What started as a fun project is now one of the largest social media platforms globally. Facebook is one of the most used websites on the internet, with people chatting, sharing images and videos and almost anything with their friends, family and everyone else.
Facebook understood the importance and popularity of video sharing and launched the Facebook Watch service in 2017. Facebook Watch hosts all the videos that are shared on the platform. Did you find one that you want to keep for yourself? Here I shall discuss how to download Facebook videos for free using easy methods.
How To Download Facebook Videos For Free?
Downloading a video from Facebook is actually very easy if you know how to do so. While the Android app allows you to download a video locally within the app, you cannot extract the video for playing outside Facebook. However, you can download FB videos using many third-party applications and websites.
Let us first take a look at some of the free websites that allow you to download Facebook videos easily.
Method 1: Savefrom.Net
You must have heard of this service if you have ever tried to download videos from other video hosting websites like YouTube. Savefrom.net is an extremely versatile tool that can be used to download FB videos, YouTube videos, and much more.
How to download Facebook videos using savefrom.net
You will require the Facebook video URL for the media file that you wish to download. However, unlike YouTube, Facebook does not display the video link right in front of you. So, follow these steps to download the Facebook video that you wish to download:
- Open Facebook, and navigate to the Facebook video that you wish to download.
- Right-click on the video to reveal the additional menu.
- Select Show video URL from the context menu.
This will display the link to the video in a small pop up box.
- Copy this link.
- Now go to savefrom.net website.
- In the text editor bar, paste the link you copied in Step 4.
- The website will pull the media resources and show you the download link automatically.
- Select from the list of available download formats and quality and click on the Download button to download the video.
Following this, your video will be downloaded to the default download location, which can be accessed using File Explorer.
Method 2: Getfvid.Com
While savefrom.net is a versatile tool on its own, there can be certain situations in which the service may not be able to download videos from Facebook. Getfvid.com is a dedicated Facebook video downloader, which can be used to not only download Facebook videos, but convert them to audio as well.
The download procedure is actually quite similar to the method shown above. You will need to extract the video URL, and then paste it in the editor bar on getfvid.com. Upon pressing the Download button, you will be provided with the download links, and the link to convert your video to audio formats.
This is one of the few sites that hosts an audio converter as well, so it is definitely worth checking.
Method 3: Using IDM
Internet Download Manager is one of the most popular internet media downloaders. While it has been predominantly used for downloading YouTube videos, it can also be used to download Facebook videos. However, IDM does not readily fetch download links from your news feed.
Therefore, follow these steps to save from Facebook:
- Open the webstore for your browser.
- Navigate to Internet Download Manager extension.
Here are the quick links to Chrome Web Store and Mozilla Add-ons Store.
Note: In Chrome, install the IDM application to get the free Integration Module extension. - Add the IDM extension to your browser using the appropriate button.
- Restart your browser for the integration to work properly.
- Next, open Facebook, and navigate to the Facebook video that you wish to download.
- Click on the video to open it in Facebook Watch.
- You should see the blue bar showing the download link for the video.
Select the quality of the file that you wish to download and select the Download button to download the videos.
Wrapping Up
So there you have it. Using the three simple methods shown above, now you know how to download a video from Facebook. Comment below if you found this useful, and to discuss further the same.