Available ways to watch stories in Instagram from a computer

  Available ways to watch stories in Instagram from a computer


The Stories feature from Instagram allows users to publish photos and short videos in the official mobile application, which are automatically deleted after 24 hours. Since you can not watch the stories in Instagram from the computer - in the browser they simply will not be displayed - then to see them you have to use a special software, extensions. Which ones, - read further.

Browser extension

You can access the desktop from your computer through Chrome, Yandex or any other browser based on Chromium. It is enough to download the free extension IG Story. You can find it in the official online store at "chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions".

viewing history history from your computer

Installation:

  1. Using the search box, enter and find the IG Story. there will be several plugins with a similar name, for download, open the one with the highest scores (their users are exposed) and the number of downloads (opposite the rating).
  2. The page for installing the extension will open, click on the blue "Install" button. The automatic scan and download of a .crx file will begin.
  3. Once it is finished, the extension will be automatically added. If this does not happen, open the downloads folder (ctrl + J) and run the newly downloaded file for self-installation.

If the icon of the insta appeared in the upper right corner, the plug-in was added, and now you can view the story through the computer. Just click on the extension icon and select the tab: search by tags, place, users, viewing broadcasts, etc.

If for some reason the plugin does not work for you, then try to reload the page, download others on the "Similar Extensions" tab.

Android emulator

BlueStacks is a free program that allows you to emulate an Android device and run any programs available on the Play Market on Windows, including logging into the Instagram from your computer.

emulator android for viewing instagram histories on the PC

You can download the emulator from the official site. After that, run the downloaded distribution on your PC and wait for the installation.

How to use:

  1. After the launch, the program window appears, in which you immediately recognize the Android interface.
  2. For more comfortable work with the application and direct access to the Play Market, it is better to log into your account using data from google, and enable automatic updates.
  3. Open the application store and download the official Instagram client.
  4. Enter your account information (login, password).

After that you will be able to run Instagram on your computer and use all available functions: view history, comment and put ratings. That is, use all the features of the smartphone with Windows.

How do I download stories?

The official application does not allow storis. But you can do it through third-party programs from your phone or computer. To do this, you can use the extension for the browser IG Story. Find the desired story through the search menu, then click on the "download" icon. The download will start, after which you can start the downloaded history.

how to download story history

Since you can see the history in Instagram from the computer through the emulator, then you can also save your favorite ones with his own help. To do this, you need to download the StorySave application to run in the emulator. You can find it in the Play Market. After downloading the application will offer to connect to it an account from Instagram to gain access to view and download stories on the PC.

Since the Android emulator is used for this, all downloaded files (including storis) can be found in the directory where BlueStacks was installed (by default it is "C: \ ProgramData \ BlueStacks \ Android \% Application Name%").

Conclusion

Now you know how to view the history of Instagram from the computer and save your favorites. For this you can use not only the plugins we described, but also others. Functionality in them is about the same, so it is not difficult to deal with them.

For more comfortable work, we recommend using the Android emulator. With it, you can access a huge number of download applications available in the Play Market. But they will be saved on the PC, not on the phone.





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