Instagram Reels Download in HD

The Reels Downloader takes a public Instagram Reel link and turns it into an MP4 file you can keep. You paste the link, we fetch the video file Instagram already serves to visitors, and your browser saves it.

Instagram lets you save a Reel inside the app, but that copy stays locked in your Saved tab. You can't send it on WhatsApp as a file, put it in a video editor, or watch it when your data pack runs out.

A downloaded MP4 fixes all three.

We don't record your screen and we don't re-encode the clip. The file that lands on your phone is the same one Instagram streams, with the same sound.

The preview card shows its real width, height and length once it loads, so you know what you're getting.

The Reels Downloader is a free, independent website. We are not part of Instagram or Meta, and you never need an Instagram account to use it.

These are the exact taps on a phone. The labels are the same on a laptop, only the copy step is different.

1. 1

   Open Instagram and play the Reel you want.

2. 2

   Tap the paper plane icon under the Reel. On some versions it is inside the three dots menu.

3. 3

   Tap Copy link. Instagram shows a small "Link copied" message.

4. 4

   Open this page in Chrome or Safari and tap Paste inside the box, or long-press the box and paste.

5. 5

   Press Download. The button turns into Resolving… while we read the link.

6. 6

   When the card says Ready to download, tap Download MP4.

On a computer, open the Reel on the Instagram website and copy the address from the browser bar. A link like instagram.com/reel/ followed by a short code is all we need.

For a longer walkthrough with tips for each step, see our post on how to download Instagram Reels.

The box accepts any Instagram link that points to a single post. Before sending it to our server, the page checks that the address has one of these parts in it:

• /reel/ or /reels/ for Reels
• /p/ for normal feed posts
• /tv/ for older IGTV videos

Extra bits at the end, like ?igsh= or ?utm_source=, are fine. We only read the short code after /reel/ or /p/.

Profile links, story links, highlight links and the Instagram home page will not work. They don't point to one video, so the page says "That does not look like a Reel link" and asks you to copy it again.

For a photo post or a video inside a feed post, our Instagram video downloader and photo downloader list every file in the post separately.

Most people want an Instagram reels download in HD, so it helps to know where the quality comes from. We don't add or remove pixels.

You get the version of the Reel that Instagram serves to a logged-out viewer.

For most Reels that is a sharp portrait MP4. The preview card shows the real size, for example 720 × 1280, as soon as the video loads.

That number is read from the file itself, not guessed.

Our Reels video quality explainer explains resolution and bitrate in more detail.

Files are named like reel-ABC123xyz.mp4, using the Reel's short code, so you can find them by searching "reel".

A lot of Reels are saved for their audio, a trending song, a funny dialogue or a voice-over. You don't need to save the whole video and convert it later.

After the card opens, tap MP3 audio instead of Download MP4. Our server takes the sound track out of the Reel and sends it to you as an MP3 file at 192 kbps.

It works on the same link, so there's no second paste.

If you only ever want audio, the Instagram Reels to MP3 page is built for that. It shows the clip length and the audio format before you download.

One thing to know: some Reels use music that Instagram mutes in certain countries, and a few clips have no sound at all. If the sound is missing on Instagram itself, the MP3 will not have it either.

Most failures come from the link or from Instagram's side, not from your phone. Here is what each message means.

Private Reels can't be downloaded here, ever. We don't log in to anyone's account, so we only see what the public sees.

Every Reel belongs to the person who made it. Download for personal use, like watching offline or keeping a recipe, or download content you own or have the creator's permission to use.

Reposting someone's Reel as your own can get your account reported, and it isn't fair to the creator. If you want to share it, sending the original link or tagging the creator is the better way.

Creators often use this tool for their own work. If you lost the original file of a Reel you posted, paste your own link and get the MP4 back.

It also helps when you want to post the same clip on another platform.

Instagram's own rules on sharing and copyright are in the Instagram Help Centre. Our post on whether downloading videos is legal covers the basics in plain words.