Instagram to Let Users Download All Their Photos, Videos and Messages The photo-sharing app plans to create a data portability tool were first reported by TechCrunch. Instagram rep, to TechCrunch Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, has given users the ability to download their information since 2010. Instagram's push for the new tool comes after privacy concerns over how Facebook collects and uses users’ data. Instagram told TechCrunch that more details would be available “very soon.”