Locate the Video File on Your Disc

When you are viewing a video on the Instagram app, it is first downloaded onto your phone or memory card. The folder in which it is contained is a hidden one. Therefore, the video will not appear on the gallery.

To locate the video, go to file manager > mobile storage > android > data > com.instagram.android > cache > video. If you find an empty folder, start again and select ‘SD card’ instead of ‘mobile storage’.

The folder that contains videos viewed on Instagram contains files that look something like 286b8625.o, 3aa63aa0.o. If you find stuff like that, you are on the real folder.

To quickly find the video you just watched, use the sort option and set to ‘sort by time’. The file will be at the top of the list. Hold on the file name and select ‘rename’. Scroll to the end of the name and change the last character from ‘o’ to ‘mp4’. The file name will therefore look something like 286b8625.mp4.

Your video is now ready to play. If you like, you can move it to another folder if you wish it to show up on the gallery. This is the hack I’ve been using to download Instagram videos from private accounts.

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