Instagram cookies setup
Some Reels / posts require a logged-in Instagram session. Export your browser cookies, store them in this browser only, and downer will send them with each download request. Cookies never leave your machine.
1. Get your Instagram cookies
Easiest path: install a single extension, click once, copy. The exported file looks like the example below.
- Install Get cookies.txt LOCALLY in Chrome / Edge (or the Firefox equivalent).
- Click the icon → tick only
.instagram.com→ click Export → choose Netscape format. Save the file. - Or, if you have
yt-dlpinstalled:
yt-dlp will print the cookies file path; you can also pipe it directly:yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome --skip-download https://www.instagram.com/yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome --skip-download --print cookies.txt https://www.instagram.com/ > instagram_cookies.txt
2. Upload or paste your cookies
We validate the file, count entries, and store them inlocalStorageso they ship with each download request.
Privacy
Your cookies stay in this browser only. They are sent to the downer backend as the X-IG-Cookies request header for Instagram downloads, where the backend writes them to a one-shot temp file, runs the downloader, and unlinks them when the response is sent.
We do not log the cookie values, share them with third parties, or persist them server-side. To stop sending them, clear the field above or click "Clear".