# Instagram data

The data silo. One guide covers the data download, and each page here finds one thing in your own account: messages, deleted posts, archives, likes, saves, watch history, the algorithm and mobile data.

**12** Guides

**16 October 2026** Last updated

[![Cover card reading 'How to Download Your Instagram Data (2026 Steps)'](/blog/covers/instagram-download-your-data.png)Instagram data ### How to Download Your Instagram Data (2026 Steps) Export your Instagram data from Accounts Center, choose HTML or JSON, see what's included, and download it within 4 days. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-data/download-your-data/)

[![Cover card reading 'Find Archived Posts and Old Stories on Instagram'](/blog/covers/archived-posts.png)Instagram data ### Find Archived Posts and Old Stories on Instagram Find your Instagram archive, old stories and highlights, unarchive posts, add stories to highlights, and fix an empty archive. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-data/archived-posts/)

[![Cover card reading 'How to Find Deleted Messages on Instagram'](/blog/covers/deleted-messages.png)Instagram data ### How to Find Deleted Messages on Instagram What can and can't be recovered after deleting or unsending Instagram messages, and how to avoid losing messages again. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-data/deleted-messages/)

[![Cover card reading 'How Long Does an Instagram Data Export Take?'](/blog/covers/export-time.png)Instagram data ### How Long Does an Instagram Data Export Take? What makes Instagram data exports slow, how to speed them up, where to download them within 4 days, and what to do if one never arrives. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 2 min](/blog/instagram-data/export-time/)

[![Cover card reading 'How to Find Messages on Instagram (Hidden Requests)'](/blog/covers/find-messages.png)Instagram data ### How to Find Messages on Instagram (Hidden Requests) Find Instagram DMs, message requests and hidden requests, search your chats, and see why a message seems to have vanished. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-data/find-messages/)

[![Cover card reading 'How Much Mobile Data Does Instagram Use?'](/blog/covers/instagram-mobile-data-usage.png)Instagram data ### How Much Mobile Data Does Instagram Use? Why Instagram uses so much mobile data, how to check your real usage, and the settings and habits that cut it. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 2 min](/blog/instagram-data/mobile-data-usage/)

[![Cover card reading 'How to See Your Instagram Watch History'](/blog/covers/instagram-watch-history.png)Instagram data ### How to See Your Instagram Watch History Find reels you watched in Instagram's Watch history, use likes, saves and your data download as backups, and keep reels you want. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 2 min](/blog/instagram-data/watch-history/)

[![Cover card reading 'How to See Posts You Liked and Comments on Instagram'](/blog/covers/liked-posts.png)Instagram data ### How to See Posts You Liked and Comments on Instagram Find posts you liked and comments you made in Your activity, unlike in bulk, and get older history from your data download. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-data/liked-posts/)

[![Cover card reading 'Find Recently Deleted Posts and Stories on Instagram'](/blog/covers/recently-deleted.png)Instagram data ### Find Recently Deleted Posts and Stories on Instagram Restore deleted Instagram posts, reels and stories from Recently deleted, with the 30-day and 24-hour limits explained. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 2 min](/blog/instagram-data/recently-deleted/)

[![Cover card reading 'How to Find Saved Posts and Reels on Instagram'](/blog/covers/saved-posts.png)Instagram data ### How to Find Saved Posts and Reels on Instagram Find your saved Instagram posts and reels, organise them into collections, and see why saved posts sometimes disappear. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 2 min](/blog/instagram-data/saved-posts/)

[![Cover card reading 'What Data Does Instagram Collect About You?'](/blog/covers/what-data-instagram-collects.png)Instagram data ### What Data Does Instagram Collect About You? What Meta's Privacy Policy says Instagram collects, what it's used for, how to see your data, and the settings that limit collection. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-data/what-data-instagram-collects/)

[![Cover card reading 'How to See and Reset Your Instagram Algorithm'](/blog/covers/your-algorithm.png)Instagram data ### How to See and Reset Your Instagram Algorithm Use Your Algorithm to see and edit the topics shaping your feed, or reset suggested content to start fresh across Feed, Reels and Explore. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-data/your-algorithm/)