How to Export All Your Photos and Videos Out of Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Messenger

You’ve probably got a ton of photos and videos in your social media and messaging apps at this point—pictures of sunsets posted to Instagram, pictures of the kids posted to family WhatsApp groups, and so on—but you might not necessarily have those pictures and videos saved anywhere else. That can be a problem, should something happen to the originals—say you’re thinking about abandoning a social media platform, for instance. It’s never a good idea to only have your most important files in one place, so we’d recommend making sure your social media and messaging photos and videos are exported and backed up. This counts for photos and videos other people send you too, as well as those you post yourself. We can’t cover every single social media and messaging app here, but we’ve outlined the steps for five of the most popular and well-known below. If there are other apps that you use, a hunt through the settings options may well reveal the export or backup feature that you’re looking for. Instagram Instagram lets you transfer some or all of your posts and stories. Full credit to the engineers at Instagram for making this process as simple as possible. If
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