How to use videos in an Instagram Story layout
By Storyvids · Updated
Instagram’s Layout takes photos only, so it won’t put your videos in a grid. To get several videos playing at the same time on one screen, combine them into one 9:16 video first, then post that video as your story.
Instagram’s own Stories guide describes Layout as a grid of up to 6 photos. Its “select multiple” option does take videos, but they play one after another, in the order you picked them.
Storyvids makes that one video in your browser. Pick a grid, put a video or a photo in each cell, and save one MP4. Nothing uploads, and there is no account or watermark.
Steps
- 01
Pick a grid
Open the editor and tap the layout button. The 2 × 2 grid holds four clips. Two rows or two columns hold two, three rows hold three, and the 2 × 3 grid holds six. There are 8 layouts in all.
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Put a video in each cell
Tap a cell to pick a video or a photo. Select several files at once and they fill the empty cells in order. To film a clip right there, turn on the camera and hold the shutter.
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Frame each clip
Drag inside a cell to move the video, and pinch or scroll to zoom. Each cell crops its clip to fit, so keep faces inside the cell.
- 04
Save one MP4
Tap the check mark, pick 1080p for posting, and download. Every clip plays at the same time in the saved video, and the sound from each one is mixed in.
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Post it as your story
Open Instagram and add the video to your story from your camera roll. It is already 9:16, so it fills the screen with no black bars.
On iPhone and Android
iPhone, in Safari
- 01
Open the 2 × 2 grid layout in Safari.
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Tap a cell and pick videos from your photo library. Select several at once and they fill the cells in order.
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Tap the check mark, then Download. When the video is ready, tap “Save to Photos or share” and pick “Save Video”.
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In Instagram, tap + at the top right or swipe right from your feed. Tap the gallery icon at the bottom left, pick the video and tap Your story.
Android, in Chrome
- 01
Open the 2 × 2 grid layout in Chrome.
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Tap a cell and pick videos from your gallery or your files. Select several at once and they fill the cells in order.
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Tap the check mark, then Download. When the video is ready, tap “Save to phone” and find it in Gallery → Downloads, or tap “Share to Instagram or Facebook”.
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In Instagram, tap + at the top right or swipe right from your feed. Tap the gallery icon at the bottom left, pick the video and tap Your story.
Why Layout won’t take your videos
Layout is built for photos. Instagram’s help page lists it as a way to combine photos, and its Stories guide says it splits a story frame into a grid of up to 6 photos. To show several clips on one screen, they have to be one video before you post.
What “select multiple” does instead
In the Stories gallery, “select multiple” lets you pick up to 10 photos or videos at once. They post in the order you picked them, and each one plays on its own, one after another.
What about Collage?
Instagram’s Collage also works from photos: it arranges 5 or more of them into an animated collage. For moving clips side by side, combine the videos first.
Photos and videos together
Each cell in Storyvids takes a photo or a video, so you can mix them in any layout. A photo next to moving clips gives the eye a place to rest. The saved file is an MP4 as long as one cell holds a video.
Keep the longest clip under 60 seconds
Instagram plays a story clip for up to 60 seconds and splits a longer video into back-to-back clips. The saved video runs as long as your longest clip, and shorter clips loop, so pick clips under 60 seconds to keep the whole grid in one story.
Sources
Checked
- How to use Instagram Stories: The complete 2026 guide. Instagram, 3 July 2026.
- Combine multiple photos into one on your Instagram story. Instagram Help Center.
- How to add multiple videos in one story. Instagram.
