
Your own Reel will be saved to the camera roll on your device automatically. Ensure to tap on ‘Save Video’ to save your Reel to the camera roll. Tap on the ‘3-dot’ menu icon to get you started. Open the Instagram app and navigate to the Reel that you wish to save to camera roll.

To save a reel to the camera roll, follow the guide below. Bear in mind that you can only save your own Reels to the camera roll. Instagram also allows you to natively save Reels to your camera roll. In case the uploader decides to remove the saved Reel, it will also be removed from your saved list. Note: This only saves Reels in the cloud and does not save them to your local storage. You will now find the saved Reel on your list. Now tap on the ‘hamburger’ icon in the top right corner. Tap on your ‘profile’ icon in the bottom right corner of your screen. Tap on the ‘3-dot’ menu icon in the bottom left corner.

Open Instagram on your mobile device and navigate to the Reel you wish to save. Let’s take a look at how you can do this. Yes, this is akin to bookmarking something, not downloading. Note that the video is not downloaded to your device. This will save the video to your profile so that you can revisit it later whenever you want. The best and easiest way to save Reels is to use the native ‘Save’ function offered by Instagram.

In that case, you’ll only be able to save videos without audio.

The only downside of these methods is that you can’t save your reels with the audio from Instagram’s audio library. You can save video while creating your reel or download the reels you already published. The easiest way is to keep reels straight from Instagram without downloading any tools. If you want to download your reels and save them into your phone’s gallery for offline viewing, there are several ways that you can do it on Instagram. To access your saved posts on Instagram, open your Instagram profile page, go to Menu, and select Saved. The Reel will now appear in your Instagram Collections with other saved posts.
