How to Download Your Instagram Followers and Following HTML Files

Updated 2025/8/11

On the Website (Desktop)

  1. Navigate to your Instagram profile.
  2. Click More in the bottom-left menu.
  3. Select Settings.
  4. Go to the Meta Accounts Center.
  5. Choose Your information and permissions.
  6. Click Export your information.

On the App (Mobile)

  1. Go to your profile page.
  2. Tap the Menu (☰) icon.
  3. Tap the Meta Accounts Center.
  4. Choose Your information and permissions.
  5. Tap Export your information.

Requesting The Correct Files

After reaching the “Export your information” page on either platform, follow these final steps to ensure you get the right files.

  1. Click or tap Create export.
  2. Choose the profile you wish to export and analyze.
  3. Choose Export to device.
  4. Choose Customize information.
  5. Click Clear all next to the title of each section.
  6. Scroll down and look for a section labeled “Connections”, find and check the box for Followers and following.
  7. Click Save.
  8. Choose Date range.
  9. Select the All time option.
  10. On the next screen, configure the download options:
    • Verify that Format is set to HTML.
    • Media quality can be left as default.
  11. Click Start export.
  12. Meta will process your request. You’ll receive an email and a notification when your files are ready to download as a ZIP file.

Once you’re received your ZIP file you can upload it to the Instagram Follower Analyzer to see who isn’t following you back.