Instagram: Upload pictures from PC

Even if you don't have your smartphone at hand, you can upload Instagram pictures to your photo book from your PC. In this practical tip, we will tell you which tricks it works with.

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Instagram: Upload pictures from PC. This photo gallery shows you how to post photos on Instagram from your PC.

You have to open the developer tool and select the smartphone / tablet variant there.

Now select an appropriate smartphone.

Reload the page and click on the "+" button below.

Select the photo you want to upload.

After adding a description, you can upload the photo via "share".

The Instagram app is not available for all smartphones. The Facebook subsidiary therefore offers a mobile website that you can use to upload pictures with your smartphone - even without the app. This can also be used on the PC and upload photos. However, Instagram does not simply let PC users on the mobile website. Therefore, you have to pretend to the website that you are currently surfing with your smartphone. In Firefox this works for example with the add-on "MobileView", in Google Chrome you do the following:

1. Start Chrome and open the Instagram website in a new window.
2. There, click on the menu icon with the three dots at the top right and select the "Developer tools" entry under "Other tools".
3. In the upper left corner of the developer tools click on the button for the mobile view (see photo).
4. Then select the cell phone to be simulated (e.g. iPhone 7) at the top of the window and refresh the page with [F5].
5. You can then upload a photo as usual using the upload button. Please note, however, that there are no filters and editing options for your images.

Alternatively: Post Instagram photos from your PC with "Gramblr"

The freeware tool Gramblr also allows uploading from the PC, although not quite as easy as the official Instagram page.

1. After downloading, unzip the ZIP file and install the tool on your computer.
2. Then start the program and log in with your Instagram access data.
3. Now click on "Choose File" to upload a photo. Attention: The picture must be square and have a resolution of 650 x 650 pixels. For example, you can adjust photos of other scales in Paint free of charge using the "Crop" and "Change image size" buttons.
4. After clicking on "Upload" you can add a description to your photo. As soon as you have confirmed this, "Gramblr" will post your picture on Instagram.

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Post Instagram from PC: the pros and cons

Before you start uploading photos to Instagram on your computer, you should be aware of the pros and cons.

• It's very quick and easy to set up and you don't have to pay anything for it.
• Consider carefully whether you are using a third-party app . Instagram strictly punishes the use of such apps, so you could get a shadowban or, in the worst case, even delete your account. However, the use of the web browser is " legal ", so it is not punished by Instagram - only slightly restricted.
• You can use this procedure on Mac and normal PC .
• However, you cannot take carousel photos, which means you can only put one photo in one post at a time.
• It is also not possible to upload videos.
• Apart from the filters, you have no way of editing the photo directly on Instagram.

In order for your new photos to become known as quickly as possible, we will explain in another article how you can get many new followers on Instagram.

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