How to view the history of videos watched on Instagram from my PC

Daniel Terrasa

5 minutes

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Although the application Instagram It is primarily designed for use on mobile devices, but many users also use it on PCs for specific cases. In this article we focus on one of them: How to view the history of videos watched on Instagram from my PC.

The explanation is simple: Unlike other platforms like YouTube, The mobile app does not offer a direct and clear option to access this history.It may seem surprising, but that's how it is. That's why in the following paragraphs we are going to explain how to perform this query from a computer.

While we wait for Instagram to implement a solution to perform these queries (something that, sooner or later, will happen due to its own evolution), we have no choice but to use these alternative methods. There are four, although the last one should only be used with great caution:

Method 1: From the “Explore” section

To be exact, there is no exact history of videos viewed on the web version of Instagram either, but we can access the information we are looking for. from the “Explore” section, reviewing the posts we have interacted with. Here's how we can do it:

  1. To begin, we open the Instagram website on our PC and log in with our account.
  2. Then we navigate to the section "Explore".
  3. We click on the magnifying glass icon (located in the upper right corner) where Instagram will show us a series of content based on our interests and interactions.
  4. Then we click on our profile picture (Right upper corner).
  5. From there we access the menu "Settings" by clicking on the gear icon.
  6. Then we select the option «Posts you liked», which gives us access to all the posts we have marked with a “Like”.
  7. Finally, we click on the "saved" tab that allows us to recover videos.

Method 2: Download our IG account data

A very interesting aspect of Instagram is that it allows users downloading a copy with all the information associated with your account. This means that we can now have another way of saving our Instagram videos on a PC. It is true that we will not be able to have a video history per se, but we will be able to review all the videos we have viewed over time.

To download your IG account data to a PC, do the following:

  1. On the Instagram website, we access our profile.
  2. There we click on the gear icon or cogwheel.
  3. We select the section "Privacy & Security".
  4. Then we go to the section «Data download» and click on «Request download».
  5. Next we must enter our email address and select the data format (HTML is recommended).
  6. After a few seconds, we will receive a message in our email with the download link. Then you have to click on it, download and unzip the file.
  7. Finally, there is only search the folders containing the videos.

Method 3: Check messages and notifications

The third method to check Instagram video viewing history from a PC is a bit laborious, as it involves manually checking messages and notifications. However, it can be a very beneficial task. It consists of Search through notifications and in the direct message (DM) box, where there may also be videos. The way to do this search among our messages is this:

  1. First, at the top right of the screen, we click on the paper plane icon.
  2. Then we look for those conversations that include links or videos.

On the other hand, we can also Check recent notificationsIt's true that Instagram doesn't keep a complete record of them, but it can be a pretty convenient way to find videos that you've interacted with recently.

Method 4: Turn to external applications

We leave this method for last, and we only recommend using it as a last resort and with great caution. Why? The reason is simple: These third-party tools designed to track our activity on Instagram are not officialThis means that there is a risk of compromising the security and privacy of our account.

For this reason, we are not going to recommend any of these resources here. We leave the responsibility in the hands of each user. What we do recommend to anyone who wants to use them is to be very cautious: read opinions and reviews from other users and verify the legitimacy of the tool before entering our data.

To summarize, we can say that accessing the history of videos viewed on Instagram from a PC is not as simple as it seems, because the limitations of the platform itselfHowever, you can get all the information you are looking for using any of the methods described in this post.