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# How to Download Instagram Reels and Videos Without Any App

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How to download Instagram Reels and videos as MP4, or save the sound as MP3, free in your browser with the Instagram Video Downloader on Transcript. No sign-up needed.

1:47 · Nov 7, 2026 · by Transcript

- [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRvfATvpKs8)
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## Chapters

- [00:00](https://transcript.im/videos/instagram-video-downloader?t=0) Open the downloader
- [00:19](https://transcript.im/videos/instagram-video-downloader?t=19) Paste a video link
- [00:35](https://transcript.im/videos/instagram-video-downloader?t=35) Choose MP3 or MP4
- [01:01](https://transcript.im/videos/instagram-video-downloader?t=61) Save the MP4
- [01:18](https://transcript.im/videos/instagram-video-downloader?t=78) Get the transcript
- [01:35](https://transcript.im/videos/instagram-video-downloader?t=95) Get it free

## Steps in this video

1. Open the Instagram Video Downloader on transcript.im
2. Paste a public Instagram video or Reel link
3. Choose MP4 for the video or MP3 for the sound
4. Click Save
5. Open the Reel's transcript from the same page

## About this video

In this video we use one public Reel and save the MP4.

## Video transcript

### 00:00 Open the downloader

Want to keep an Instagram video as a file? Here's how to save it as an MP4, or just the sound as an MP3, with Transcript. Open the Instagram Video Downloader at transcript.im. It's free, and it works right in your browser, with no sign-up.

### 00:19 Paste a video link

In Instagram, tap Share on the Reel and copy the link. Then paste it into the box. Click Get Video. You see the title, the account, and the length. This public Reel is 49 seconds long.

### 00:35 Choose MP3 or MP4

There are two formats. MP3 keeps only the sound. For audio, you choose the bitrate. MP4 keeps the video. I'll switch back to it, and choose the resolution. Here, we pick 480p.

### 01:01 Save the MP4

Click Download MP4. The page gets the file from Instagram. Your file is ready, and it saves to your device on its own. You can see its name and size. And if you want the sound as well, Also as MP3 gives you that too.

### 01:18 Get the transcript

Need the words instead? Get this video's transcript opens the same Reel in the Instagram Transcript tool. The link keeps working for 30 minutes, in case you need the file again. That's it. Paste an Instagram link, pick MP4 or MP3, and save the file.

### 01:35 Get it free

Get it free at transcript.im.

## Featured in this video

[Try Instagram Video Downloader](https://transcript.im/instagram-video-downloader)

Free Instagram video downloader for public Reels: save the video as MP4 or the audio as MP3, choose the available quality, and get a direct file link.

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