Thanks to a new Report, users will soon be able to download an archive of the content shared via their Instagram account.

Due to the criticism about data portability, Instagram will soon let its users (you) download photos, videos and messages that you have archived and let them share or exchanged through the service.

“Instagram is building a new data portability tool,” an Instagram spokesperson acknowledged in an interview with TechCrunch. “You’ll soon be able to download a copy of what you’ve shared on Instagram, including your photos, videos, and messages.”

Instagram hasn’t also said whether or not users will be permitted to also export our lists of followers, likes, comments, stories, and captions. That is still unclear if photos and videos will export in the full resolution that they’re uploaded or displayed in, or whether they’ll be compressed.

This long-overdue feature will help those wanting to leave the service to close their Instagram account without losing your photos, videos, and messages. It could even make it much easier for users to switch to a competing photo-sharing social network.

The European Union’s upcoming GDPR privacy law requires data portability.

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