By now, we all know that Instagram Stories last 24 hours on the social network, then they are automatically deleted. This format has really taken hold with users since its popularity keeps growing; that said, what if you want to have a story indefinitely? You can use the highlighted stories or, alternatively, you can convert an Instagram story into a regular post the way we explain below.
That way, your Story will be available during those 24 hours and you’ll also have it fixed as a regular post, that is, as if you had uploaded that photo or video to your social feed.
Convert an Instagram story into a post to keep it forever
Since Instagram launched its Stories, it has been possible to convert stories into standard posts. However, it is a feature that doesn’t seem to have reached the general public; perhaps to avoid repeating content (especially within the same social network).
While some prefer to take a screenshot of their own story and then upload it to Instagram, there is a faster method to achieve the same result, possibly even with better quality:
- Post a story the same way you would in your day-to-day, and once you’re viewing it, tap “More”, located in the bottom right, to reveal a series of options.
- Choose “Share as post” so the image is exported to your Instagram feed.
- Before posting it, you can edit it with Instagram’s usual tools.
This way you’ll have your Instagram story ready as a post.
Keep in mind that you’ll have to crop the photo or video from the vertical Stories format, since Instagram posts have a shorter aspect ratio even in portrait/tall mode.
Once you’ve uploaded the image or video, if you wish, you can delete the story since the post will remain where it is independently of the story.
A way to take advantage of stickers, doodles, text and other Story features
Story editing is basically more powerful than the tools Instagram has to spruce up regular posts. In this way, you can leverage all that potential for your posts.
From poll results to the text style itself, everything can “dress up” much better the posts you make on the photo-sharing social network.
On the other hand, keep in mind that interactive elements in Stories won’t be interactive in posts. That is, polls will show up as a simple sticker without the voting mechanism, hashtag tags won’t take you back to search results, etc. In other words, the post image will be like a simple screenshot. The same goes for videos.
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