There are two major questions asked o Google today, first is How to take a screenshot on Instagram story? and second Does Instagram notify when you screenshot a story?
With over 800 million users ( As on September 2017 – Source ) any decision taken by Instagram (I mean FaceBook) is going to affect the worldwide user base and considering Snapchat as closest competition, the screenshot notification feature takes MOST IMPORTANT DECISION precedence in coming future.
So, till now thousands of people besides me have asked at least once to their friends to screenshot their Instagram story just to find out if Instagram notify when you screenshot a story? Well its just to make sure of I get notified when someone screenshots! So that I can continue on screenshotting other peoples Instagram story and not have to worry about them knowing 😛
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| Take a Screenshot using Mobile Phone Android & iOS | 1) Using the Airplane Mode | Jump to Topic |
| 2) Using Instagram Story Saver App Android | Jump to Topic | |
| 3) Using Instagram Repost App iOS | Jump to Topic | |
| 3.1) Use a Screen Recording facility of iOS11 [For Apple iPhone, iPhone X, XS, XS MAX and XR, iPad, or iPod touch] works on Instagram direct to capture story & photo | Jump to Topic | |
| 4) Using mobile camera | Jump to Topic | |
| Desktop computer or Laptop | 5.1) Using Instagram Website | Jump to Topic |
| 5.2) Using Chrome IG Story Browser Extension | Jump to Tpoic | |
| 6) Use Instagram URL to download – Using DownloadGram | Jump to Tpoic | |
| 7) Use Instagram Source code to download photos | Jump to Tpoic | |
| 8) Download photos and videos using external website | Jump to Tpoic | |
| 9) Download complete Insta feed in a single GO | Jump to Tpoic | |
| iPhone users | 10) iPhone users – How to download insta photos? | Jump to Tpoic |
| FAQ Section | 1) How to see who screenshotted your Instagram story? 2) When do I recommend to take screenshot on Instagram? | Jump to Tpoic |
— Can you see who screenshots your Instagram story?
— Does Instagram notify when you screenshot a story?
— Can people see if you screenshot Instagram story?
— Can you see who screenshots your Instagram story?
— Can someone tell if you screenshot their Instagram?
— How to screenshot Instagram stories without them knowing?
It was somewhere during January 2018, the experimentation to show the Screenshot Notification to other users if someone takes a screenshot of their story was conducted by Instagram team, the experiment continued till June 2018. During testing the some of the selected users were getting a warning that the next time they take a screenshot of a friend’s story the friend will be able to see it, as shown below ( Source )
With this proposed change, if someone takes a screenshot of your story, Instagram will display a kind of asterisk “*” symbol in front of the name in the list of people who watched the story. Further it will display a warning in App to you too, telling that, this capture information has been shown to the story’s author.
As you can see in the image below – The warning displayed in the app makes it clear that “the next time you take a screenshot of a story, the person who posted it will be notified.”
Just to tell you that Instagram’s also has improved this January to display whether or not a person is online in the private messaging area as “active now”, “active yesterday” and “online for x hours”.
Good bye freedom to screenshot IG stories. 💔 Thank you, Instagram for the warning. pic.twitter.com/y0pEaVR0Jq
— mulan (@__cajb) February 8, 2018
AndPSA: How you get notified on Instagram when someone took a screenshot of your Stories pic.twitter.com/Iua2QeyskF
— iz reading On the Edge of Scandal (@readbyher) February 11, 2018
Reference for creating above pic is taken from this tweet
However later it is clarified that ( Source Aug 2018 story )
Instagram will no longer notify people when you screenshot their stories.
So after the pilot testing of notification feature informing other users when their Instagram stories were screenshotted, Instagram has finally decided not to include it 🙂
So now you are FREE to screenshot Instagram stories without knowing them 🙂
This is the same feature that Snapchat has utilized over years, but Instagram looks dived down in a different direction to retain or increase the user base.
Well you are FREE to watch the stories again and again within 24 hours, and the original creator is unable to see who and how many times have watched the story. Of course, he or she can always still see who has watched her story by swiping up.
YES, But ONLY FOR PRIVATE DIRECT MESSAGES. please note and remember that whether for Android or iPhone ( iOS ) when someone takes a screenshot of a Private direct message screenshot – a warning notification will still be sent ( Source ). This feature is part of Instagram since November 2016.
When you take screenshot of any Private direct message story or photo, the following notification appears: “(user) generated a screenshot”.
This is what the social network says about Private Direct Messaging:
“After you send a disappearing photo or video to someone, you’ll see the status of the message (example: Delivered, Opened, Replayed, Screenshot) as part of your conversation in Direct. For group conversations, tap where it says the status of your message to see its status with each person in the group individually.”
Using iOS11 screen recording is the best solution to record IG direct stories, Jump to topic
Although as of today the feature is taken back! there are chances to pop it again due to privacy reasons or whatever reasons!
So best way is to try and learn alternate methods which will allow you to capture a screenshot of Instagram stories without knowing them.
First of all why people want to take a screenshot (Print Screen) of an Instagram Story?
Well some reasons are legitimate, some not so much 😛
Reasons may be to capture a lovable memory of your friend or share it across family and friends!
But if this feature is enabled like snap-chat, then it will be difficult to justify a reason for taking a screenshot! Fell like moral policing!
So here are some of the workarounds to take a screenshot of Instagram Stories without getting caught 🙂
This is the most common sense trick used over years by the Snapchat users (Note: Snapchat has now blocked this method), which I have tested and still it works on Instagram.
1. Open the Instagram Story [Allow it to load completely]
2. Turn on Airplane mode [This turns off WiFi, BT, Data connection]
3. Take a screenshot of Instagram story
For Android phones – Press the Power + Volume down buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot
For iOS users – iPhone X, XS, XS MAX and XR = Press the Left hand side button + Volume-Up button the right simultaneously. For iPhone users press Home + Power button simultaneously to take a screenshot ( Read detailed guide on iPad/iPhone here and iPhone X here )
4. Close Instagram
5. Switch off the Airplane mode
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1. Download the Story Saver for Instagram for Android from App Store [ Free Download link ]
2. Open the Story Saver App & Login using Instagram credentials.
3. You wil see your Instagram Stories feed in the form of a list. (See snap shots above)
4. Tap on a user to select and it will open a grid of their stories.
5. Tap on desired thumbnail and you’ll get popup of three options: Repost, Save, and Share.
6. Tap on Save and the image or video will be downloaded and saved to your Gallery.
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1. Download the Instagram Story apps on iOS App Store for iOS devices [ Free Download link ]
2. Open the Story Saver App & Login using Instagram credentials.
3. You will see see a UI similar to the Instagram app. (See snap shots above)
4. Tap on a user to select and it will open a grid of their stories.
5. Tap on desired thumbnail and and then from the three dotted menu button, select the Save option.
6. The photo or video will be saved to your Camera Roll.
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1) Go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls, then tap next to Screen Recording.
2) Open Control Center and Tap Record, the the three-second countdown begins.
Note : To capture sound while you record, press deeply on and tap Microphone Audio.
4) To stop recording, open Control Center and tap . Or tap the red status bar at the top of your screen and tap Stop.
5) Your screen recording gets saved automatically to the Photos app.
Photos or videos captured via iOS11 screen recording in Instagram Direct do not let the sender know or notification sent by Instagram.
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If you don’t want to download any third-party apps and use login credentials, you can go for this easiest stupid workaround!
Yes use another mobile phone to take a photo of your phone with the Instagram Story!!
I know you will not get great capture, but at least it will get the job done!!!
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Although like FaceBook, Instagram is not really the most popular website or application which is used on desktop computers, but when you want to take a screenshot secretly and in high resolution, going to desktop or laptp will be a good option. Here is how to do it.
1. Go-to the Instagram.com website from your Laptop or Desktop computer.
2. Login using Instagram credentials.
3. You can now view your feed, post photos, and even view Instagram Stories.
4. Open the Instagram Story.
5. Take a screenshot using proven methods!
6. Save the photo to local drive. Only you will not be able to download the video! but at least a photo.
Note : The Instagram website works on mobile as well as desktop browsers, and if you take a screen shot inside browser, no notification can be generated or sent.
My detailed guide on how to take screenshot on Windows PC – Read here
My detailed guide on how to take screenshot on MAC – Read here
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The first option shown above can allow you to capture a screenshot on desktop or laptop, but what if you wish to capture a video story? then simply use a chrome extension called as Chrome IG story –
1. Go-to the Chrome IG Story and Download extension for Chrome.
2. As soon as you open Instagram the extension will activate the privacy mode, so other users will not know that you have seen their story!
3. Just press on IG Story extension icon on the chrome app tab and you will see the feed list with Download icon (see the image above)
4. Download instantly all the available stories in a Zip file (including all videos)
5. Take a screenshot using proven methods!
6. Save the photo to local drive. Only you will not be able to download the video! but at least a photo.
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Step-by-Step guide to download photo from Instagram
1) Go to any picture you want to download from Insta
2) Now click the three dots in the top right corner, you will get options to share the photo.
3) Select “Copy Link” option to get the picture URL link.
4) Go to DownloadGram website, and Paste the link – Done, downloadable version of the post will pop up which you can save straight to your camera roll.
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Step-by-Step approach (Refer above image which shows all steps together)
1) Login to Insta from your laptop or PC.
2) Open the photo you want to download
3) Right click on photo and you will get menu as shown in above info-graphics, select “Inspect”
4) On right hand side of screen you will see new window which is called as developer window, simply click on the RED small circled black colour arrow to expand the image element (its small Black triangular arrow in front of “<div class=_____”)
5) Now you will see big image URL, click on the image url and you will see small pop-up showing the image itself and its URL, copy that URL and past into new browser tab to see the image 🙂
6) Done, right click on image and save to local disk.
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Step-by-Step approach (Refer above image which shows all steps together)
1) Login to Insta from your laptop or PC.
2) Open the photo you want to download
3) From the top bar, copy the Instagram URL
4) Go to https://www.10insta.net/ website and paste the URL into download window, press “Download”
5) Your image or video will be displayed below, press “Download” below the image or video to get it to local disk
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Applicable to : PC, macOS and Linux.
You can use an external program available on 4K Stogram website to download Instagram accounts, hashtags and locations. ( Go to their website to download the program – Link )
Once you install 4K Stogram program you can Viewer and Download Instagram stories, hashtages, accounts, and locations too, at simple one click.
Its simple to subscribe to anyone’s feed, or give it specific hashtags and the program will keep downloading things as and when update happens, only remember that it will eat up your device local hard disk space.
As on Sept 2018, this app is free to download and use.
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Using Regrammer App – Download it here
Step-by-Step guide on iPhone, iPhone X, XS, XS MAX and XR
1) Download Regrammer App & Install
2) Go to any picture you want to download from Insta
3) Now click the three dots in the top right corner, you will get options to share the photo.
4) Select “Copy Link” option to get the picture URL link.
5) Now open Regrammer, and the copied URL link be automatically fetched into the app. The picture will be available for Preview and confirmation.
6) Select to download it directly to your Photo Roll.
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As on now you can only see who’s looking at your story. ( source Instagram site )
To see this information, all yo have to do is — Open your story and swipe up on the screen.
You will see a view counter and the names of the people who viewed it at the bottom of the screen.
However if you want to see who screenshotted your Instagram story? then
— Go to Stories main page — You will see your list of public post — now look for the pinwheel-shaped camera shutter icon next to the name of an account.
[ there is not direct notification or message, but you can check it manually time-to-time ]
ABOVE feature mentioned in RED color text is not available as on Sept 2018, since that was a limited experiment by Instagram
This is social media and sometimes we do mistakes to share some intimate photos!
Now if this has happened without your explicit permission and you want to take legal actions then you may first need to take a screenshot or other record of the post and then check the local laws of the country or state.
Most of the local law enforcement authorities have their cyber crime cell to handle such cases.
These organizations provide information and resources for people who are being harassed or harmed online:
Please do read complete guidance article on Instagram official website here.
Although Instagram has clarified that Instagram will no longer notify people when you screenshot their stories.( Source Aug 2018 story ) considering all the privacy laws being enforced across Europe and USA, Soon or later you will face this issue of Instagram notification when you screenshot a story.
So better to keep the guide given above on “How to Take Screenshots of Instagram Stories Without Getting Caught” ready and handy 😛
Although I strongly suggest to use your moral compass to save any Instagram Story, I mean do not think evil, do evil!
Remember that Stalkers and creeps may be one of the reason testing the notification feature by Instagram during Feb 2020 period!
Hope this helps!
Cheers !!
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