Table of contents:
- Archive Instagram Stories
- Retrieving Instagram Stories
- How to deactivate the Instagram Stories archive
Instagram has managed to dominate the field of social networks after stealing one of the newest functions in the sector from Snapchat: stories. An ephemeral content with which to share moments through photos or videos that end up disappearing. Moments that break with the most classic concept of photography and that are made to disappear. Now that it has achieved success, it gives Instagram Stories a twist so that users can keep all these ephemeral photos and videos
This is the Archive Stories function. Something that allows all this content to be kept safe once more than 24 hours have passed since its publication Without the need to store it in the terminal's memory. In this way, they are always within the reach of the user to republish them, enjoy them again or simply not lose any shared memories Of course, for the rest of the users it will be as if they had deleted after 24 hours.
Archive Instagram Stories
The first thing to do is update the Instagram application. And there is already a new version for both Android and iPhone phones. From here on, just keep posting Instagram Stories on a regular basis. And it is that the function is integrated organically in the last update. After posting a story after the update, Instagram takes care of keeping the content safe
In this way, you just have to go through the user's profile, the tab on the right, to find a warning sign. It only appears the first time this section is visited after updating the application. It reports that the icon that previously saved archived publications (non-ephemeral photos and videos) now also does the same with Instagram Stories. A click on this clock-shaped icon discovers all this content that, in theory, should already have expired
Retrieving Instagram Stories
Once in the archived content section, the top tab allows you to toggle between ephemeral stories and evergreen posts. So you can consult all the past stories, ordered by date so that there is no doubt.A good way to review all these contents without problems, and without having to save them manually or automatically directly in the gallery of the terminal.
Now, if what you want is to recover them, you just have to click on the desired story. Here at the bottom, you will see the Share feature. By clicking on it, the story goes to the Instagram Stories editing screen naturally. So all that remains is to share it privately via Instagram Direct, or repost it to your stories
How to deactivate the Instagram Stories archive
Of course, if you are one of the users who values the ephemeral, there is also the option to deactivate this function And it is that sharing moments that only make sense in a short period of time does not have to make us complex in the future.Just stay in the past as a memory or a simple event that happened.
Well, in this case you only have to access the archive of stories in the clock icon. After that you have to press the three points to display the contextual menu and choose Configuration. In this new screen the Save to file function appears. That is, archive these Instagram Stories. If this option is unchecked, Instagram stops creating this private file, returning Instagram Stories to their original ephemeral value.
