You don’t have to worry about this anymore.Becuase finally it happened. Yes Instagram has removed the 24-hour upload limit on Instagram Stories!But the feature is now available on the latest version of the app (version 22.0 on iOS). Yep, that’s right. You can now upload any photo or video to your Instagram Stories, regardless of when it was taken!
The simplest way to update your app and using it. If not there are few ways which will help you to solve your problem.
#1. Take a Screenshot of that photo.
This one is the simplest way (That’s what I’m doing).You just have to take a screenshot of an old photo by pressing the Home and Sleep button at the same time. Then you’ll be able to take a screenshot of that photo.Then this screenshot will be added to your Camera Roll.As the screenshot is new then you can easily upload this to your Insta story.(Don’t forget to upload your screenshot within 24 hrs, if not you’ll have to take another screenshot)
But when you take the screenshot and upload it to the Insta story, you’ll be able to notice that the quality of the photo has decreased a little bit.So, to avoid that problem, after taking the screenshot(before uploading it to the Insta story ) you must crop the excess black background.
#2. Change the date of that photo.
This is a lil bit complex.But from this method, you don’t have to sacrifice the quality of your photo.This is one of the best ways to get an old photo to your Instagram Story. In here we will simply edit the metadata of a photo to change the date it was taken.
But in iPhone, you have to download a third-party app to this(There is no any other way to that) Go to the App Store and download MetaTrixter. With this app, you can simply choose an old photo, and start editing the date it was taken, then save that photo.
Note that this method will modify the photo you’re editing instead of creating a copy of it.
#3. Use Later’s Media Library
This is also one of the best ways around Instagram’s 24-hour restriction is to use Later’s free media library, which lets you upload, store, and manage all of your visual content!First, you have t download the Later app.Once you’re set-up, upload a photo or video to your media library from your desktop computer.When you’re ready to post to your Instagram Story, simply open the Later app on your smartphone, navigate to the media library, and save the photo or video to your Camera Roll by tapping the ellipsis button in the upper right-hand corner of your screen and selecting “Save to Camera Roll.” When you download a photo or video from your media library to your phone, it saves it as the current time and date.
#4. Enable the Airplane mode.
Finally, disable airplane mode and navigate to the image selector in Instagram Stories where the edited photo or video should appear. This is also a fun way to add filters or edit your Instagram photo before sharing it on your Instagram Story!
#5.Use a Third-Party App
This is the last option. In here you have to use a third-party app to edit the metadata of your photos and videos, or to save an updated version of your videos.
The metadata in your photos and videos is the information that describes lens aperture, focal length, camera shutter speed, ISO sensitivity, whether a flash was used or not, and, of course, when the photo or video was taken. By changing the metadata in a photo or video, you can trick Instagram into believing that it was taken in the last 24 hours.
The easiest way to do this is to download Pixelgarde, a free app which lets you add, remove or change geotags, dates, times of day, and other metadata in your photos and videos
First, download the Pixelgarde from the App Store. Once installed, you can scroll through your photos and videos within the app. Select the photo or video that you want to post, and tap “Edit” and then “Change Date & Time.” Change the photo or video’s date to the current date and click “Done.” Now when you navigate to your Camera Roll, the photo or video will appear as your latest.
You can then open the Instagram app and select the photo or video to post to your Story! We should mention that this app can be buggy at times, so if you want to use an app, uploading and downloading from Later’s media library is probably an easier experience.