How to download Facebook videos
Want to know how to download videos from Facebook? You’re in the right place. Downloading videos from Facebook is useful for a range of reasons, namely so that you can watch them wherever you are. However, these services don’t make it easy to download trendy videos on desktop and mobile.
Millions of users upload videos on Facebook every day. While Facebook lets you save videos, they remain in the app, and you can’t access them without an internet connection. Facebook doesn’t offer a direct way to save videos for offline use, but you can use the tricks below to do so.
TheGhanaTech.com will guide you through the steps to follow if you want to download a Facebook video from your computer’s web browser as well as on the Facebook apps for Android and iOS.
How to download Facebook videos on Android and iPhone
- Open the Facebook mobile app and log in.
- Open any video and tap the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner.
- Select Copy link.
- Open Google Chrome and go to SaveFrom.net
- Paste the video URL into the box in the middle of the page, and tap Download.
- Now select MP4 HD and click on the Download button
The video will now be saved to your mobile device, where you can play it offline and keep it for as long as you want.
How to download Facebook videos on desktop
These steps were tested using Chrome browser and should be the same for Mac and Windows.
- In your desktop browser, go to the Facebook website and find the video you want to download.
- Click Share and then click Copy link.
- Paste this link into a new browser tab. It may be shortened to an “fb.watch” link. If so, press Enter so it expands and you should be left with a full URL starting with https://www.facebook.com.
- Now change the URL in the address bar so that “www.” is changed to “mbasic.” and press Enter.
- You’ll now be presented with an ugly mobile view, as seen below. Press the play button to start the video. It should open in a new tab. If it doesn’t, right-click the video and select Open in a New Tab.
- Right-click on the video and click Save Video As.
- Choose a location in your file explorer and save the video.