The latest articles on DEV Community by Ekpang Michael (@ekpangmichael). https://dev.to/ekpangmichael https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F173761%2F7c0ed6a5-18d3-4b19-8b1b-e8ce0d570b25.jpeg https://dev.to/ekpangmichael en Ekpang Michael Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:27:23 +0000 https://dev.to/ekpangmichael/how-to-upload-pictures-to-instagram-via-the-browser-34h3 https://dev.to/ekpangmichael/how-to-upload-pictures-to-instagram-via-the-browser-34h3 <p>There are times where you feel like uploading a picture from your laptop to Instagram, but Instagram does not allow you to do that via the browser.</p> <p>I discovered this trick, that will allow you to achieve that</p> <h2> Follow the steps below </h2> <h3> Using the Chrome browser </h3> <ol> <li><p>Right click on your browser and select inspect (from the dropdown, select the phone of your choice)</p></li> <li><p>Open <a href="https://www.instagram.com">https://www.instagram.com</a><br> It will open the mobile version of Instagram which allows you to upload pictures, locate the plus [+] icon below and boom... you can upload your pictures via the browser<br> <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Dljvzpm8--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://i.imgur.com/rcWzbgK.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Dljvzpm8--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://i.imgur.com/rcWzbgK.png" alt="Chrome browser"></a></p></li> </ol> <h3> Using Safari browser </h3> <ol> <li>Click on preference on the menu bar select advance tag</li> <li>Check 'Show Develop menu in menu bar' <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--b5cmzIW_--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://i.imgur.com/4WStvcA.png" alt="Safari browser"> </li> <li>Open <a href="https://www.instagram.com">https://www.instagram.com</a> </li> <li>Click on develop on the menu bar, goto user agent and select the phone of your choice <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--3hnAJF0D--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://i.imgur.com/wCUwKX8.png" alt="Safari browser"> This would open the mobile version of Instagram and boom you can upload pictures and videos via the browser</li> </ol> instagram