Have you ever wanted to download the profile picture of any Instagram account? If the answer is affirmative, surely it will have happened to you that, after downloading, it turns out to be a cut or a version of very low quality. Today we are going to explain how to download any full size profile picture from any of your devices.
Is it not possible to download the full size profile photo?
If we have decided to create content focused on the possibility of downloading the full-size photo of any Instagram profile, it is because from the social network they have decided that it is not possible to do it directly within the app. In other words, no matter how much we touch the little circle with our finger where that image that we would like to have downloaded on our mobile is, we will not be able to access the original file to store it on our reel.
We do not know the reason why Instagram does not allow you to do something like this, we can imagine privacy issues in the case of personal accounts, or simply that you have not really wanted to introduce it because you do not believe it is relevant to improve the user experience of your social network. So if you want to get that high quality profile image that you love so much about the Mercedes F1 Team (for example), or from Ferrari, you will have to resort to one of the methods that we propose below.
Why "full size"?
On the internet, practically all images are saved in a single file that maintains the quality of what is displayed and, from there, the different systems that process it prepare smaller versions (thumbnails) to display them in different places on a web page, an application or a social network. It is a common measure of economy of bits that helps, among other things, when we access a site, it loads in the shortest possible time and with the lowest cost of data consumption. So on paper it's all advantages.
In the case of Instagram profile photos, the same thing happens: depending on the place where they are going to be shown, so a cropped version is offered which has nothing to do with the original image, which has all the details and quality of the photo used by any user to illustrate their profile. So what we are going to tell you now has to do with that, with what resources to manage through a series of tools that will make it easier for you to reach that original file to keep it safe in your photo library. And it is that, in this case from Instagram, we have no way to do it with any specific option within the official application.
Now, we leave you all possible ways that you have to access those full-size images of any Instagram profile although, first of all, we are going to leave you a video that explains it in detail and in a much simpler way.
How to download any full size profile picture (on video)
If you want to learn how to download any full-size profile photo from any device, you can continue reading this article or take a look at the video that we publish on our YouTube channel:
If the video explanation did not seem enough to you and you need to see it and touch it written in black on white, here below we leave you all those tools explained in a little more detail. Look.
How to download any full size profile picture on Instagram?
The ability to acquire avatar photo of any Instagram account is a tedious task. There are many services and applications that promise to provide you with it in full size and, of course, at the highest possible quality, but then it is not. For this reason we have looked for the best ways that you can use to get the maximum resolution profile photos of your friends, followers or, of course, people you don't even follow yourself.
All you need to start this process is know your profile name, that is, the name that this user has next to the "@" symbol in his account. To make sure, enter his account from the search engine, from here I go to his wall and, if you look above it, you will see the full username.
Download the profile photo from any device using the browser
The key to being able to carry out this process from any of your devices is to use the browser and the web services that we will show you below. Some of these allow you to perform more actions than just downloading the full-size avatar photo, so read carefully and remember, If in any of them they ask you for more information than you would like to give, then it is better that you look for another alternative.
The first website that will allow you to download this photograph is Instaprofile. When entering it you will have to write the username in the search bar that you will find at the top of the web and, after a few seconds, it will load. Once here, click on the "Download Profile Photo" option and it will redirect you to another window where you can right-click (or hold down if you are on a mobile interface) to get the image. That easy.
Another of the services that you can use is called Installed and its use is tremendously simple. Locate the search bar at the top of the page and, there, enter the username you want and confirm to start the search. After a few seconds you will enter the user's profile and you will see three options:
- Profile: where the entire feed for this account is supposed to load, but it doesn't.
- Full Size: when pressed, the avatar photo will appear in full size. This is what really interests us.
- Stories: here we can download the Instagram stories that that person has uploaded in the last 24 hours or even those that they keep stored as highlights on their profile.
As you can imagine, now you only have to enter the full size option and download the photograph as we do with any other image from the browser of our device.
Another service very similar to the previous one is that of gramvio. With it, we will not only be able to download the profile photo of any user in full size, but we will also have the opportunity to get any of the stories published in the last 24 hours, as well as each of their feed posts. So you can save all those stories that you see and that you don't want to end up deleted from the social network. This solution is a good 2 for 1.
The last of the services, and we already anticipate that it is the most complete, is called save-insta. The download procedure is very similar to that of the rest of the services. But, what does differentiate it from all of them is that it allows us to download any of the elements of the account that we want. In other words, from this page we can download the profile picture, any of the publications, be they photos or videos, or the stories of the last 24 hours and the highlights and, obviously, the Reels. A real pass.
To proceed with the download of the element that we want, we will only have to follow these simple steps:
- Access the save-insta website.
- In the search bar that you will see in the center you must write the username of the profile. You know, the name that goes with the at sign (@).
- Then click "View" for it to start loading.
- Finally, in the case of profile photography, You just have to click on the option that is just below of the image with the name "Download Image" so that it goes to your downloads folder.
It is that simple to use this service and, in the same way, you will be able to get hold of the rest of their publications such as the photos in the feed, the Reels, the published videos or the stories available in their account.
Download a full size Instagram profile photo with Android
Now, if you don't want to use any browser and you prefer to have a application on your smartphone to do the process automatically, you can do it if you have a mobile with Android.
This application is called Profile Photo Downloader and you can download it from the link that we leave you right here below:
The process is as simple as using the option from the browser. After downloading the app and entering it, first access the menu of the three points from the top bar and select the box to automatically save to gallery. The process will be more comfortable if you perform this process first. Then write the username in the search engine and you will be directed to the profile photo of this user. Click on the download button and you will have it available in just a few seconds in your phone gallery.
These are the main routes or services that you can use to download the profile photo of any Instagram account in full size. If you have any questions about the process, leave us a comment and we will try to resolve it as soon as possible.