How to backup and download instagram photos to computer ?

Claire asks: Do we need to backup and download Instagram photos to computer? If yes then how can we do it?

Instagram is an awesome social photo sharing platform. You can click lots of photographs, edit them and then share with people all around the world. But what will happen to those photographs if you plan to delete your account? That’s where the concept of backup and download instagram photos to computer comes into existence. But it doesn’t mean that it is the onlyreason to backup Instagram photographs. Lets discuss all the possibilities one by one.

Reasons to Backup Instagram Photos

• You plan to delete your Instagram account but wish to download and backup Instagram photographs.
• Whenever you take photographs from your mobile, it gets stored either phone memory or in SD card. Same happens with Instagram photos. If something goes wrong you might end up losing your photos from SD card also. So it’s better to take back up.
• Facebook recently acquired Instagram. Nobody what sort privacy policy will be implemented after this. So to be on safer side, one should download Instagram photos and create a backup of those photographs.
• Backup would help in accessing Instagram photographs even when you are not connected to internet.

How to Download Instagram Photos To Computer

If because of any single reason mentioned above you wish to download all Instagram photos then here are the ways you can do it:

• Instaport: Instaport lets you download your entire Instagram library within just two steps. We will detail you about the process in our upcoming post.

• Copygram: Copygram provides a web interface for Instagram. Through Copygram you can download your library and pictures from other users’ feeds.

• InstaDesk: InstaDesk is a cool service to use with an Instagram account and if you have planned to delete your account then it’s a good tool to backup your photographs also. With its sync feature the $4.99 Mac client makes easier to save Instagram photos.

• Instagrid: Unlike Copygram, Instagrid although provides web interface for Instagram but it doesn’t let you download your library. Instead of this, it provides you access to your friends and other favourite user’s photographs without any requirement of Instagram app.

• SocialFolders: This service calls itself “Dropbox of Social Media”. Other than Instagram you can take backup of your Twitter, SmugMug, Facebook, Picasa, Flickr and YouTube profiles. In short it offers a wide range of backup solutions.

So if you wish to backup and download Instagram photos to computer then these are the right tools. We will be giving our review for few of the services in upcoming days, till then stay tuned with us.