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Getting files onto your phone

The QR code that sends an export to your phone, where else you'll find it, the download page it opens, and getting clips from your phone into the app.

Updated October 1, 2026All of Get it posted

You make posts on your computer and post them from your phone. A QR code bridges the two β€” no cables, no emailing files to yourself.

After an export

The Download to Phone dialog showing a QR code to scan

When an export finishes, a Download to Phone dialog shows a QR code. Point your phone's camera at it and tap the link. The link doesn't expire, so you don't have to scan it straight away.

Other places to find it

  • The schedule sheet β€” under What's posting, click Send to your phone.
The schedule sheet for a reel, with What’s posting and its Send to your phone button
  • The calendar β€” open a scheduled post and click To your phone.
  • Settings β†’ Exports β€” every export you've made, each with a QR button.
Settings β†’ Exports, listing every export grouped by day with download and QR buttons
  • The reminder email β€” it brings the file and caption to your phone when the post is due.

The download page

The download page a QR code opens: the files, a Save button for each, and the caption

The QR code opens a page with your files and the caption.

  • On a phone: Save Image or Save to Camera Roll puts it in your photos. Copy the

caption, then open Instagram.

  • On a computer: Download Image or Download Video.

The other direction: phone to app

To get clips from your phone into the app, go to My Media and click From phone. Scan the code and upload straight from your camera roll.

My Media with the From phone button highlighted

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