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IG Video Download - Instagram Reels & Story SaverReviews, users & alternatives

Download Instagram photos, videos, Reels and Stories. Save posts and profiles with one simple extension.

On the storeUnder 6 moApproximate
Users454Store count
Rating1.01 rating
Updated7 Nov 2026v1.0.2
AccessHigh4 of 7 sensitive

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Details

Website
Not listed
Version
1.0.2
Size
181KiB
Manifest
V3
Extension ID
pcbcnhaegmkcnagodhnpmkijnhamkkkg

johnycode01Updates often

15 listings · ≈6.8K users

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Permissions

What it can access, not what it does.

High access

Can manage your downloads, plus 3 more sensitive permissions.

Browser access 5

Sensitive4

  • Manage your downloadsdownloads
  • See the address and title of every open tabtabs
  • Read and change site cookies, including loginscookies
  • Watch the web traffic your browser sendswebRequest

Members see when a new version asks for more.

Website access 2

  • instagram.com and its subdomains
  • cdninstagram.com and its subdomains

Source: Chrome Web Store and Ext Watch checks. “—” = not tracked yet.

IG Video Download at a glance

IG Video Download - Instagram Reels & Story Saver is a Social Networking extension by johnycode01 with 454 users. Chrome Web Store users rate it 1.0 out of 5 from 1 rating, which is still a small sample. By users it sits in the top 25% of Social Networking extensions. It was updated 3 days ago.

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Is IG Video Download safe? (permissions)

IG Video Download asks for 5 permissions and access to 2 site patterns. 4 of them give wide access:

  • downloads: Manage your downloads
  • tabs: See the address and title of every open tab
  • cookies: Read and change site cookies, including logins
  • webRequest: Watch the web traffic your browser sends

Permissions show what it could do, not what it does. See the full permission list.

IG Video Download not working?

  • 1 of the 3 reviews posted in the last 90 days gave 1 or 2 stars.
  • It was updated in the last two weeks. A fresh update can fix a problem, or occasionally cause one.

Common fixes

  • Update Chrome and the extension
  • Turn it off and on in chrome://extensions
  • Reload the page
  • Turn other extensions off in case two clash

Still stuck? Contact the maker or try an alternative.