Apart from the funniest photos, videos and moments you can share today on Instagram, the app is also used for news distribution and marketing. But there are a good many who still fail to save a highly effective photo from Instagram.

Facebook-owned messaging app offers users a very simple and functional way to store photos.

Thankfully, there is a trick you can use to save images from the photo sharing app.

Here's how to save images to your smartphone:

- Navigate to the "Profile" icon in the application.

- Touch the menu in the upper right corner of the app.

- Navigate to the "Settings" option in the lower right corner of the app.

- Then touch the 'Account' option.

- In the popup menu bar, iOS users tap the "Original Photos" option and Android users tap the Original Posts option.

- Slide the button and it all ends.