How to Save Video From Facebook – Save Facebook Video

At the end of this guide, you will learn how to save video from Facebook and you will be able to do this by yourself once you follow the steps outlined below. It is very easy and simple to save videos from Facebook once you adhere to this guide.

Let us quickly  get started with the guide on how to save video from Facebook. And where you find challenges do let us know using the comment section at the end of this post.

How to Save Video From Facebook

1. Navigating to the video that you wish to download, right-click anywhere within the player.

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2. A pop-up menu will appear, overlaying the video player with few options, simply select the one that say “Show Video URL”.

3. You will see another pop-up with the address or URL to the video, simply click on it to highlight it, and then copy it to the clipboard.

4. Paste the URL into your browser’s address bar, and this will replace any text currently on the address bar.

5. With the video URL on the browser’s address bar, now modify it by replacing “www” with “m” and then hit the “Enter” button to load the new URL address.

6. The video should now be displayed in a mobile-optimized page, click on the play button.

7. For Internet Explorer Browser Only: A pop-up dialog will appear at the bottom of your browser window, click on “Save” button to download the video to your device default location.

8. With the video playing, right click anywhere within the player and from the menu options that appear, select the one that reads “Save Video As”.

9. Choose the desired location where you would like to save the video file and click “Save” button, and the video will be saved in your device.

How to Save Video From Facebook – Video You Posted

You may want to videos you personally uploaded and the steps below shows you how to save such videos. You can do this in situation where you have lost the video from your device.

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1. From your Facebook move the mouse cursor over the “More” link – It is located on your main Facebook profile page in the same row as the “Friends” and “Photos” options. From the drop-down options, click on “Videos”

2. Located in the “Videos” module should be a section labeled “Your Videos”, and this contains each video you have uploaded to Facebook in the past. Now bring your mouse cursor over the video you wish to save.

3. A small icon that looks like a pencil will appear in the upper right-hand corner of the video’s thumbnail image. Click on it for a drop-down menu. Now choose either “Download SD” or “Download HD” from this menu to save the video as MP4, with the options indicating you want the video in Standard-definition or High-definition resolution.

Save Videos From Facebook on Android

Saving videos from Facebook is possible on Android and iOS smartphones and tablets as well. The steps to retrieve these files are much different than on a computer, however.

Friendly for Facebook, available for free in the App Store and Google Play, adds a bunch of new features to the FB experience–one being the ability to save videos to your phone or tablet.

Android

After locating the video that you wish to save to your Android device, tap on its play button. As the video begins to play, a button labeled Download will appear in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. Select this button to save the video to your Android multimedia gallery. You’ll be prompted to grant Friendly access to your photos, media and files, a necessary action if you wish to complete the download.