Not seeing the Save button on the Instagram camera? Here’s how to bring it back

The Instagram app has its own built-in camera, so users can take photos and videos for Stories without needing another app. While users can save this content to their photo library, some people have noticed that the Save button on the Instagram camera has now disappeared – but luckily there’s already a fix available.

Instagram removes and adds back option to save Stories

For those unfamiliar, Instagram lets users save photos and videos they’ve taken within the Instagram app, so they can download a copy of that media and use it anywhere else. Many creators do this to repost their content on other social networks like TikTok, for example.

However, for some unknown reason, the option to save Instagram Stories has disappeared from the Instagram iPhone app. It’s unclear whether the change was due to a bug or whether Instagram was conducting another A/B test to see how users would behave if they no longer had this option available.

The good news is that, after many complaints, Instagram seems to have solved the problem. With the latest update to the Instagram app for iOS, which is now available on the App Store, the option has been added back to the app.

Hi @instagram why is your app so buggy? I can’t save insta stories because no “save” button and I can’t repost stories from friends. pic.twitter.com/jQk7GLqAhT

— A ✨ (@marvelousgrey) April 17, 2025

TikTok, Instagram’s main competitor, recently removed the option to save videos to the photo library unless the user first shares them on their TikTok profile. Perhaps Instagram considered doing the same to force users to share the content first in the app.

If you don’t see the option to save Instagram Stories in your app, go to the App Store and download the latest version of the Instagram app for iOS.