How to Put Full Reel on Instagram Story in 2024?

How to Put Full Reel on Instagram Story? Of Others

Many times, we come across a video on Instagram that we want to post on oour story. I remember, a few days back, I saw an amazing reel of my favourite movie. I wanted to put the whole 60-second reel on my Instagram story but couldn’t do that. Then I scrolled the internet for a few hours and finally found a way to do that.

Step 1 - Open the reel that you want to put on your story. 

Step 2 - Tap on the 'Arrow icon' (Share) at the bottom right. 

Step 3 - Click on the 'Copy Link'. 

Step 4 - Go to any Instagram reel downloading website and paste the link. 

Step 5 - Download the reel as a video on your mobile. 

Step 6 - Open Instagram on your mobile phone.

Step 7 - Tap on 'Add story'. 

Step 8 - Select the downloaded video from your gallery. 

Check out: How to download videos from Instagram in 2 easy ways.

How to Put Full Reel on Instagram Story? Of Your Own

Now, the above-given steps are for the reels of other people that you wish to share in your story. In case you want to put your own reels on the story for more than 15 seconds, follow the steps below. 

Step 1 - Open Instagram on your mobile phone.

Step 2 - Tap on the 'Profile icon' appearing at the bottom. 

Step 3 - Go to the 'Reels' section and find the reel that you want to share. 

Step 4 - You will see 'three dots' appearing at the top right corner. Click on them. 

Step 5 - Tap on the 'Download' option. 

Step 6 - Click on 'Add Story'. 

Step 7 - Finally, select the Downloaded reel from the gallery. 

How to Share Full Screen Reels on Instagram Story? 

I like to share the reels on my Instagram story, covering the whole screen. It feels like one is watching the reel itself and not someone’s story. Also, our followers can see the video better, duh! Okay, let’s see the steps for How to share full screen Reels on Instagram Story. 

Step 1 - Play the reel that you want to share on your Instagram story. 

Step 2 - Tap on the 'Share' button. 

Step 3 - Click on 'Add to story'. 

Step 4 - Now, enlarge the video with your fingers till it covers the whole screen. 

Step 5 - Finally, post the story. 

Wrapping Up 

As you can see above, the steps for “How to Put Full Reel on Instagram Story” are quite easy. You can post any reel, even if it's longer than 15 seconds, on your Instagram story. However, your followers won’t be able to see the original video after tapping on the reel. As it will be a downloaded video, tapping on it will not take your followers to the original reel. Other than that, this method works great. 

Questions You May Have 

Q. How do I share a full reel on a story?

Ans. Tap on the three dots appearing at the bottom corner and download the reel. Then put the video on your Instagram story from the gallery. 

Q. How do you put 60 second reels on Instagram stories?

Ans. You have to first download the reel on your mobile and then you can put it on your story.

Q. How to make a reel full screen on story?

Ans. Add the reel to your story, and then use your fingers to enlarge the video.

Q. How do you put a long reel on Instagram?

Ans. You can put a long reel on Instagram for more than 15 seconds, only after downloading it.