Unofficial modMade with ❤️ to the legacy of the_dise

Instander. A modified Instagram for Android.

A build of Instagram 450 with the features of the old Instander: ghost mode, no ads, downloads and full-quality media. Each one is a switch in settings: ad blocking, downloads and full quality are on from the start, ghost mode is off until you turn it on.

Download from the Telegram channel How to install

An unofficial, non-commercial project, not affiliated with Meta.

Base: Instagram 450.0.0.50.77
Android: 9 or newer, arm64, armeabi-v7a (beta)
Builds: Clone and original
Languages: 13, English included

Settings

A settings menu inside Instagram

Settings: Profile → ☰ → "Instander Revived", or long-press the Home tab for quick access.

No ads

Feed, stories and Reels; on from the start

Downloads

Posts, stories, Reels and Direct media

Full quality

1080p uploads, the largest photos and videos when viewing

Ghost mode

Story views, Seen and typing hidden once you turn it on

Privacy

Analytics to Meta blocked, optional app lock

Updates

Checks for new releases and asks before downloading

A long press on the Home tab opens quick access to the Instander settings — Long-press the Home tab

Instander Revived settings in Instagram's own style: categories with icons and search — The settings screen

Features

What changes

Privacy

Story and live views aren't reported; stories you watched stay seen after a refresh
No "Seen" or "typing…" in Direct, with per-chat exceptions
"Mark as seen" for a single story
App lock: fingerprint, face or screen lock
Analytics that Instagram sends to Meta blocked, and its local analytics queue stopped
Direct: screenshots and screen recording allowed, no screenshot alerts — optional; view-once media can be downloaded

ghost_stories · ghost_dm_seen · allow_screenshots · block_analytics

Feed

No ads in the feed, stories or Reels
Opens on the Following feed: only accounts you follow, newest first; "For you" stays in the logo menu — optional
Suggested accounts and reels removed — optional
Threads, Meta AI, Notes, the Reels and Create tabs hidden — optional
Posts geotagged in countries you pick hidden — optional

block_ads · following_feed · geo_block

Downloads and text

Photos, videos and whole carousels from a post's "⋯" menu
Stories, Reels, Direct media and voice messages
Full-size profile photos on long press
Copy captions and comments; open a post in the browser
Files go to Pictures/Instagram, Movies/Instagram and, for voice messages, Music/Instagram
"Tagged people" in a story's "⋯" menu, including hidden or tiny mention stickers
Reels audio and covers, highlight covers, GIFs from comments and Direct — optional
"Share…" sends a post's photo or video itself to other apps — optional
A story saved from the editor keeps its music

download · download_extras · share_media · copy_text · story_mentions

Quality and look

1080p video uploads up to 9 Mbps; photos at 100% quality, up to 4K with the "4K photos" test
Direct without the 720p squeeze
Maximum viewing quality in the feed, Reels and stories instead of data saver
Feed and story photos from the original or a 1440 px copy, not the 750 px one; pinch-to-zoom loads the full photo
Material You colours, true black for OLED, fonts with Cyrillic: IBM Plex Sans, Inter, Nunito, Source Serif 4
A short "Thank you, the_dise ❤️" when the app starts — can be turned off
Story ring size: small, medium, large or your own, with a preview of your tray
Cyrillic in story text styles that lack it, in a matching font instead of the system one
"Instagram tests": switch on Meta's own A/B tests, such as chat themes, more story text styles and HD photos in Direct

hq_upload · dm_hq · max_playback · app_font · splash · story_ring

Profiles

Long-press an avatar for the full photo with Save; long-press the username at the top of a profile to copy it
Whether the person follows you, and "doesn't follow you" under people in your own Following list
"Non-mutual follows": your Following list with only the people who don't follow you back, from settings or your profile's ☰ menu

profile_photo · follows_label

Ghost mode settings: hide story views, Seen and typing in Direct — Privacy

Feed & Stories settings: suggestion filters, the Following feed, Reels and stories — Feed

Post menu with download and copy actions — Downloads and text

Appearance settings: Material You, OLED black, hiding Meta AI and tabs — Quality and look

Profiles

Step by step

Install

Step 01

Download

Open the @instander_revived channel and get the latest release.

Step 02

Pick a build

"Clone" (com.instander.revived) installs next to the official Instagram. "Original" replaces it — needed by apps that look for Instagram itself; the official one has to be removed.

com.instander.revived · com.instagram.android

Step 03

Install

Allow installs from Telegram or your browser and log in.

Step 04

Updates

After that, the app checks for updates and asks before downloading one; if a release is withdrawn, it offers the previous good version.

Moving to 1.2

Already using the clone (1.1.1 or older)?

From 1.2 the clone is a new app, com.instander.revived. Android can't update the old one (com.instander.android) into it, so the new app installs beside the old one and you log in again. The old clone gets one last update that walks you through the move: export your settings, install the new app, import them there (settings → Backup → Import settings), uninstall the old app. The original variant is unaffected.

Support

A checkmark for support

Instander Revived is a non-commercial project. Support it with 200 UAH / 5 USD or more and you get a blue checkmark next to your name for everyone who uses Instander Revived.

monobank jar t.me/instander_revived

Answers

Questions

01What does the mod collect?

Crash reports and a daily ping: a random ID, versions, phone model, language, enabled features. No account, messages or IP — the server keeps only the country. On by default outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland (off there and when the country is unknown), but nothing is sent until you confirm. The exact contents are shown in settings.

02What about my password?

Login goes straight to Instagram's servers; the mod never sees or stores it. As with any mod, Instagram may restrict an account.

03Which phones?

Android 9+ on 64-bit or 32-bit ARM. The 32-bit (armeabi-v7a) builds are a beta: they haven't been tested on real phones yet. Material You from Android 12, true black from Android 11, app lock from Android 10.

04Something broken?

Settings → Debug → Report a problem sends your description to the developer, with the app version, phone model, an optional contact and, if you tick it, the mod's log. Nothing goes until you tap Send, whatever the telemetry settings.