[instagram] remove 'channel' extractor

docs/configuration.rst

@@ -1517,8 +1517,7 @@ Description
     when processing a user profile.
 
     Possible values are
-    ``"posts"``, ``"reels"``, ``"channel"``, ``"tagged"``,
-    ``"stories"``, ``"highlights"``.
+    ``"posts"``, ``"reels"``, ``"tagged"``, ``"stories"``, ``"highlights"``.
 
     You can use ``"all"`` instead of listing all values separately.
 

docs/supportedsites.md

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ Consider all sites to be NSFW unless otherwise known.
 <tr>
     <td>Instagram</td>
     <td>https://www.instagram.com/</td>
-    <td>Channels, Collections, Highlights, Posts, Reels, Saved Posts, Stories, Tag Searches, Tagged Posts, User Profiles</td>
+    <td>Collections, Highlights, Posts, Reels, Saved Posts, Stories, Tag Searches, Tagged Posts, User Profiles</td>
     <td>Supported</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>

gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py

@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ class InstagramUserExtractor(InstagramExtractor):
             (InstagramPostsExtractor     , base + "posts/"),
             (InstagramReelsExtractor     , base + "reels/"),
             (InstagramTaggedExtractor    , base + "tagged/"),
-            (InstagramChannelExtractor   , base + "channel/"),
         ), ("posts",))
 
 
@@ -430,20 +429,6 @@ class InstagramTaggedExtractor(InstagramExtractor):
         return self.api.user_tagged(self.user_id)
 
 
-class InstagramChannelExtractor(InstagramExtractor):
-    """Extractor for an Instagram user's channel posts"""
-    subcategory = "channel"
-    pattern = USER_PATTERN + r"/channel"
-    test = ("https://www.instagram.com/instagram/channel/", {
-        "range": "1-16",
-        "count": ">= 16",
-    })
-
-    def posts(self):
-        uid = self.api.user_id(self.item)
-        return self.api.user_clips(uid)
-
-
 class InstagramSavedExtractor(InstagramExtractor):
     """Extractor for an Instagram user's saved media"""
     subcategory = "saved"