In brief, StoryPicker is a free, easy-to-use browser extension that enables you to grab and save media content from Instagram on your computer for backup and further use in a matter of a click.

Ever since its public launch back in 2016, the Instagram "Stories" feature has quickly become a real blast. The entire concept was so intriguing: one's ability to access and watch media content, only available for a limited time period, what could tempt the audiences more?

And so we watched. In fact, we're watching a greater volume of original content every single day. Hundreds of millions users are using "Stories" on a daily basis, and their number is continuously growing.

Nonetheless, with what the IG Stories' key benefit initially is, essentially comes its biggest flaw. The trick is, the astounding abundance of content, streamed live, posted and shared in Instagram stories each day, won't be available for further use in mere 24 hours.

Yes, you can add your own Story to Highlights, or save it on your mobile device. But сan you save Instagram stories on PC or Mac, if there's no such thing as "Stories archive" in the web version of the app?

What about the video from the recent party you attended, which your friend shared to a story a few days ago? Can you save it for further watching? No. Neither would you be able to re-watch the hilarious live video session, hosted by your favorite fitness trainer, or your beloved singer.

What a bummer, right?

Well, with that in mind we've developed StoryPicker - a user-friendly browser extension that brings the best stories from Instagram directly to your computer, in a matter of clicks.

You don't need to register an account to use StoryPicker.
The extension is 100% free.
It doesn't require any special permissions.
It has an intuitive, comprehensive UI.
And it doesn't take more than a click to install and use the extension in your Chrome browser.

It may sound good to be true. But that's just how it is.

Adding the StoryPicker extension to the Chrome web-browser on your computer is effortless:

1. Open the StoryPicker page on Chrome Web Store in your Chrome web-browser.
2. Click "Add to Chrome."
3. Click "Add extension" in the opened popup.

It literally takes 3 simple steps to save videos from instagram stories:

1. Log in your IG account in a Chrome browser, where you have the StoryPicker extension installed.
2. Open the story you wish to download.
3. Click "Save" in the upper left part of the page.

If you wish to download all stories, available at a time - simply click "Save all."

As you probably know, past live videos on Instagram are further available for watching in a user's "Stories" for some time. Hence, you can download Instagram live stories on your computer using StoryPicker, - just the same way as with any other IG story.

Yes, you most certainly can. The flow is similar:

1. Sign in your Instagram account in your Chrome browser, where you have previously added the StoryPicker extension.
2. Find a photo or video you wish to save in your IG profile or feed, and hover your mouse cursor over it.
3. Click the "Save" button that appears on the photo/video.