How to Download Instagram Carousel Posts with Multiple Photos
Instagram has evolved from a simple photo-sharing app into a dynamic media platform. One of its most popular features is the Carousel post — which allows creators to share up to 10 photos or videos in a single post. These swipeable posts are perfect for sharing travel diaries, step-by-step guides, photography portfolios, and event recap highlights.
While viewing these galleries is enjoyable, saving them to your device can be a challenge. Taking screenshots of each individual photo degrades the image resolution, crops out important details, and is completely useless for saving embedded videos. If you want to keep copies of these multi-slide posts in their original quality, you need a dedicated downloader.
In this guide, we will show you exactly how to download Instagram Carousel posts with multiple photos and videos quickly, for free, and without installing any applications, using ReelGallary’s Instagram Carousel Downloader.
Why Screenshots Are Bad for Carousel Posts
Many users resort to taking screenshots when they want to save images from a Carousel post. While this might seem like the easiest method, it has several major drawbacks:
1. Significant Resolution Loss
Instagram displays images in compressed formats optimized for mobile screens. When you take a screenshot, you are saving a copy of a compressed screen rendering rather than the original high-resolution file. The resulting image is often blurry, pixelated, and loses fine details.
2. Cropping and UI Clutter
Screenshots capture everything on your screen, including the Instagram header, comments, username tag, like buttons, and status bar. To get a clean image, you have to crop the screenshot manually, which is time-consuming and often results in awkward cropping lines.
3. Inability to Save Videos
Carousels often contain a mixture of photos and videos. You cannot screenshot a video. While you could screen record it, screen recording captures external audio, interface overlays, and results in massive, uncompressed video files of poor visual quality.
By using ReelGallary, you bypass these limitations. Our tool extracts the direct CDN link of each photo and video in the slide deck, ensuring you receive the exact, high-quality files originally uploaded by the creator.
The Solution: ReelGallary’s Client-Side ZIP Bundler
ReelGallary features an advanced browser-based compiler that makes saving Carousel posts painless. Instead of making you download 10 files one by one, our tool downloads all selected slides in parallel and compiles them into a single, organized ZIP file directly in your browser.
Because the ZIP compilation happens on the client side (using your device’s browser and CPU), you do not have to wait for a remote server to download, package, and upload the files back to you. This results in instant, high-speed downloads and ensures your data remains completely private.
Step-by-Step Guide to Saving Carousel Posts
Here is how you can use our tool to download Carousel posts in seconds:
Step 1: Copy the Carousel Post Link
- Open Instagram on your mobile app or computer.
- Find the Carousel post (you can identify it by the multi-slide dot indicator below the image).
- Click the “Share” menu icon (the paper airplane or three dots).
- Tap “Copy Link” to save the post URL to your clipboard.
Step 2: Paste the URL in ReelGallary
- Open your browser and navigate to the Instagram Carousel Downloader.
- Paste the copied link into the input field at the top of the page.
- Tap “Extract Media.”
Step 3: Select and Download
- Our tool will display a list of all slides in the post with checkboxes.
- By default, all slides are selected. If you only want specific slides, deselect the ones you do not want.
- Click the “Download ZIP Bundle” button.
- A progress bar will show the download and packaging progress. Once completed, your browser will download the compiled ZIP file.
Extracting ZIP Files on Android and iOS
Once the ZIP file is downloaded, here is how you can access the individual photos and videos:
On Android Devices
Most modern Android phones come with a built-in file manager (like Google Files). Navigate to your “Downloads” folder, tap on the downloaded ZIP file, and select “Extract.” The photos and videos will be extracted into a new folder and will immediately show up in your gallery app.
On iPhone & iPad (iOS)
Apple has built-in ZIP support in iOS. When you download the file in Safari, tap the download icon in the search bar and select “Show in Files.” Find the ZIP file in your iCloud Drive or local Downloads folder, and tap it once. iOS will automatically extract the files into a folder of the same name. You can then select the images/videos, tap share, and select “Save Image” or “Save Video” to send them to your Camera Roll.
Legal and Safety Disclaimer
Disclaimer: ReelGallary is an independent media retrieval utility. We are not affiliated with Instagram, Meta, Facebook, or any related company. ReelGallary only supports downloading public content. Bypassing private accounts or downloading copyrighted content without the creator’s permission is strictly against our terms. Users are solely responsible for ensuring they have permission to download or use any media retrieved through our service.