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How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account

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Re: How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account

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Post by hnriot »

many might be surprised that instagram only keep 612x612 images, so if you were hoping to download full resolution images,. you're out of luck...

that, however, also makes the whole issue moot since the images are so small to be of little/no use in any commercial sense.

flickr's iOS app, by comparison, stores on their server the full resolution image.

#nofilter FTW

Re: How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account

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Post by sp332 »

mikeleeorg wrote: post #5

tl;dr: Use this to download your Instagram photos http://instaport.me Then use this to delete your account http://help.instagram.com/customer/portal/articles/95760

Does deleting your account actually remove your photos? I've seen some people claim that you can still load the images if you know the URL. Not sure if it's just a CDN that hasn't expired the content yet or if Instagram really keeps your photos after you "delete" them.

Re: How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account

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Post by hadem »

nthitz wrote: post #3

The fact that the article uses a crappy Instagrammed photo for the picture is baffling

Not necessarily. Someone took that photo and posted it to their Instagram filter, spreading the word to all of their Instagram followers. Seems like the author of the photo could have been trying to get the message to Instagram users.
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