Instagram features explained

Download Instagram highlights (photos and videos)

Save photos and videos from a public account's Instagram highlights in three steps, with a checklist for quality, limits and what to do before you reuse a file.

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Original artifact: A save-or-skip checklist for highlights: what can be saved, what cannot (private accounts, expired stories, deleted items) and what you must do before reusing a file, compiled 2026-09-24. (measurement, 24 Σεπ 2026)

How this was made: Drafted with AI assistance from our own test notes and dated public sources, then reviewed and edited by the Peekghost team.

On this page
  1. Steps
  2. Save-or-skip checklist
  3. Good to know
  4. Rights and etiquette
  5. Related

Highlights are stories the owner pinned to their profile so they do not expire after 24 hours. On a public account anyone can watch them, and you can save the photos and videos.

Steps

  1. Open the highlights viewer and enter the username of a public account.
  2. Pick a highlight from the row of circles.
  3. Play it in the viewer, or use the download button on an item to save that photo or video.

Items download at the resolution Instagram serves. We add no watermark.

Save-or-skip checklist

SituationCan you save it?What to do
Public account, item in a highlightYesUse the item's download button
Private accountNoAsk to follow; no honest tool can show it
Story that expired and was never highlightedNoAsk the owner for the original
Highlight the owner deletedNoIt is gone from the profile
Long highlight with many itemsYes, one item at a timeSave only what you need
You plan to repostOnly with permissionAsk, credit, and remove on request
What can and cannot be saved from highlights. Compiled 2026-09-24; Instagram can change any of it.

Good to know

  • A single highlight can hold many items, and each one downloads separately.
  • Highlights are not private: anyone who can see the profile can watch them, and no Instagram account of yours is involved when you use our viewer, so you do not appear in the owner's viewer list. We do log the username you look up, as our privacy policy describes.
  • If a highlight looks empty, try again later or use the decision tree.

Rights and etiquette

Saving for personal reference is different from reposting. The creator owns their photos and videos. Ask before you reuse them, credit them, and honor removal requests.

Sources

  1. Instagram Help Center (Opens in a new window) (accessed Sep 24, 2026)

View a public account anonymously

Type a public username. No login, no account, nobody is notified.

Open the viewer

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