Stories and highlights from public Instagram accounts — video as MP4 and photos, by link, without showing up in the viewers list. Free up to 720p: 3 downloads a day without an account, 5 with one.
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Copy the link in the app (Share → Copy link) or from the browser's address bar, paste it into the field at the top of the page and pick a quality — the MP4 or MP3 file is saved to Downloads. No app or sign-up needed.
Type instagram.com/stories/username/ into the address bar — that way you never open the story yourself. If someone sent you a link to a specific story (instagram.com/stories/username/id/), paste it as is; for highlights use instagram.com/stories/highlights/…
Paste it into the field on this page and click “Find”. A card with the story appears — or several, if Instagram returned all of the author’s current stories.
Click “Download”: video is saved as MP4, photos in their original resolution. The download itself never shows up in the viewers list — you don’t sign in to Instagram.
Send the bot a link — the video arrives in the chat. No browser, no sign-up, no payment.
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We do one thing and do it well.
The download starts right away. On Max there is no speed cap and up to 10 files at once.
No sign-up for the basics, nothing to install. Files are deleted after 30 minutes.
720p, 1080p Full HD, 1440p 2K, 2160p 4K. Audio in MP3, M4A, OGG, FLAC. No watermarks.
iPhone, Android, tablet, computer: just open the site in a browser.
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Free up to 720p. Sign up and get 2 days of Pro as a gift, no card needed.
Downloading Instagram Stories anonymously means two things: saving a story as a file on your phone or computer, and staying out of the viewers list while doing so. A normal view in the app leaves a trace — Instagram logs it under your account, and the author sees your handle. Skachok works differently: you paste a link, our server fetches the story file and hands it to you, and you never sign in to Instagram, so you do not appear in the view stats. That lets you keep someone’s story before it disappears, pull an old story of your own out of highlights, or watch a story without the author knowing. Everything runs in the browser on iPhone, Android and desktop — no software, no extensions and no Instagram password, which we never ask for.
The key is the right link, because unlike a reel, a story does not show its address openly. The most reliable option is the link to a specific story, instagram.com/stories/username/id/, which the “Copy link” item in the story menu produces; if someone sent you the link, paste it as is. To avoid opening the story yourself, type the address by hand: instagram.com/stories/username/ — Skachok will try to fetch every story currently on the account, one card each. Instagram does not always serve those lists, and then you need a link to a specific story. For highlights, use instagram.com/stories/highlights/id/ — a highlight lives longer than a day. Only public content can be downloaded: private accounts and “close friends” stories are out of reach, even if you follow the author. A story lasts 24 hours — after that the link stops working.
Video from a story is saved as MP4, photos as JPG in their original resolution. Instagram compresses stories harder than Reels: usually it is 1080p, but often lower. Free and without an account you get video up to 720p and 3 downloads a day; with a free account it is 5 a day plus 2 days of Pro as a gift, and 1080p unlocks on the Lite plan from $1.99 a month. For a story watched on a phone, 720p is plenty. To download a story on your phone, open skachok.com in Safari or Chrome rather than Instagram’s in-app browser: on Android the file lands in the Download folder, on iPhone in Files → Downloads, from where you can save it to Photos. We do not store files: the story passes from Instagram’s servers straight to you.
Not from the download itself: you don’t sign in to Instagram — our server requests the story file by link, so the download never shows up in the viewers list. But it stays anonymous only if you never opened the story yourself: a view in the app is logged at once, even if you only opened the story to copy its link, and highlights views are recorded the same way. To stay out of the list, use a link someone sent you or type instagram.com/stories/username/ by hand.
You can’t. We only see what Instagram shows without signing in: stories from private profiles and “close friends” stories are out of reach, even if you follow the author. Sites that promise private stories in exchange for your login and password do not get around this limit — never type your Instagram password into third-party sites.
Three link forms work: a specific story, instagram.com/stories/username/id/ (the “Copy link” item in the story menu, or a link someone sent you); the username address instagram.com/stories/username/, typed by hand — Skachok then tries to fetch every story currently on the account, one card each; and a highlight, instagram.com/stories/highlights/id/, from the address bar on a computer. A profile link without /stories/ won’t work: it doesn’t say which stories you want.
Most often the story is already gone: it lives 24 hours unless the author added it to highlights. Other cases: the account is private (check whether the profile opens in an incognito window without signing in), the story is for “close friends” only, or the link leads to the profile rather than to /stories/. For a username link Instagram periodically refuses to serve the story list without a login — then use a link to a specific story. If Instagram is throttling requests, wait a couple of minutes and try again.
Yes. Open the highlight in the profile on a computer and copy the instagram.com/stories/highlights/id/ address from the address bar. Skachok shows a card for every story in the highlight — within the per-batch link limit: 3 for free, 5 on Lite, 10 on Pro, 50 on Max. Your own old stories are easier to save from the Instagram archive: profile → menu → Archive.
Video — whatever Instagram stores: usually up to 1080p, though stories are compressed harder than reels. Free and without an account you get up to 720p; 1080p is available from the Lite plan ($1.99/mo) or during the 2 gift days of Pro. Story photos are downloaded in their original resolution on any plan. The sound of a video story can be saved as MP3 on paid plans; music added from Instagram’s library stays mixed with the voice.
Yes. The free plan gives you up to 720p, 3 downloads a day without an account and 5 with one. Paid plans unlock 1080p, 2K, 4K, more downloads and full speed.
Not for basic downloads. Signing up with your email takes 20 seconds and gives you 2 days of the Pro plan as a gift, no card needed.
Up to 4K (2160p) on Max, 2K on Pro, 1080p on Lite and 720p for free. It depends on the source video.
Yes: iPhone, Android and tablets. The file goes to Downloads; on iPhone you can move it to Photos via Share → Save Video.
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