It’s almost a natural instinct to tap into the stories of the accounts you follow on Instagram. You can also bet that there will never be a shortage of Instagram Stories to watch. Instagram wants you to watch Stories before you scroll down to see the more persistent posts circulating your Instagram feed. There’s no denying the appeal of this content format and how well it drives engagement.

The biggest downside to Instagram Stories is the short length of the videos. This is intentional, as the priority of Stories is to stay extremely current and temporary. As for Instagram, there are IGTV and regular post options if you want to do that. Nevertheless, there are ways to get around Instagram’s limitations when it comes to Stories, and we’ve explored them all. Here’s what you need to know to make your Instagram Stories longer.

Instagram stories, because they are stories, have a 15 second length restriction. There are two ways to get around this restriction. The first way is to record the story directly from Instagram’s camera. You can then only record a 60 second video which Instagram will automatically split into four 15 second videos.

The second way is to split the video outside of Instagram and then upload it from the gallery. In this case, you need to make sure that the video is not longer than 2.5 minutes. Instagram also allows up to ten 15-second videos to be uploaded at once if you are uploading videos from the phone's storage/gallery.