Instagram doesn’t allow you to download anyone’s profile photo. 🙍♂️ You can’t even download your own profile photo from IG. To get around this hurdle, you need to use a third-party tool. In this article, we’ll recommend the best free third-party services for this purpose and explain how to use them. Let’s start. 🙌
Tools for Downloading Instagram Profile Pictures
Here’s a rundown of the best Instagram tools that you can use to download someone’s IG profile photo. 👌
INDownloader
This website allows you to download profile photos in HD quality. 🖼️ Although ads may interrupt your experience, the site is free, and the ads aren’t too disruptive.
How to Use INDownloader
- Click download.
- Visit indownloader.com.
- Click “avatar.”
- Type the username of the profile whose DP you want to download.
Toolzu
Toolzu is another free tool for downloading Instagram profile pictures. Although the quality of the downloaded photo may be lower, Toolzu compresses the file size, so it takes up less space on your device. 📱 🖥️ This way, you don’t have to worry about filling up your storage with downloaded profile pictures.
How to Use Toolzu to Download Instagram Profile Photo
- Visit Toolzu and select the “DP tool.”
- Type the username of the IG account, making sure to include “@” in front of it. For example, if the username is “janedoe,” type “@janedoe.”
- After Toolzu pulls up the photo, click “download.”
Toolzu might prompt you to sign up before downloading a photo, but if you don’t want to sign up, simply tap “download” anyway. 🤷♀️ You’ll still be able to download the photo. It’s better not to sign up because if you do, Toolzu will require a subscription fee before allowing you to use any features. 🥹
Save Free
Save Free is an Instagram content downloader. With it, you can download photos, videos, reels, and stories. 🤩
How to Use Save Free’s Profile Picture Downloader
- After Save Insta fetches the image, click “download.”
- Visit https://www.save-free.com/profile-downloader/.
- Enter the username of the Instagram account whose profile picture you need. For example, if the username is “smithbrown,” type “smithbrown.” Don’t add an “@” in front of the username.
- Alternatively, paste the link to the profile. To get the link, visit the Instagram profile using. Tap the three-dot icon at the right corner of the profile and choose “copy profile URL.”
- Click “view.”
ClipDown
ClipDown doesn’t have a specific tool for downloading Instagram profile pictures. Instead, it can retrieve and display all images and videos uploaded to an Instagram account, including the profile picture. 👤
How to Use ClipDown
- Go to ClipDown.
- Paste the link to the Instagram profile and click “download.”
- ClipDown will start to scrape all content that’s on the Instagram account, starting with the profile picture. You’ll be able to identify the profile photo because, underneath it, ClipDown will put a “download avatar” button.
- Click “download avatar” to download the profile picture.
You can’t use ClipDown to download the profile photos of accounts with zero posts. 🙅
SnapInsta.io
Snapinsta.io works exactly like ClipDown. It performs a mass scraping of all the media files on an Instagram account and displays them to you in order of the latest to the first post. 📱 The profile picture is the first media file displayed. However, when an account has no posts, Snapinsta.io won’t be able to scrape its profile picture.
How to Use Snapinsta.io
- Go snapinsta.io.
- Paste the link to the Instagram profile.
- Click “download.”
- Snapinsta.io uses a blue button stating “download avatar” to indicate an account’s profile picture. The profile picture is the first piece of media from the account that Snapinsta.io displays.
- Click “download avatar.”
Conclusion
Toolzu, ClipDown, Save Free, or Snapinsta.io, you can easily download profile pictures from any Instagram account. The best part is that the account owner won’t even know you did it. 😉 Just be ready for a couple of Google ads to pop up. 💁♀️ While you’re saving profile pictures, here’s a bonus tip: Make your Instagram posts stand out with some impressive captions. 😎 A good caption can improve your reach and showcase your personality. Need ideas? Check out this list of aesthetic captions for Instagram!
Frequently Asked Questions
How to download photos from an Instagram private account?
In order for you to download photos from a private Instagram account, you need to have sent a follow request to the account owner and they must have accepted your request. 🤝 Only then will you be able to view their photos and copy the links to those photos.
You can’t download more than one photo per time. To download a photo:
- Open Snapinsta.io’s private photo downloader via Chrome or any web browser.
2. Paste the link to the photo in the provided field.
3. Press the enter key on your device. Snapinsta.io will generate a link. This link is an API endpoint that Snapinsta.io will use to fetch the post from Instagram’s API. Copy the link that Snapinsta.io has generated and paste it in a new tab.
4. You’ll find the API response in the new tab. Copy the response.
5. Paste the response in the provided field in Snapinsta.io’s private photo downloader.
6. Click “download.”
How do I see someone’s full profile picture on Instagram?
Long press on their profile picture. ☝ If you’re using a phone, use two fingers to zoom in on the photo. If you’re using a PC, place the cursor over the photo and use the scroll wheel to zoom in. Alternatively, you can right-click the photo and select “Open image in new tab” to view it at a larger size.
How do I download someone’s Instagram profile?
Use ClipDown or Snapinsta.io. Both websites have almost the same interface and layout, so the steps that you’ll need to follow when using either site are the same. 🔁
Just copy and paste the link to the person’s Instagram profile in the appropriate field and click “download.” The site will fetch all the person’s posts on Instagram and their profile picture.
