If you’ve ever tried download facebook hosted video, you may have noticed that this is not officially allowed. The reason is simple: It’s a rights issue. In most cases, you don’t have permission to upload videos as you can post them on another service claiming you own the rights.
But let’s put that disclaimer aside. There are still perfectly legitimate reasons to download a video from Facebook as long as you’re going to use it purely for personal use and/or have permission from the author. So we’ll show you how to do it without using really questionable sites… with just a few letters to replace in the address bar.
Facebook: how to download video
This method to download videos from Facebook works on both PC and smartphone. You will only get the URL of the Facebook video to download. Then paste it into a browser with a backup at the beginning of the address and you can save the video like magic.
- Access the video on Facebook.com
- Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the video and then the copy link.
- Open a new tab in the browser and paste the link there
- Click on the address bar and Where with basis then verify
- Start the video when the “light” mobile version of the site is displayed
- You then leave the Facebook environment just to play the video: it is now possible to save it directly to your hard drive. Just right click with the mouse and then Save the video.
This method works perfectly. And if it were to be changed, you can always revert to solutions like below. savefrom.net. This site allows you to fill in the URL of the video and easily download it in the format you want.
Download Facebook video to smartphone without app
The method described below also works on smartphones. After getting the video URL. Open it in a browser on your Android smartphone or iPhone. Change the URL prefix by changing m.facebook.com/… with mbasic.facebook.com/…
The browser loads a light version of the video. Just click the play button. Then long press the screen and then download the video. You can then save it locally to your device storage. It’s very simple. Now you know how to easily download a Facebook video without resorting to a third-party app or site.
