
There are many reasons for wanting to download a Reels video. However, there is a way to bypass Instagram's restrictions on your iPhone and save videos locally without ever leaving the app. Instagram doesn't make it easy to download content unless it's your own, and that's especially true with Reels.

Downloading content from TikTok is relatively easy, even if the video is protected, but the same can't be said of Reels, Instagram's version of short-form videos.
