Reels without an account
Instagram shows reels to logged-out visitors on the web, and that is the route the downloader uses. It reads the reel's public data the way Instagram's own web page does, finds every video rendition Instagram stores for it, and takes the best one. There is no login, no cookie of yours and nothing tied to your account – which also means there is nothing Instagram could flag or ban.
What arrives in Telegram
The reel comes as a normal Telegram video in its original quality. Underneath it, the bot adds a small menu:
- All qualities – every rendition Instagram has, with its resolution, for when a smaller file is better.
- Audio only – just the sound as an audio file, extracted without re-encoding. See reel to MP3.
- Direct link – Instagram's own CDN links for the file. They expire after a few hours.
- Caption – the full text of the post, ready to copy.
- Video subtitles (beta) – a transcript of what is said in the reel, where the feature is switched on.
- View on Instagram and Refresh post info – with the author, the date, and like, comment and view counts.
Reels, posts and carousels are one link
Instagram uses different addresses – /reel/…, /reels/…, /p/…, /tv/… – but a link to a single post is handled the same way whatever it contains. A reel link gives the video. A post link with photos gives the photos. A carousel gives every slide, videos and photos mixed, in order. For photos and carousels see the Instagram photo downloader.
Straight from your Instagram DMs
If you often find reels inside Instagram, you do not even need to copy links. Link your account once with /igdirect, and anything you share to our Instagram account in a DM arrives in your Telegram chat, already downloaded. See the Instagram DM downloader.
Find the song in a reel
Most reels are set to music. Send the downloaded reel back to the bot and choose Identify the music to get the song's name and the full track with its lyrics – see find a song from a video.