How to Share a WhatsApp Status to Instagram Story

To share a WhatsApp status to your Instagram story, save the status file (with Status Saver for someone else's, or use your own original), then open Instagram → Your story and pick it from your gallery. Use the file, not a screenshot or screen recording, so it's compressed as little as possible.

Your own status#

The best file is the original on your phone — the photo or video you posted. Share that to Instagram directly from your gallery. WhatsApp's copy of your status has already been compressed once; Instagram will compress it again.

So keep the original until you've shared it everywhere you want — it's the best-quality copy you'll ever have.

Someone else's status#

Ask first — it's their photo or video, and Instagram is a much bigger audience than their WhatsApp contacts. If they agree:

1. Save the status with Status Saver (original file, no screenshot).
2. Open Instagram → Your story → pick the saved file from the gallery.
3. Credit them with a mention or a text sticker.

More on etiquette in reposting a status decently.

Keep the quality#

• Don't screenshot or screen-record — that's a third generation of compression.
• Trim before posting, not after: longer clips get split into segments, so cut on a natural pause.
• Avoid re-saving through other apps — every hop can re-encode.

Audio only?#

To pull just the song out of a status video, convert it to MP3 — here's how.