How To See Someones Older Instagram Stories?

Jonas_Velborn
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:12:06 +0000

Officially, once an Instagram Story expires after 24 hours you can only see it if the creator saved it to Highlights (public) or they still have it in their private Archive—which only the account owner can access. Third‑party services can only show stories they captured while the story was live (or scraped from public profiles in real time); they cannot retrieve unsaved, expired stories, and private‑account stories are only available to approved followers.