Facebook hosts a large number of unique videos that you do not find on YouTube. If you want to download any video on Facebook, you don't need any extra software.
A simple URL trick will allow you to download the Facebook video whether you are using the website on PC or mobile web or even Facebook mobile application.
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A simple URL trick will allow you to download the Facebook video whether you are using the website on PC or mobile web or even Facebook mobile application.
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Facebook on Computer:
Older methods are not working anymore. The only way is to use a third-party web service to download the video or dedicated software.
https://www.getfvid.com/ offers you to download any Facebook video without creating an account or anything like that. Just copy the facebook post URL and click on the 'Download' button. The resolution in which the video is available can be selected here. Click on the 'Download in normal quality' button.
Your video will start downloading. If you are using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium or any other Chromium-based browser, you can install an extension Getfvid.
Android Mobile:
Instead of an official Facebook app, try using the open-source app for Facebook. You can easily download the videos in your timeline with one tap.
'Frost for Facebook' is a completely open-source app to access Facebook. Not available on the Google Play store. You have to download it from F-Droid. [ Please Read: Privacy-focused Google Play Store Alternatives]
Old Method Not Working Now:
You just have to visit the mobile website of the standard Facebook page. To do this,
- Add 'm' letter instead of 'WWW' in https://www.facebook.com after that the URL will look like https://m.facebook.com
Note that you have to play the video to get the option "Save Video As". If the video is not playing, you can't download. Once you start the download, you can stop or close the tab.
- Replace the WWW with m and click to play the video.
- While playing video, right-click on the video and select 'save video as' option to save/download it.
- Select appropriate location to save video.
For Your Mac:
If you want to easily download any Facebook video with just a click, there is nothing better than Elmedia Player Pro.
But if you do not want to do that, you can save video using the Facebook application also but with little workaround.
Mobile Facebook website on mobile:
To save the video on your mobile is very easy. If you are using a mobile browser, you will be automatically redirected to the mobile version of the Facebook website i.e. https://m.facebook.com. Just touch and hold on video to save it for later use.On the Facebook Android application:
Even though you use the Facebook app, you can always use the above trick to download the video. Browse Facebook website using any browser like Chrome for Android or Firefox for Android or UC Browser.But if you do not want to do that, you can save video using the Facebook application also but with little workaround.
- Install ES File Explorer, a must-have application for your android mobile. The best free file manager. If you are using any other file manager, you are missing the great interface and many powerful features. ( I am not promoting it, its really so feature packed.)
- Now open any video on the Facebook application and click on the drop-down arrow for the particular post to get options.
- Tap on 'save video' The video will be saved to your saved list of links and videos.
- Also read: How To Make Facebook More Productive: 6 Features You Must Use
- Go to the Facebook options by tapping the hamburger menu and click 'Saved'.
- It will show you the list of saved videos, links, and other stuff.
- Click on the video you want to download, you will get the option 'Open with ES Downloader'.
- Click on 'Just once' or 'Always' to save the video for offline viewing.
Do you have any other easy way to download Facebook videos? Or you never download the videos? Do you know, you can download YouTube videos without any software using Firefox?
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ReplyDeleteYeah this doesn't work. Review rating = 0/10.
ReplyDeleteAny reason? What problem you are facing?
DeleteThis is perfect for what I was looking for. Thanks for the sharing. I used to save facebook videos to my laptop with Acethinker Video Downloader, It is a cloud based software to download videos without install any software in your device. Share it here as an alternative method.
ReplyDeleteI can get the mobile version and play then save as but the folders never pop up for saving. Why???
ReplyDeleteThe download folder is the default download folder for the browser. You can change that folder with your browser download folder settings.
DeleteI could download any video from my mobile untill yesterday but today i cant..i have no idea why...the address is m.facebook.com
ReplyDeletePlease try downloading while the video is playing.
DeleteI am not getting option to save as while playing video also
ReplyDeleteWhat are you using. Facebook app or a facebook mobile website. If you are facing problem with fb app, please use the mobile website. Its work for sure. You can also try the application called 'friendly'.
DeleteTo download Facebook and Instagram videos, I use FvdTube app. It is simple to use, you only have to copy & paste the video link. Even I can save viral videos from YouTube website.
ReplyDeleteDear, thanks for promoting yourself. But thins is not about using a third party app, but about downloading videos without using any downloader app. That was the main point.
DeleteThis does not work anymore. I have not been able to do it for last couple of weeks. They must have changed something. Do not get the option to save the video while it is playing. It only allows you to save as a web page. Get so fed up with all of this, spend hours figuring out how to do something, as soon as you do it changes.
ReplyDeleteThis does not work anymore. Last week or so. Will not give option to save as video only as webpage. I have spent hours. They must have done something so that people cannot save their videos!
ReplyDeleteThe "Save Video" option no longer works for me. It worked fine until two days ago. It WAS working using my Galaxy S8, Chrome browser on Facebook's mobile site. Something has changed. Does someone here know what happened?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lou
Hi dear, Let me check what has changed. I will surely check and let you know. There will be a sure workaround to download facebook videos though.
DeleteI tried this on Firefox, Edge and Chrome. No longer can I download FB videos using the above method.
DeleteI tried different browsers - Edge, Firefox and Chrome. I can no longer download FB videos using the above method which I just used in mid-December. Any ideas on a workaround would be greatly appreciated. Thx!
DeleteFor everyone, whom noting noted here do not work, please use the Andriod Facebook app called 'Friendly'. It has a built in downloader. Select any video, and it has a native downloading support.
Deletethanks for giving great information this very useful for us. but i have a suggestion for if you can use facebook video downloader fbtube to convrt facebook video to mp3 mp4 or any another format in easy way
ReplyDeleteI use https://www.getfvid.org/ to download any video from Facebook
ReplyDeleteAs I know there is 1 tool is https://sfull.net - Help download facebook videos 2K -4K to android and IOS. Do you guys know any more tools?
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