Import from Instagram
Move finished photographs from Instagram into ISO100 without publishing them immediately. Review the photos, edit any details, then import.
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Prepare your Instagram export
Request a copy of your Instagram posts in JSON format, with the highest media quality available. Select every downloaded ZIP part together in ISO100 so photo details can be matched to files across the export.
- If the export exceeds 250 MB, request separate exports for shorter date ranges, such as one year at a time. Keep JSON and the highest media quality selected. Import each date range separately and check for gaps or overlapping photos.
- Use your original edited photographs instead if they are better quality than the Instagram copies.
- Check the file types and limits shown in Studio before uploading. Keep your Instagram account available until you have checked the import.
- Request your information
In Instagram settings, open Accounts Center, then Your information and permissions. Choose Export your information (or Download your information), create an export, and select your Instagram profile.
- Choose the export contents
Choose the option to export to your device. Select Media to include your posted photos and their information, choose All time for a complete collection, select JSON format, and choose the highest media quality available. You do not need messages, contacts, or advertising activity for this import.
- Download the prepared files
Submit the request and return to the download area when Instagram tells you the files are ready. Download every part before the links expire.
- Select all parts in ISO100
Keep the ZIP files unchanged. In Studio, choose Instagram, then Choose ZIP exports and select all parts from this export together. Do not extract or combine them yourself. The combined upload must fit the 250 MB limit.
If your export exceeds 250 MB
The limit applies to all ZIP parts selected for one import combined. Splitting one large archive into several ZIPs and selecting them together does not reduce that total. Keep the original export as your backup.
Request a smaller export, for example by choosing a shorter date range or fewer media categories. Include JSON and the matching photo files together to preserve captions and dates. Videos do not become photos in ISO100.
You can also extract photo files into smaller folders and import them separately. This fallback may not retain Instagram captions or dates when the matching JSON is missing. Review each batch and leave recognized duplicates unchecked.
Preview the migration
Supported photographs, including carousel images, can be imported. ISO100 reads captions and dates from supported JSON post entries and groups the photos into an Instagram gallery. Check the result and edit gallery placement in Studio. Videos, comments, likes, and followers do not transfer.
Studio shows proposed gallery names, selected photographs, storage use, unsupported files, and plan limits before it prepares any ISO100 content.
- Rename galleries or uncheck their photos before importing.
- Deselect files that do not belong in the portfolio.
- Check image quality before importing; a small web copy cannot recover the detail of your original.
Review and import photos
- Open the importer
In Studio, open Photos, open More, then select Import portfolio. An empty library shows Import portfolio directly.
- Choose Instagram
Choose the platform, then select all downloaded ZIP parts together, or choose a folder of photo files.
- Review and import
Uncheck photos you do not want. Open a photo to edit its details, or choose Import photos without editing. Selected galleries are created with Public visibility but remain unpublished. To keep a gallery private when you later publish your portfolio, open Gallery details and set its visibility to Draft.
- Check before publishing
Review processing, crops, titles, captions, alt text, and gallery order. Publishing remains a separate action.
What remains at the source
ISO100 does not delete or modify the source account. Themes, custom pages, commerce, comments, followers, passwords, client activity, and domain settings are outside the photo migration.
Open Studio to make the change.
Still need help? Contact support and tell us what you expected and what happened.