Data InstaDown handles
When you use InstaDown on Instagram, the extension may process the current Instagram URL, visible creator username, shortcode or media ID, surface such as Feed, Reels, Stories, Highlights, or a profile section, media type, carousel position, source publication date when supplied, Instagram-hosted thumbnail or media URL, and metadata Instagram returns for media you select or ask InstaDown to discover from a profile you can view.
Persistent local records can include profile selections and the selected 25, 50, or 100 item discovery limit; queue identity, status, generated filename, thumbnail and resolved media URLs, the download ID assigned by Microsoft Edge, byte progress, pause or retry state, errors, and timestamps; compact completed-media history; and folder and filename preferences.
InstaDown does not ask for, read, or store your Instagram password. Microsoft Edge sends required requests directly to Instagram using the Instagram session already present in your browser. InstaDown does not read or retain authentication cookies.
How data is used
Each request is bound locally to creator, shortcode or media ID, surface, and carousel position. The fetched file is checked by media ID or shortcode, expected media type, and carousel position. If Instagram supplies a different owner username than the page showed, InstaDown keeps the verified file and uses Instagram's owner for the save path. Data is also used to maintain the background queue, monitor progress, organize filenames for the Microsoft Edge save dialog or inside a zip, use source dates when supplied, skip completed stable media IDs, pace profile discovery, honor rate-limit cooldowns, and retrieve the selected media file.
Where data goes
InstaDown has no developer-operated server. It does not transmit page data, media, settings, queue records, selections, history, or usage information to the developer. Necessary HTTPS requests go only to Instagram domains (www.instagram.com and i.instagram.com). After you add an item to the queue, InstaDown retrieves that file over HTTPS from an Instagram/Meta media-delivery domain (*.cdninstagram.com or *.fbcdn.net). Microsoft Edge asks where to save one file or one zip. File bytes may be prepared through a local offscreen document and are not copied into extension storage.
Data is transferred only to Microsoft Edge and Instagram/Meta as necessary to provide the feature you request. InstaDown does not sell personal data, use it for advertising or analytics, share it with data brokers, or transfer it for unrelated purposes. It contains no analytics or tracking SDK.
This Microsoft Edge add-on uses that data only to provide the save and organize feature you request. It is not used for advertising, credit, lending, or insurance decisions.
Storage and retention
Local extension storage on your device retains preferences, profile selections, discovery limit, queue pause or cooldown state, queue records, and compact skip history. Queue records, including thumbnail and resolved media URLs, can remain after completion, failure, or cancellation so status, retry, and restart reconciliation work. Applicable completed records remain until cleared; older terminal records are pruned at the queue cap; failed or cancelled items may remain until retried or pruned; and all extension records are removed when extension data is cleared or InstaDown is uninstalled.
Compact skip history is capped at 2,000 entries made from verified media ID, carousel position, media type, and completion time, not temporary CDN URLs. Downloaded files remain where Microsoft Edge asked you to save them until you delete them.
If Microsoft Edge restarts after creating a download but before InstaDown can persist its assigned download ID, InstaDown may inspect at most 20 recent filename and time candidates locally and compare candidate URL and start time. It attaches only an exact match to the extension-created queue record. Candidate details are not stored as new queue items, and unrelated downloads are never changed.
Permissions
downloadsstarts the Microsoft Edge save dialog for one file or one zip, recovers an extension-created queue item by its own download ID, infers the Downloads folder so the popup can show a full save path, pauses, resumes, or cancels those extension-created items, and reveals an already-saved location in File Explorer. Unrelated downloads are never changed.storagestores the local records described above.alarmswakes delayed queue work after a scheduled retry or Instagram rate-limit cooldown. It is not used for tracking or unrelated periodic activity.offscreenprepares media bytes or a zip in an isolated page. It does not start downloads. Microsoft Edge then asks where to save.www.instagram.comsupplies visible controls and Feed, Reel, Story, Highlight, carousel, and profile context.i.instagram.comsupplies metadata for selected media and user-requested, rate-limited profile discovery.*.cdninstagram.comand*.fbcdn.netretrieve the exact photo or video file you queued so Microsoft Edge can save it or InstaDown can pack it into a zip.
Security
InstaDown uses HTTPS. All executable code is bundled with the extension; no remote code is downloaded or executed. Media downloads are limited to HTTPS Instagram/Meta delivery hosts.
Your choices
You can pause or resume the queue, cancel extension-created downloads, retry failed or cancelled items, clear applicable completed records, use Open folder or Copy path, remove profile selections, clear extension data in Microsoft Edge, disable InstaDown, or uninstall it. You control downloaded files through Microsoft Edge and your operating system.
Children and policy changes
InstaDown is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from children. If this policy changes materially, this page and the Microsoft Edge Add-ons disclosures will be updated before the new practice takes effect.
Contact
Publisher: GilCoupons. For privacy questions, email airbnbrbt@gmail.com. Product information for this add-on is on the InstaDown for Microsoft Edge page.
InstaDown is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Instagram or Meta.