You happened to see a video on Facebook and want to watch it to the end but can’t right now. Obviously, you want an option to download. But the question is can you download videos from Facebook? Yes, of course, but how? You will find a lot of software or tools claiming to be video downloaders on Facebook. But are they really doing their job well? We’ll get to that later in this guide because I’ve discussed some useful websites and downloaders that can make downloading FB videos hassle-free for you.
Table of Contents Reasons to download Facebook videosHow do I download Facebook videos?
- Method-1 On Desktop
- Method-2 On Android
- Method 3- On iPhone
How to download videos directly on Facebook?
How do I download a video shared on Facebook on a private group?
Reasons to download a Facebook video
Just like you download YouTube videos and save them to watch later, you can do this with Facebook videos too. Not only that, maybe you want to reshare, re-edit, or just want to post a clip from it to get more likes on Facebook.
Here are the possible reasons why you download any video on Facebook:
- You find the content useful and want to keep it as a reference for later use.
- Your game console has an option to record videos but it only allows you to post them on Facebook and you want to upload that video to YouTube as well.
- Your Instagram video that you shared on your Facebook page and now want it to appear on your YouTube channel or on your website.
- You’ve created a live video on one of your private Facebook groups and now you want to share it on other platforms.
How to download videos on Facebook?
Method-1 On Desktop
- Log in to your Facebook account or go to www.facebook.com and the news feed will open if you’re signed in. go to the video you want to download, or if you don’t have the link for it, go to the ‘Follow Facebook’ section.
- Scroll down to the video you want to download, or you can find it using the ‘Search Video’ text field.
- Next, click on the three-dot menu icon at the top right of the video and from the menu that appears, click the ‘Copy Link’ option to copy the Facebook video’s link to the clipboard.
OR
You can right click on the video and select the option that says ‘Copy video URL at current time’.
- Now, you have quite a few options to download the video from Facebook that you just copied the link of.
- Fbdown.net-
This is the most commonly used website to download videos from Facebook. What you need to do is just go to the website and paste the link that you copied in the previous step, click ‘Download’.
- In the next step, click ‘Download Video in Normal Quality’ or ‘Download Video in HD Quality’ (if available).
- If the video starts playing instead of downloading, click the three dots in the bottom left corner of the video and tap ‘Download’; this will start downloading the video.
- The video will appear and you’ll see a red ‘Download’ button next to the video’s title.
- Clicking the ‘Download’ button will bring up a drop-down menu showing the video quality you can choose from. You can choose the HD quality of the video from the menu.
- If the video starts playing instead of downloading, click the three dots in the bottom left corner of the video and tap ‘Download’; this will start downloading the video.
Method-2 On Android
If you use your phone more than your desktop, you can also download videos on it. To download Facebook videos on Android, the steps are slightly different.
- First, you need to download the ES File Explorer app from the Google Play Store.
- Next, open Facebook on your phone; You must log in to your account.
- Find the video you want to download, or you can even visit the profile of the person who posted the video to find it there.
- Open the video to play so you can avoid downloading a broken link.
- Click ‘Share’ and this will give you the ‘Copy Link’ option of the video.
- Next, open the browser on your phone and go to savefrom.net.
- Paste the video’s link into the appropriate text field and click ‘Download’.
- The video will download to your Android phone and to watch the video just open ES File Explorer and check the Internal Storage folder or the SD card depending on where your videos are stored. You can also check your phone gallery for saved Facebook videos.
Method 3- On iPhone
I know there are iPhone users who also want to download Facebook videos on iPhone. Here you are:
- Go to the App store on your iPhone and download the ‘Documents by Readdle’ app on your device.
- Now go to your Facebook account and open the video you want to download.
- You can search for a video in News Feed or go directly to the profile of the person who shared it.
- Tap the video to play to make sure you’ll download a broken link and regret attempts later.
- Tap the ‘Share’ option available just below the video.
- From the menu that appears, select ‘Copy Link’, which will copy the video’s address to your clipboard.
- Now, open the Documents app on your phone and tap the ‘Safari’ icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Tap the address bar and go to savefrom.net.
- Now you have to paste the link you copied earlier in the space provided.
- Press ‘Download’ and the highest video quality will be selected, press ‘Done’ to continue.
- To see the download progress, tap the ‘Download’ icon at the bottom right of the screen.
- When the download is finished, you can tap on the video to watch it whenever you want.
- To save a video to your phone’s gallery, tap the three dots below your video and then tap ‘Share’.
- Then hit ‘Save to file’, choose a folder and press ‘Add’.
- Open the files app on your device, open the folder you want to save the video to, then tap the ‘Share’ icon and finally tap ‘Save Video’.
How to download videos directly on Facebook?
In the past, Facebook didn’t make it easy to download your life, but now it’s a lot easier than before. Read on for the steps to download your Facebook Live Videos.
Steps to download someone else’s Facebook Live
- The first step is to log into your Facebook account and go to the Facebook Watch section, there click on the ‘Live’ option in the left column. All current Facebook lives will appear.
- Click on the three-dot menu icon in the top right corner of the video and select the ‘Copy URL’ option.
- Go to savefrom.net, paste the link in the given space and click ‘Download’.
- This will give you the option to download the video in MP4 format and that’s it.
Steps to download your Facebook live video
In case you want to download your FB live, here are the steps you need to follow:
- Find the video you want to download and click it to play.
- Click on the three dots in the upper right corner and you will see the option to ‘Download’ the video.
- Clicking on the download option will allow you to save the Facebook video directly to your computer.
That simple!
How do I download a video shared on Facebook on a private group?
The tool suggested above may not work in case you have to download videos shared on a private Facebook group. In those times, you can use GetVFid, a Facebook private video downloader.
You just need to follow a few steps to download videos:
- Go to the private video you want to download and press CTRL+U to view the page source.
- Copy and paste the page source into the space provided (as shown in the image above) and click ‘Download’.
Another option is to use an extension like Social Video Downloader and download videos on the go.
With that, I close and hope that all the methods explained in this guide will be helpful when you want to download your favorite FB videos.
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