Iqinews – Since its first release in February 2004, Facebook has 2.936 billion monthly active users as of April 2022, according to DataReportal. Facebook users can upload videos, photos, links, questions, events and text to share via the site or app.
Video is one of the shareable content to connect with connections on Facebook. User can share videos from profile or page.
Once published, there are several places a video can be viewed, including on the Feed page or on Facebook Watch. Users can also view videos on the Videos tab on the profile page. The video will play automatically.
Having a variety of interesting videos on Facebook can be entertaining and make some users want to download them.
Facebook does not provide a video download feature. However, there are several sites that can be used to download Facebook videos.
How to Download Videos on Facebook
Facebook has some restrictions on how you can use the platform, which means you can’t download videos directly from Facebook. For this reason, we have summarized several ways and tools that you can use to download videos from Facebook safely and for free.
1. Snapsave
Snapsave is a website created to help users download using an easy-to-use online web interface.
Snapsave allows users to save Facebook videos to a private folder, including live stream videos, reel videos, post videos, your stories, and more. You can even save videos at up to 4k quality and watch them offline.
Here are the steps:
- First, open Facebook from your smartphone or laptop.
- Next, find the video that you want to download.
- Copy the video link by clicking on the menu (…) located at the top right of the video.
- Next, open the Snapsave.app site
- Enter the link that you copied earlier into the column provided.
- Next, click the Download button.
- Wait until the conversion process is complete.
- If so, then please select the video quality you want.
- Finally, click Download.
The Facebook video will download in MP4 format.
For high quality videos, Snapsave will usually ask you to render the video before converting it into a video file.
You only need to click the Render button and wait a few seconds, then the video is ready to download.
2. Fdown
How to download videos via Fbdown is not much different from the method we discussed earlier. It’s just that the Fdown site has a simpler interface. Users can download any video from Facebook and save it to a private folder.
Here are the steps:
- First, open Facebook from your smartphone or laptop.
- Next, find the video that you want to download.
- Copy the video link by clicking on the menu (…) located at the top right of the video.
- Next, open the Fdown.net site
- Enter the link that you copied earlier into the column provided.
- Next, click the Download button.
- Wait until the conversion process is complete.
- If so, then please select the video quality you want, or download with standard quality (standard quality from Facebook).
- Finally, click Download.
Where is the video stored once downloaded? It depends on the OS and Browser you are using, but usually all videos are stored in the “Downloads” folder on Windows or Android. You can also press CTRL+J in your PC Browser to view your download history.
3. Getfvid
Apart from the two websites above, Getfvid is also a tool that you can rely on to download videos from Facebook.
With Getfvid, you can download any video from Facebook for free, you can even convert it to an audio/mp3 file.
All you need to do is enter the URL in the text box provided and use the button labeled “Download” to download the video in the available format.
- Now, open Facebook from your smartphone or laptop.
- Next, find the video that you want to download.
- Copy the video link by clicking on the menu (…) located at the top right of the video.
- Next, open the Getfvid.com site
- Enter the link that you copied earlier into the column provided.
- Next, click the Download button.
- Wait until the conversion process is complete.
- If so, then please select the video quality you want, or download with standard quality or download Audio Only.
- Finally, click Download.
4. FBVideoDown
Using FBVideoDown to download videos or photos from Facebook is very easy, safe and also free. Apart from that, this tool also supports downloading in Full HD, 2K or 4K quality from Facebook Feed, Facebook Watch, Facebook Rells, Private Videos, Facebook Groups and more. There is no limit to the number of videos or the duration of videos that can be saved from Facebook.
Here’s how to save videos from Facebook on your PC, tablet, Android phone or iPhone via FBVideoDown.
- First, open Facebook from your smartphone or laptop.
- Next, find the video that you want to download.
- Copy the video link by clicking on the menu (…) located at the top right of the video.
- Next, open the fbvideodown.com site
- Enter the link that you copied earlier into the column provided.
- Next, click the Download button.
- Wait until the conversion process is complete.
- Finally, click Download.
You can later see the download results in your device’s storage folder, and can watch them offline without an internet connection.
So, there are several ways to download videos from Facebook via mobile or computer. Good luck.
