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It has the most users of the Instagram-only options here.","The listing describes a download button under posts on the home feed, in the top-right corner of a Story or Highlight, on hover in a profile grid, under the comments on a post page and beside a Reel, plus a right-click \"Download\" menu item on any image or video.",[84,85,86],"A download button in the top-right corner of every Story and Highlight.","Original-resolution images, videos and Reels from the same extension.","No account, no limits, no settings to learn.",[88,60,89],"Instagram only; no Facebook Stories.","Multi-image posts download as a complete set.",{"headline":91,"positives":92,"concerns":94,"takeaway":96,"sample_note":97},"Works as described, with multi-image posts as the recurring annoyance.",[93],"A recent reviewer calls it the most recommended option when visuals matter, and reminds people to credit the original creators.",[95],"On multi-image posts every click downloads the whole set one by one, with no way to pick a single picture.","The right choice when you want the button on the Story and nothing else.","2 reviews in the 90 days before this page was written, quoted as written.",[99],"30,000 users and a 4.4 lifetime rating from 157 reviews, updated 14 August 2026.",[101,103],{"kind":74,"url":102},"https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebstore.google.com\u002Fdetail\u002Ffkilgeompmipodhkdmafejpfgnfbjmkk",{"kind":104,"url":105},"official","https:\u002F\u002Fonlinetoolset.com",{"extension_id":107,"role":78,"rank":19,"scenario_label":108,"best_for":109,"reason":110,"overview":111,"key_features":112,"limitations":116,"review_summary":120,"exclusive_facts":130,"cost_note":133,"links":134},"mafcolokinicfdmlidhaebadidhdehpk","Choose it for Facebook and Instagram together","Stories, videos and photos from both Facebook and Instagram","Story Saver has the largest user base and the most reviews in this category, and it is the option that treats Facebook as a first-class source. 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Both add a download button on the Reel itself.","Instagram has no download button for Reels. Its Save option keeps a Reel in your collection but not on your disk, and the share menu only copies a link. The two Instagram downloaders with the most search traffic this year, Exta and ESUIT, both left the Chrome Web Store in June 2026, so most guides on this subject now point at extensions that cannot be installed. The four below are listed as of September 2026, and the page says when each was last updated, because that is what predicts whether it still works next month.",{"title":308,"description":309,"instructions":310,"transition":315},"Record the Reel with your computer's screen recorder","Without an extension, the only built-in route is to play the Reel in a browser tab and record the screen. It works for one clip you need today, and it is the wrong tool for anything more, because you get a screen recording rather than the original file.",[311,312,313,314],"Open the Reel on instagram.com and make it as large as the page allows, then mute notifications so nothing pops over it.","Start the built-in recorder (Shift+Command+5 on macOS, Windows+G then Record on Windows) and select the Reel's area.","Play the Reel from the start, let it finish, then stop the recording.","Trim the beginning and end in the system video viewer and save the file.","A recording is lower quality than the source, includes the interface around the Reel, and takes as long as the Reel itself. An extension saves the original MP4 in one click, and the good ones do it from the Reel page.",{},"Save Instagram Reels to your computer from Chrome. The built-in workaround first, then four listed extensions compared for single Reels, audio, all media types and bulk downloads.","\u002Fhow-to\u002Fdownload-instagram-reels","instagram reel downloader chrome extension","How to download Instagram Reels in Chrome",[322,346,364,382],{"extension_id":323,"role":49,"rank":50,"best_for":324,"reason":325,"overview":326,"key_features":327,"limitations":331,"review_summary":335,"exclusive_facts":340,"cost_note":71,"links":343},"clbmpindgjghmmjnimonbacdodbdnnkj","Single Reels and their audio track","FastReel does one job: a download button on Reels and videos that saves the original file, with a separate option to save the audio. Because it only touches the Reel page, an Instagram redesign of Stories or profiles does not break it.","The listing describes a download button on Reels and videos that saves the file at its original quality, and an option to extract the audio track. It works on public profiles from the browser, without an account.",[328,329,330],"Saves Instagram Reels and videos at their original quality.","Extracts and downloads the audio track from any Reel.","Works from the Reel itself, with no separate website.",[332,333,334],"Reels and videos only; photos, Stories and Highlights are not covered.","Last updated 10 April 2026, the oldest update on this page.","Public profiles only.",{"headline":336,"positives":337,"concerns":338,"takeaway":339,"sample_note":67},"A quiet listing with no recent reviews to judge it by.",[],[],"The 4.6 lifetime rating is the only review signal available. Try it on one Reel before assuming the audio export works on your machine.",[341,342],"40,000 users and a 4.6 lifetime rating, updated 10 April 2026.","The only option here that saves a Reel's audio track separately.",[344],{"kind":74,"url":345},"https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebstore.google.com\u002Fdetail\u002Fclbmpindgjghmmjnimonbacdodbdnnkj",{"extension_id":77,"role":78,"rank":50,"scenario_label":347,"best_for":348,"reason":349,"overview":82,"key_features":350,"limitations":353,"review_summary":356,"exclusive_facts":360,"cost_note":71,"links":361},"Choose it for a plain button with nothing to set up","Reels, posts, Stories and Highlights with one button and no settings","IMDownloader puts a download button on the Reel, the post and the Story, adds a right-click menu item, and has more users than any other option on this page. It is the choice when you want the button back and nothing else.",[351,352,86],"Downloads original-resolution Reels, videos, images, Stories and Highlights.","A download button in every place you would look for one, plus a right-click menu.",[89,354,355],"No bulk or whole-profile download.","The listing is offered in one language.",{"headline":91,"positives":357,"concerns":358,"takeaway":359,"sample_note":97},[93],[95],"The right choice when you save single Reels and posts and do not want a settings page.",[99],[362,363],{"kind":74,"url":102},{"kind":104,"url":105},{"extension_id":140,"role":78,"rank":19,"scenario_label":365,"best_for":366,"reason":367,"overview":368,"key_features":369,"limitations":371,"review_summary":374,"exclusive_facts":378,"cost_note":71,"links":380},"Choose it for every media type and profile backups","Reels, Stories, photos and whole-profile downloads from one extension","Media Downloader for Instagram covers every media type and adds a profile Download All with pause and resume, folders and file naming. It was updated on 9 September 2026, which matters in a category that breaks with every Instagram change.","The listing describes a download button that appears when you hover a post, Story or Reel, a Download All action on profile pages with pause and resume, and up to three levels of folders named by account, date and media type. It works without an Instagram login and adds no watermark.",[370,148,149],"Downloads Reels, Stories, Highlights, photos and videos from the feed, profiles and Explore.",[372,152,373],"Download All is the feature reviewers report failing, so try it on a small profile first.","The folder and naming options are more than a casual user needs.",{"headline":155,"positives":375,"concerns":376,"takeaway":377,"sample_note":161},[],[158,159],"Pick it for coverage and maintenance, and test Download All on one profile before relying on it.",[163,379],"Offered in 23 languages, the widest coverage of the four options here.",[381],{"kind":74,"url":167},{"extension_id":383,"role":78,"rank":141,"scenario_label":384,"best_for":385,"reason":386,"overview":387,"key_features":388,"limitations":392,"review_summary":396,"exclusive_facts":402,"cost_note":71,"links":405},"ngfjkjdigiloiocgjehabfdiopknacmo","Choose it for bulk downloads from a list","Downloading many Reels at once from a CSV of links","Reels Extractor is built for one thing: hand it a CSV file of Reel URLs and it downloads each video at full quality into your downloads folder.","The listing describes a CSV upload, automatic processing of every URL in the file, downloads at the highest available quality, and no data collection. It is intended for personal use.",[389,390,391],"Bulk downloads Instagram Reels from a CSV file of links.","Saves the highest-quality version of each Reel to your downloads folder.","Collects no data, according to the listing.",[393,394,395],"Reels only; it does not download photos, Stories or profiles.","You need the links first, so it does not replace an in-page button.","About a thousand users and version 0.1.3, so a short track record.",{"headline":397,"positives":398,"concerns":399,"takeaway":400,"sample_note":401},"Too new and too small to have a review record.",[],[],"A 5.0 rating from a thousand users says less than a 4.4 from thirty thousand. Treat it as a tool for one job and keep a second downloader.","No reviews in the 90 days before this page was written.",[403,404],"1,000 users and a 5.0 lifetime rating, updated 27 August 2026.","Version 0.1.3 at the time of review.",[406],{"kind":74,"url":407},"https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebstore.google.com\u002Fdetail\u002Fngfjkjdigiloiocgjehabfdiopknacmo",[170,171,409],"summarize-youtube-video","Save an Instagram Reel as a video file on a computer, from the Chrome browser, without a separate website.",[412,413,414,415],"instagram reels download extension","download instagram reels chrome","reel downloader extension","bulk instagram reels download extension",{"title":295,"description":18},[418,423,427,430],{"scenario":419,"solution":420,"reason":421,"limitation":422},"One Reel, now","FastReel","A download button on the Reel itself, plus a second option that saves only the audio.","Reels and videos only; last updated in April 2026.",{"scenario":424,"solution":197,"reason":425,"limitation":426},"Reels plus Stories and photos","One button for every media type, a profile Download All with pause and resume, updated 9 September 2026.","Download All fails for some reviewers; Stories from accounts you do not follow are out of reach.",{"scenario":191,"solution":192,"reason":428,"limitation":429},"A download button in five places on Instagram and a right-click menu item; 30,000 users.","Multi-image posts download as a set; no bulk mode.",{"scenario":431,"solution":432,"reason":433,"limitation":434},"A list of Reel links","Reels Extractor","Upload a CSV of Reel URLs and it downloads each one at full quality.","Reels only, about a thousand users, no reviews in the last 90 days.",[436,443,450],{"title":437,"description":438,"why_it_fits":439,"recommendation_extension_ids":442},"Save single Reels, and the sound in them","If Reels are all you download, a Reels-only extension has fewer Instagram pages to keep up with, and one of them also saves the audio track on its own, which no all-in-one downloader here offers.",[440,441],"Best for creators collecting clips and trending sounds.","Nothing to configure; the button appears on the Reel.",[323,77],{"title":444,"description":445,"why_it_fits":446,"recommendation_extension_ids":449},"Download Reels, Stories and photos with one extension","If Reels are one of several things you save, pick the downloader that covers Stories, Highlights and photos too, and was updated this month.",[447,448],"Best when you do not want to think about which media type you are saving.","Adds a profile-wide Download All with pause and resume for backups.",[140],{"title":451,"description":452,"why_it_fits":453,"recommendation_extension_ids":456},"Download many Reels at once from a list","If you already have the links, for example in a spreadsheet of posts to archive, a bulk extension takes the list and downloads every Reel in it.",[454,455],"Best for archiving or research, where the links come first and the videos second.","A small extension with a short track record; keep a second option installed.",[383],"how-to\u002Fdownload-instagram-reels","Instagram Reels downloads","sjP6M7przhHBgm3_y75DkNgHV-_PIH3QDZQEQgMbxe4",{"id":461,"title":462,"author":463,"body":465,"boundary":469,"browser_scope":21,"compliance_checked":25,"cover_image":470,"decision_criteria":471,"description":18,"direct_answer":481,"extension":29,"intro":482,"last_reviewed_at":483,"legacy":484,"manual_solution":21,"meta":506,"meta_description":507,"navigation":25,"path":508,"primary_keyword":21,"problem":509,"published_at":483,"question":516,"recommendations":517,"related":586,"removal":589,"search_intent":21,"secondary_keywords":591,"seo":592,"solution_comparison":593,"solution_sections":609,"status":222,"stem":632,"subject_extension_id":633,"subject_name":634,"subject_type":635,"target_query":636,"trigger":21,"__hash__":637},"alternatives\u002Falternatives\u002Fexta.md","Exta Pro Downloader Alternatives: Chrome Extensions",{"type":8,"name":9,"image":10,"role":11,"bio":464,"url":13},"Joseph Hu compares browser tools based on the problem a reader needs to solve, current product information, and clearly stated trade-offs, so readers can choose without sorting through store listings alone.",{"type":15,"value":466,"toc":467},[],{"title":18,"searchDepth":19,"depth":19,"links":468},[],"None of these extensions can download Stories from a private account you do not follow, and none will survive every Instagram redesign. This category churns: Exta, ESUIT and IG Story Downloader all left the store in one summer, and Turbo Downloader, the largest downloader still listed with 700,000 users, has answered \"Could not find account. Are you signed in?\" to most of its reviewers since July 2026, which is why it is not recommended here. Prefer the option updated most recently, keep a second one installed, and expect to switch again.","\u002Fimages\u002Falternatives\u002Fexta-alternatives-cover-v4.webp",[472,475,478],{"title":473,"description":474},"Coverage","Check that the extension handles the media you actually save, because Stories and Highlights are the first thing smaller downloaders leave out.",{"title":476,"description":477},"Bulk download","If you used Exta's ZIP export, only Media Downloader for Instagram and Reels Extractor offer a bulk mode, and they work differently.",{"title":479,"description":480},"Maintenance","Prefer an extension updated in the last three months. Instagram downloaders break when Instagram changes its pages, and the largest one still listed has spent the summer broken.","Media Downloader for Instagram is the closest replacement for everything Exta did, including whole-profile downloads. If you only want a plain download button on posts and Stories, IMDownloader is simpler. For Reels alone, FastReel also saves the audio track. Reels Extractor is the option when you already have a list of Reel links to download in one go.","Exta: Pro downloader for Instagram did one job well: a download button on every Instagram Story, photo, video and Reel, with no login and no watermark. That is the bar for any replacement. The four extensions below clear it in different ways. One is maintained more actively than Exta ever was, and one does nothing but bulk downloads.","2026-09-13",{"did_well":485,"complaints":498,"also_check":499},[486,489,492,495],{"did":487,"must":488},"Put a download button on every Story, photo, video and Reel, inside Instagram's own pages.","Work in place, without pasting a link into a separate website.",{"did":490,"must":491},"Needed no login and added no watermark, according to its listing and its reviews.","Not ask for your Instagram password, and not charge to remove a watermark.",{"did":493,"must":494},"Saved a whole profile as one ZIP file.","Offer a bulk download if that is the part you used. Only two of the options below do.",{"did":496,"must":497},"Kept the original file, HD photos and MP4 video, instead of a re-encoded copy.","Download the source media at its original size.",[],[500,503],{"title":501,"description":502},"Data access","A downloader only needs to read instagram.com. If a listing asks to read every site you visit, keep looking.",{"title":504,"description":505},"Recent updates","Instagram changes its pages often, and the download buttons break with it. An extension updated in the last three months is more likely to still work next month.",{},"Exta: Pro downloader for Instagram left the Chrome Web Store in June 2026. Four listed replacements for Reels, Stories, photos and bulk downloads, compared by job.","\u002Fchrome-extension-alternatives\u002Fexta",{"title":510,"summary":511,"details":512},"Which part of Exta did you actually use?","\"Instagram downloader\" covers three different habits. Someone saving the occasional Reel needs a button that works. Someone archiving Stories before they expire needs the button on the Story page. Someone backing up a whole profile needs a queue, folders and a way to resume. Exta did all three, and no single replacement is best at all three.",[513,514,515],"Single Reels, photos or videos while browsing need a reliable in-page button and nothing else.","Stories and Highlights need a downloader that works on the Story viewer, not only on posts.","Profile backups need bulk download, pause and resume, and folders that keep hundreds of files sorted.","Best Exta Pro Downloader Alternatives for Instagram Reels, Stories and Photos",[518,535,554,573],{"extension_id":140,"role":49,"rank":50,"best_for":519,"reason":520,"overview":368,"key_features":521,"relative_advantages":523,"review_summary":526,"limitations":530,"exclusive_facts":531,"cost_note":71,"links":533},"The closest replacement for everything Exta did","Media Downloader for Instagram covers the same media Exta did and adds the parts Exta's reviews asked for: a profile Download All that can pause and resume, and folders that keep a large download sorted. It is also the most recently updated option on this page.",[522,148,149],"Downloads Stories, Highlights, photos, videos and Reels from the feed, profiles and Explore.",[524,525],"Exta saved a whole profile as one ZIP file. This is the only listed extension here that still offers a profile-wide download, and it adds pause and resume, which Exta never had.","It was updated on 9 September 2026 and is offered in 23 languages, against Exta's final update in May 2026.",{"headline":155,"positives":527,"concerns":528,"takeaway":529,"sample_note":161},[],[158,159],"Pick it for coverage and maintenance, but test Download All on one profile before relying on it for a large backup.",[372,152,373],[163,532],"The listing is offered in 23 languages, the widest coverage of the four options here.",[534],{"kind":74,"url":167},{"extension_id":77,"role":78,"rank":50,"scenario_label":536,"best_for":537,"reason":538,"overview":82,"key_features":539,"relative_advantages":541,"review_summary":544,"limitations":548,"exclusive_facts":549,"cost_note":71,"links":551},"Choose it for a plain download button","Posts, Stories, Highlights and Reels with nothing to configure","IMDownloader does what Exta did on a single post or Story and stops there. It adds a button in five places on Instagram and a right-click menu item, and it has more users than any other option on this page.",[540,352,86],"Downloads original-resolution images, videos, Stories, Highlights and Reels.",[542,543],"Exta's button lived in the Instagram navigation menu. IMDownloader puts the button on the post, the Story and the Reel itself, so there is one step less each time.","With 30,000 users it is the most widely used option on this page, and it was updated in August 2026.",{"headline":91,"positives":545,"concerns":546,"takeaway":547,"sample_note":97},[93],[95],"The right choice when you save single posts and Stories and do not want a settings page. Expect to delete extras after a big carousel.",[89,354,355],[99,550],"Its official site is onlinetoolset.com, which is unusual for this category, where most listings have no website at all.",[552,553],{"kind":74,"url":102},{"kind":104,"url":105},{"extension_id":323,"role":78,"rank":19,"scenario_label":555,"best_for":556,"reason":557,"overview":558,"key_features":559,"relative_advantages":560,"review_summary":563,"limitations":566,"exclusive_facts":569,"cost_note":71,"links":571},"Choose it for Reels and their audio","Saving Reels, videos and the soundtrack inside them","FastReel is the pick when Reels were the reason you had Exta. It does one job, so there is less to break when Instagram changes its layout, and it can save the audio track on its own, which none of the others do.","The listing describes a download button on Reels and videos that saves the file at its original quality, and a separate option to extract the audio track. It works on public profiles from the browser, without an account.",[328,329,330],[561,562],"Exta downloaded the video and nothing else. FastReel also saves the sound on its own, which is what creators collecting trending audio actually want.","A Reels-only extension has fewer Instagram pages to keep up with, so a layout change on Stories or profiles does not break it.",{"headline":336,"positives":564,"concerns":565,"takeaway":339,"sample_note":67},[],[],[567,568,334],"Reels and videos only. Photos, Stories and Highlights are not covered.","Last updated in April 2026, the oldest update of the four options here.",[341,570],"It is the only option here that saves a Reel's audio track separately.",[572],{"kind":74,"url":345},{"extension_id":383,"role":78,"rank":141,"scenario_label":384,"best_for":385,"reason":574,"overview":387,"key_features":575,"relative_advantages":576,"review_summary":579,"limitations":582,"exclusive_facts":583,"cost_note":71,"links":584},"Reels Extractor is built for one thing: hand it a CSV file of Reel URLs and it downloads each video at full quality into your downloads folder. It is the replacement for Exta's bulk export when you work from a list rather than from a profile page.",[389,390,391],[577,578],"Exta's ZIP export took a profile; Reels Extractor takes a list, which suits anyone who already tracks posts in a spreadsheet and wants the videos without scrolling.","It was updated on 27 August 2026 and does nothing but the bulk job, so there is no in-page button to break.",{"headline":397,"positives":580,"concerns":581,"takeaway":400,"sample_note":401},[],[],[393,394,395],[403,404],[585],{"kind":74,"url":407},[587,588],"gofullpage","capital-one-shopping",{"date":590},"2026-06-18",[],{"title":462,"description":18},[594,598,602,606],{"scenario":595,"solution":197,"reason":596,"limitation":597},"You used Exta for everything, including profile backups","Stories, Highlights, posts, Reels and a profile Download All with pause and resume, updated in September 2026.","Download All fails for some people, and Stories from accounts you do not follow are out of reach.",{"scenario":599,"solution":192,"reason":600,"limitation":601},"You want a plain download button and nothing to configure","A button on posts, Stories, Highlights and Reels, plus a right-click menu item.","Multi-image posts download as a set, with no way to pick one picture.",{"scenario":603,"solution":420,"reason":604,"limitation":605},"You save Reels and want the audio too","One click on any Reel saves the video, and a second option saves the soundtrack alone.","Reels and videos only, and its last update was in April 2026.",{"scenario":607,"solution":432,"reason":433,"limitation":608},"You have a list of Reel links to download in bulk","Reels only, with about a thousand users and no reviews in the last 90 days.",[610,616,622,627],{"title":611,"description":612,"why_it_fits":613,"recommendation_extension_id":140},"Get everything Exta did from one extension","If you used Exta for Stories, photos, Reels and the occasional profile backup, the shortest path is the one extension that still covers all of it and was updated this month.",[614,615],"Best when you want Stories, Highlights, posts, Reels and profile downloads without thinking about which one you are saving.","The trade-off is a busier settings page, because folder and file naming rules come with it.",{"title":617,"description":618,"why_it_fits":619,"recommendation_extension_id":77},"Keep it simple, a download button on every post and Story","If you never used Exta's bulk export, you do not need it back. A downloader that adds a button in the right places and stays out of the way is enough.",[620,621],"Best for people who save a few posts or Stories a week and want nothing to configure.","It downloads every picture in a multi-image post at once, which reviewers find clumsy for large carousels.",{"title":623,"description":624,"why_it_fits":625,"recommendation_extension_id":323},"Save Reels, and the sound in them","If Reels were the reason you had Exta, a Reels-only extension has less to break when Instagram changes its layout, and this one saves the audio track on its own, which Exta never offered.",[440,626],"Reels and videos only. Stories and photos need one of the extensions above.",{"title":451,"description":628,"why_it_fits":629,"recommendation_extension_id":383},"Exta's ZIP export was the feature its reviews mention most. Reels Extractor replaces the bulk part in a different shape: you give it a CSV of Reel links and it downloads every one of them.",[630,631],"Best when you already have the links, for example from a spreadsheet of posts to archive.","It is a small extension with a short track record, so keep a second option installed.","alternatives\u002Fexta","egabpkinlpdcimbopmegnngdbaglanmk","Exta Pro Downloader","extension","exta pro downloader for instagram","WFNeLF1HOsg85AT7J-fQjRO99Xo6G3ZiQnr-uknFa9w",{"id":639,"title":640,"author":641,"body":642,"boundary":646,"browser_scope":21,"compliance_checked":25,"cover_image":647,"decision_criteria":648,"description":18,"direct_answer":658,"extension":29,"intro":659,"last_reviewed_at":31,"legacy":660,"manual_solution":21,"meta":682,"meta_description":683,"navigation":25,"path":684,"primary_keyword":21,"problem":685,"published_at":31,"question":692,"recommendations":693,"related":791,"removal":792,"search_intent":21,"secondary_keywords":794,"seo":795,"solution_comparison":796,"solution_sections":815,"status":222,"stem":840,"subject_extension_id":841,"subject_name":842,"subject_type":635,"target_query":843,"trigger":21,"__hash__":844},"alternatives\u002Falternatives\u002Fesuit.md","ESUIT Photos Downloader Alternatives: Chrome Extensions",{"type":8,"name":9,"image":10,"role":11,"bio":464,"url":13},{"type":15,"value":643,"toc":644},[],{"title":18,"searchDepth":19,"depth":19,"links":645},[],"None of these extensions reaches a private account you do not follow, and none converts images between formats the way ESUIT did. Bulk download is the feature Instagram objects to most, so it breaks first and is repaired last: Mass Downloader for IG's own changelog lists Download All being restored twice in one week of September 2026. Expect to keep two of these installed, and expect this page to change.","\u002Fimages\u002Falternatives\u002Fesuit-alternatives-cover-v3.webp",[649,652,655],{"title":650,"description":651},"Bulk scope","Check which pages a Download All covers. ESUIT handled profiles, tagged posts, saved collections and hashtags; most replacements stop at profiles.",{"title":653,"description":654},"File organisation","If you relied on ESUIT's naming variables and folders, only Media Downloader for Instagram offers comparable rules.",{"title":656,"description":657},"Free quota","ESUIT, Mass Downloader for IG and Ulti Downloader all sell a paid tier. Know where the free tier stops before a large job.","Media Downloader for Instagram is the closest replacement for profile backups, with folders, file naming and resume. Mass Downloader for IG adds saved collections and a media filter, and was repaired for Instagram's latest changes in September. Ulti Downloader is the only one that filters by date range like ESUIT did. For single posts, IMDownloader is enough.","ESUIT | Photos Downloader for Instagram was the power user's downloader: whole profiles, saved collections and hashtag pages in one run, with file naming rules, folder sorting, date filters and resume. That is a high bar, and no single listed extension clears all of it. The four below split the job: two for bulk backups, one for date-range filtering, one for single posts.",{"did_well":661,"complaints":674,"also_check":675},[662,665,668,671],{"did":663,"must":664},"Downloaded a whole profile in one go, including tagged posts, saved collections, hashtag pages, Stories and Highlights.","Offer a profile-wide Download All, not only a button on single posts.",{"did":666,"must":667},"Named files from 18 variables (date, username, shortcode, index) and sorted downloads into folders by author and by type.","Let you control file names and folders, or you will spend the evening renaming.",{"did":669,"must":670},"Limited a download by number of posts, number of days or a date range, and resumed after an interruption while skipping files it already had.","Filter by date or count and survive a dropped connection; a large backup rarely finishes in one sitting.",{"did":672,"must":673},"Converted images to JPG, PNG or WebP and merged video segments for full HD.","Save the original file at least; format conversion is a bonus few replacements offer.",[],[676,679,681],{"title":677,"description":678},"Free limits","ESUIT sold premium features through a login. Two of the replacements below also have a paid tier, so check the free quota before starting a large backup.",{"title":504,"description":680},"Bulk downloads break first when Instagram changes its pages. Prefer an extension updated in the last month, and read its changelog for \"restored Download All\".",{"title":501,"description":502},{},"ESUIT | Photos Downloader for Instagram left the Chrome Web Store in June 2026. Four listed replacements for profile backups, saved collections, date-range downloads and single posts.","\u002Fchrome-extension-alternatives\u002Fesuit",{"title":686,"summary":687,"details":688},"Which part of ESUIT did you actually use?","ESUIT bundled three tools. The bulk downloader backed up a whole profile or collection. The organizer named and sorted the files so a thousand downloads stayed usable. The single-post button was there for the odd photo. Replacements are strong at one or two of these, never all three.",[689,690,691],"Profile and collection backups need Download All with pause, resume and duplicate skipping.","Large backups need file naming and folder rules, or the downloads folder becomes a pile.","Occasional saving needs nothing more than a button on the post.","Best ESUIT Photos Downloader Alternatives for Bulk Instagram Downloads",[694,714,747,776],{"extension_id":140,"role":49,"rank":50,"best_for":695,"reason":696,"overview":697,"key_features":698,"relative_advantages":699,"review_summary":702,"limitations":706,"exclusive_facts":710,"cost_note":71,"links":712},"Profile backups with folders and file naming rules","Media Downloader for Instagram is the only listed extension that pairs a profile-wide Download All with the organising features ESUIT users relied on: pause and resume, three folder levels and custom file names. It is also the most recently updated option here after Ulti.","The listing describes a download button that appears when you hover a post, Story or Reel, a Download All action on profile pages with pause and resume, and up to three levels of folders named by account, date and media type, with file names built from username, date, ID or media type. It works without an Instagram login and adds no watermark.",[148,149,522],[700,701],"ESUIT's Gen-Folder and filename variables are the features its reviewers praised most. This is the only listed replacement with comparable folder and naming rules.","It was updated on 9 September 2026 and declares no in-app purchases, where ESUIT sold premium features through a login.",{"headline":155,"positives":703,"concerns":704,"takeaway":705,"sample_note":161},[],[158,159],"Pick it for organised backups, but run Download All on a small profile before trusting it with a large one.",[707,708,709],"No saved-collection, tagged-post or hashtag downloads.","Download All is the feature reviewers report failing.","No date-range filter and no image format conversion.",[163,711],"Offered in 23 languages; ESUIT was offered in 54.",[713],{"kind":74,"url":167},{"extension_id":715,"role":78,"rank":50,"scenario_label":716,"best_for":717,"reason":718,"overview":719,"key_features":720,"relative_advantages":724,"review_summary":727,"limitations":734,"exclusive_facts":738,"cost_note":741,"links":742},"ijcemfcomjlamigapfebkgdgehbmjpjj","Choose it for saved collections and reels in bulk","Bulk backups of profiles, reels and saved collections","Mass Downloader for IG covers more of ESUIT's bulk scope than any other listed option: profile posts, reels and saved collections, with a media filter. Its listing carries a dated changelog, which is rare in this category and useful when Instagram breaks things.","The listing describes bulk download of profile posts, reels, Stories, Highlights and saved collections inside the browser, a media filter, and a changelog noting that Download All for profiles and saved content was restored on 5 September 2026 after Instagram changes.",[721,722,723],"Download All for profile posts, reels and saved collections, including individual collections.","A media filter to pick what a bulk run includes.","A dated changelog on the listing that records repairs after Instagram changes.",[725,726],"Saved collections were part of ESUIT's batch scope, and this is the only listed replacement that still downloads them in bulk.","Its changelog shows Download All being restored within days of Instagram changes, which is the maintenance pattern this category needs.",{"headline":728,"positives":729,"concerns":730,"takeaway":732,"sample_note":733},"Broad bulk scope, with first-run failures and a quota to watch.",[],[731],"A recent one-star review reports \"Download failed\" on the first attempt and mentions a weekly download limit.","Worth it for saved collections and reels, but check the free quota and run one small job before a large one.","1 review in the 90 days before this page was written, quoted as written.",[735,736,737],"Declares in-app purchases; a reviewer mentions a weekly download limit on the free tier.","No folder or file naming rules comparable to ESUIT's.","One recent reviewer hit a download failure on first use.",[739,740],"20,000 users and a 4.5 lifetime rating from 158 reviews, updated 6 September 2026.","Offered in 55 languages, the widest coverage on this page and one more than ESUIT.","Free to install with a paid tier; the listing declares in-app purchases and a reviewer mentions a weekly download limit.",[743,745],{"kind":74,"url":744},"https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebstore.google.com\u002Fdetail\u002Fijcemfcomjlamigapfebkgdgehbmjpjj",{"kind":104,"url":746},"https:\u002F\u002Figmate.net",{"extension_id":748,"role":78,"rank":19,"scenario_label":749,"best_for":750,"reason":751,"overview":752,"key_features":753,"relative_advantages":757,"review_summary":760,"limitations":766,"exclusive_facts":770,"cost_note":71,"links":773},"ecocgofdjmiomgmgnchijbghkikolkkl","Choose it for date-range downloads","Downloading only the posts from a date range or a position range","Ulti Downloader is the one listed option that keeps ESUIT's scope control: a mass mode filtered by sequence number or by date range. It was updated on 11 September 2026, the most recent update on this page.","The listing describes one-click download buttons inside the Instagram layout for Stories, Reels, videos, photos and Highlights, a mass download mode for many posts at once, and filters by sequence number or date range.",[754,755,756],"Mass download mode filtered by sequence number or date range.","Download buttons for Stories, Reels, videos, photos and Highlights inside Instagram's layout.","Offered in 54 languages, updated 11 September 2026.",[758,759],"ESUIT limited a run by days or by a from and to date; Ulti is the only listed replacement with a date-range filter, so regular incremental backups stay small.","It was updated two days before this page was written, which matters in a category that breaks with every Instagram change.",{"headline":761,"positives":762,"concerns":763,"takeaway":764,"sample_note":765},"The right filter, a middling rating, and no recent reviews to explain it.",[],[],"Choose it for the date filter, and keep a second downloader for the days it does not work; its 3.6 rating says people have had those days.","No reviews in the 90 days before this page was written; the 3.6 lifetime rating comes from 29 reviews.",[767,768,769],"3.6 lifetime rating, the lowest on this page.","No folder or file naming rules.","Ten thousand users, a small base for a bulk tool.",[771,772],"10,000 users and a 3.6 lifetime rating from 29 reviews, updated 11 September 2026.","The only option here that filters a bulk download by date range.",[774],{"kind":74,"url":775},"https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebstore.google.com\u002Fdetail\u002Fecocgofdjmiomgmgnchijbghkikolkkl",{"extension_id":77,"role":78,"rank":141,"scenario_label":777,"best_for":537,"reason":778,"overview":82,"key_features":779,"relative_advantages":780,"review_summary":782,"limitations":786,"exclusive_facts":787,"cost_note":71,"links":788},"Choose it for single posts","IMDownloader does what ESUIT did on a single post or Story and stops there. It adds a button in five places on Instagram and a right-click menu item, and it has more users than any other option on this page.",[540,352,86],[781,543],"If ESUIT's batch features were never the point, IMDownloader gives you the single-post button back without a settings page.",{"headline":91,"positives":783,"concerns":784,"takeaway":785,"sample_note":97},[93],[95],"The right choice when you save single posts and Stories and do not want a settings page.",[354,89,355],[99],[789,790],{"kind":74,"url":102},{"kind":104,"url":105},[170,588],{"date":793},"2026-06-08",[],{"title":640,"description":18},[797,801,806,811],{"scenario":798,"solution":197,"reason":799,"limitation":800},"You archived whole profiles and need the files sorted","Profile Download All with pause and resume, three folder levels and custom file names, updated in September 2026.","No saved-collection or hashtag downloads, and Download All fails for some reviewers.",{"scenario":802,"solution":803,"reason":804,"limitation":805},"You back up saved collections and reels in bulk","Mass Downloader for IG","Download All for profiles, reels and saved collections, a media filter, and a changelog showing repairs after Instagram changes.","Paid tier with a free quota; one recent reviewer hit a download failure on first use.",{"scenario":807,"solution":808,"reason":809,"limitation":810},"You only want posts from a date range","Ulti Downloader","Mass mode with filters by sequence number or date range, updated 11 September 2026.","3.6 lifetime rating from 29 reviews.",{"scenario":812,"solution":192,"reason":813,"limitation":814},"You save single posts and Stories","A download button on posts, Stories, Highlights and Reels, plus a right-click menu item.","No bulk download; multi-image posts download as a set.",[816,822,828,834],{"title":817,"description":818,"why_it_fits":819,"recommendation_extension_id":140},"Back up a whole profile with folders and file names","If you used ESUIT to archive accounts, the closest match is the one listed extension that combines a profile Download All with pause, resume and naming rules.",[820,821],"Best for creators and archivists who download hundreds of posts and need them sorted on disk.","Its Download All is the feature reviewers report failing, so test it on a small profile first.",{"title":823,"description":824,"why_it_fits":825,"recommendation_extension_id":715},"Bulk-download saved collections as well as profiles","ESUIT downloaded your saved collections. Mass Downloader for IG is the listed extension that still does, with a media filter and a changelog that shows it being repaired when Instagram changes.",[826,827],"Best when saved collections and reels backups matter as much as profile posts.","It declares in-app purchases, and a reviewer mentions a weekly download limit, so the free tier has a ceiling.",{"title":829,"description":830,"why_it_fits":831,"recommendation_extension_id":748},"Download only a date range","ESUIT let you limit a download by days or by a from and to date. Ulti Downloader is the only listed option with the same filter, alongside a mass mode and buttons in the Instagram layout.",[832,833],"Best when you back up the same accounts regularly and only want what is new since last time.","Its 3.6 rating is the lowest on this page; the filter is the reason to pick it, not the polish.",{"title":835,"description":836,"why_it_fits":837,"recommendation_extension_id":77},"Save single posts and Stories with one button","If the bulk features were never the point, a plain downloader with a button in the right places replaces ESUIT with nothing to configure.",[838,839],"Best for people who save a few posts or Stories a week.","No bulk mode at all.","alternatives\u002Fesuit","adighedbfmnpjcjlloooichmbjdefane","ESUIT Photos Downloader","esuit photos downloader for instagram","tCbMtCPMbQSI51uSyM4-7DPs4DclvgczXdxJXn4XULQ",1789398253116]