Download a Facebook video: Tips that work in 2020

Kat Irving
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Here’s how to simply download Facebook video to your computer, iPhone, or Android smartphone. These 7 effective methods are free, work in 2020, are done online and without software for the most part.

Summary: (click on the option that interests you to follow the detailed procedure and download the Facebook video of your choice). If Facebook wants to compete with YouTube by prioritizing video content in its users’ news feed, how can you upload a video posted on a Facebook page or profile? The 7 simple and effective tips that we present to you in this article work very well in 2020 (compared to other older tips that no longer work).

Natively, Facebook does not give the possibility of downloading a video simply via the advanced settings available next to its video player, it is, therefore, necessary to use external online services or extensions to achieve its ends. Fortunately, with the help of a few websites, extensions and tools on different browsers, it is therefore very easy to download any Facebook video directly online. The manipulations that we will present to you here will only take you a few seconds, however you should be aware that you can infringe copyright at any time and expose yourself to legal proceedings by recording a Facebook video in this way. You have been warned, LEPTIDIGITAL cannot be held response site will send you to a page with the thumbnail of the detected video and then give you the opportunity to click on 2 links to download the video in normal or HD format.

PLEASE NOTE : you must click on the non-underlined links presented with the red arrows above. Do not click on the banners with the green button otherwise you will be redirected to another site and the download will not work (the creator of the site will hire a few tens of euro cents in passing thanks to your click on its advertisements).

Once the link is clicked, all you have to do is define where to save the video on your PC or Mac. If you use Google Chrome, you can also download any Facebook video with a Chrome extension (the site presented has its own extension but it is no longer listed on the Chrome Store, so we will have to follow our procedure below to record any video from Chrome). If you use the Google Chrome browser like most French Internet users, there is a Chrome extension dedicated to downloading shared videos on Facebook. The extension we’re going to introduce to you here is called Facebook Video Downloader. Simply downloading this Chrome extension will allow you, by following a few simple steps, to download any video published on Facebook.

Go to a Facebook page or profile with the video you want to download (avoid staying on your news feed, click on the publication itself so that it is the only video detectable on the page by the extension) able if this happens (unlikely since you do not sell the videos or use them for negative purposes). Once on the URL of a Facebook video, the small red icon of the extension (located at the top right of the browser) will display a green dot with the number “1” if it detects a video to download. If nothing is detected the first time, do not hesitate to reload the page and launch the video in order to facilitate the detection of the video by the extension.

Then click on the small red icon with the “1” in green. The detected videos will be displayed below and you will then have to click on the icon with the down arrow. Here’s how to simply download and save any Facebook video to your computer, iPhone or Android smartphone. These 7 effective methods are free, work in 2020, are done online and without software (for the most part).

Summary: (click on the option that interests you to follow the detailed procedure and download the Facebook video of your choice) If Facebook wants to compete with YouTube by prioritizing video content in its users’ news feed, how can you upload a video posted on a Facebook page or profile ? The 7 simple and effective tips that we present to you in this article work very well in 2020 (compared to other older tips that no longer work). Natively, Facebook does not give the possibility of downloading a video simply via the advanced settings available next to its video player, it is therefore necessary to use external online services or extensions to achieve its ends. Fortunately, with the help of a few websites, extensions and tools on different browsers, it is therefore very easy to download any Facebook video directly online.

The manipulations that we will present to you here will only take you a few seconds, however you should be aware that you can infringe copyright at any time and expose yourself to legal proceedings by recording a Facebook video in this way. You have been warned, LEPTIDIGITAL cannot be held responsible if this happens (unlikely since you do not sell the videos or use them for negative purposes).

Summary

This is THE time-saving method for downloading any Facebook video online and without software: To start, go to the Facebook page that contains the video to retrieve (it can be a profile but the video must have been shared in “public” mode otherwise it will not work). Click the post with the video and make sure you get the exact video URL: Here is an example of video URL that can be downloaded by following the following few steps presented here:

Record video Facebook 2018

Enter the Facebook video URL in the “Enter Facebook Video URL” section and click “Download” Copy and paste the URL of the Facebook page containing the video then click on the “Download “button

Download video Facebook 2018

The site will send you to a page with the thumbnail of the detected video and then give you the opportunity to click on 2 links to download the video in normal or HD format.

PLEASE NOTE: you must click on the non-underlined links presented with the red arrows above. Do not click on the banners with the green button otherwise you will be redirected to another site and the download will not work (the creator of the site will hire a few tens of euro cents in passing thanks to your click on its advertisements).

Once the link is clicked, all you have to do is define where to save the video on your PC or Mac. If you use Google Chrome, you can also download any Facebook video with a Chrome extension (the site presented has its own extension but it is no longer listed on the Chrome Store, so we will have to follow our procedure below to record any video from Chrome).

If you use the Google Chrome browser like most French Internet users, there is a Chrome extension dedicated to downloading shared videos on Facebook. The extension we’re going to introduce to you here is called Facebook Video Downloader. Simply downloading this Chrome extension will allow you, by following a few simple steps, to download any video published on Facebook.

Install the Chrome extension (click on “Add” then “Add extension” in the popup that will appear). Go to a Facebook page or profile with the video you want to download (avoid staying on your news feed, click on the publication itself so that it is the only video detectable on the page by the extension).

Facebook Chrome Video Download

Overview of how the free Chrome extension allows video download

Once on the URL of a Facebook video, the small red icon of the extension (located at the top right of the browser) will display a green dot with the number “1” if it detects a video to download. If nothing is detected the first time, do not hesitate to reload the page and launch the video in order to facilitate the detection of the video by the extension.

Then click on the small red icon with the 1 in green. The detected videos will be displayed below and you will then have to click on the icon with the down arrow.

 

 

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Kat Irving is a reporter for Diving Daily. After graduating from NYU with a master degree in history, Kat got an internship at WABC-TV New York and worked on profiling local businesses. Kat was also was a columnist for the NPR. Kat mostly covers business and community events here at Diving Daily