Stories InstaEnglishEnter a username or paste a profile link to view Stories from an open account. You don’t need to sign in, and your name won’t appear in the Story’s viewer list.
Looking for something someone shared earlier? Start with Highlights for saved Stories, or check Posts and Reels for photos and clips on their profile.
Open the profile’s current Stories and move through the photos and clips in order.
Open a Highlight by its cover to see the Stories the creator kept. A Story you missed yesterday may still be there.
Play a Reel from the profile. If you want to see it again offline, save the clip to your device.
Open a photo at a larger size and save the image you want to keep.
Pause a video to see a detail, replay a section or save the clip for later.
Open a photo post or move through a carousel to find the particular slide you came for.
Use the handle shown at the top of their Instagram profile, including any dots or underscores. You can also paste the profile link. Then select View.
Choose a photo or clip from the active Stories. If there are none, check Highlights for Stories the person has kept on their profile.
Open the Story you want and use its save button. For a Story with several parts, choose the photo or clip you want to keep.
Which username should I enter?Use the handle at the top of the profile, such as @username, or paste the profile link, such as instagram.com/username.
Can’t find the profile?Check the spelling, including periods and underscores. If the account changed its handle, copy its current profile link and try again.
No active Stories?A profile can have posts but no Stories today. Check its Highlights for earlier Stories the creator chose to keep.
Is the account private?Stories Insta can show Stories from open profiles. The creator’s privacy settings also apply to Highlights.
Did loading stop?Check your connection and select View again with the same username. If the problem continues, report the issue.
Enter the handle and select Add to Favorites. You’ll find the profile below the username field the next time you visit in this browser.
Select a saved handle to see what’s on the profile now. Use the × beside it when you want to remove the shortcut.
Favorites saves the profile link. To keep a particular Story, open the photo or video and save it to your device while it’s still available.
Stories Insta is an anonymous Instagram Story viewer you can use in your browser. Enter the username of the person whose Stories you want to see, or paste a link to their profile. You don’t need to sign in to Instagram, and your name won’t appear on the creator’s viewer list. The profile needs to be open for its Stories to be available here.
If you’re looking for something someone shared today, start with Stories. If you missed it yesterday, try Highlights: the creator may have kept it there after the Story expired. For a photo in a carousel or a clip from a Reel, open Posts or Reels on the same profile.
To keep a particular photo or video, open it and save it to your phone or computer. To see what the same person shares next, add their profile to Favorites. The next time you open Stories Insta in this browser, their handle will be waiting below the form.
A venue shared tonight’s opening time in a Story. Open its profile to check the announcement, even if you don’t have an Instagram account.
Found a recipe in a Highlight or a trail map halfway through a carousel? Save that photo to your phone. For a Reel with step-by-step instructions, save the clip to replay it later.
If you often check a club’s match-day Stories or a photographer’s latest posts, add the profile to Favorites. Next time, open the saved handle below the form.
Paste the profile link at the top of this page and select View. Open Stories to see what the person has shared in the past day.
Enter theirs. Use the handle from the top of their profile, including any periods or underscores.
Either spelling works. You can enter username, @username or the full profile link.
Yes. Open this page in your mobile browser, paste the handle and tap View.
No. All you need is the username or link for an open profile.
No. Viewing a Story through Stories Insta does not add your Instagram username to the creator’s viewer list.
Private Stories are only available to approved followers on Instagram. Following the account yourself doesn’t give Stories Insta access.
Open the profile and choose Reels for short clips or Posts for feed photos and carousels.
A Story usually stays up for 24 hours. If the creator adds it to Highlights, you can find it there after it leaves Stories.
The account may have posts on its profile without an active Story today. The latest Story may also have expired or been removed.
Check Highlights. If the Story has expired and the creator didn’t keep it in a Highlight, you can’t open it here.
Open the photo and use the save button. If your browser opens the image in a new tab, use its share menu to save the file.
Yes. Open the Reel and use its save button to keep the video on your device. You can do the same with a video from a Story or Highlight.
Yes. Open the post, move to the slide you want and save that image or clip.
Check the downloads list in your browser first. It shows the file name and can help you open the folder where it was saved.
Favorites stay in the browser where you added them. To keep a profile on another device, open this page there and add its handle again.
No. The × removes the profile shortcut from this browser. Photos and videos you saved to your device stay in your files.