How to Enable High Quality Uploads on Instagram on Android and iOS

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Last Updated: July 13, 2024

Instagram will compress your videos and photos for various reasons. Reducing media quality to speed up the uploading speed and avoiding high data consumption are some of them. However, you can avoid this problem by enabling the high-quality uploads option, which is hidden inside the settings menu. This wikiHow article will teach you how to enable high-quality uploads on Instagram on your Android and iOS devices.

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Launch the “Instagram" app on your android device. It's a purple, pink, and orange icon with a white camera inside, you can usually find it in your app drawer. Login to your account, if you haven't already done so.
- Make sure that you have the latest version of the app on your device. Go to Google Play Store to update the app, if you haven't already done so.
It will be located at the bottom-right corner of the app. This will lead you to the profile page from the home tab.

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You can see the three-lines option at the top-right corner of the app. A menu panel will show up on your screen.
This will be the first option on the list. The settings page will open.
It will be located between the “Ads” and “Help” options. You can also see a “profile” icon next to it.
Scroll down and find the “Mobile data use” settings, just before the “Original posts” option. The mobile data settings will open up.
Tap on the grey switch
next to the “Upload at highest quality” option.
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That's it! When you enable this feature, Instagram will use more of your internet data and time to upload your videos and photos in the highest quality.
- Even if you enable this option, you won't notice a significant improvement in your media quality. You have to meet Instagram's upload requirements to achieve the best quality.

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Login to your account, if you haven't already done so. Also, make sure that your Instagram app is up to date. If not so, update the app from the App Store.
Tap on your profile icon, at the bottom-right corner of your screen to open your profile.
This will open a menu panel.
It will be the first option on the list.
It will be the third option from the bottom, right after the “Ads” settings.
You can see it above the “Original posts” option.
Tap on the grey switch
next to the “High-quality uploads” option. The grey switch will turn to blue when you're done.
Note that, the upload time will increase according to larger file sizes and it also uses more internet data. You also have to follow Instagram's upload requirements to get the best quality for your photos and videos.

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If the aspect ratio of your image isn't supported, Instagram will crop it to fit a supported ratio. Photos with a lower resolution will be enlarged to a width of 320 pixels. You can learn more about Instagram's photo upload requirements here.

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According to Instagram's support page, videos should have a minimum frame rate of 30 FPS and a minimum resolution of 720 pixels.

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The maximum file size for videos that are 10 minutes or less is 650 MB. The maximum file size for videos up to 60 minutes is 3.6 GB. You can find the additional video upload requirements for videos on Instagram here.

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