Facebook Video Downloader

Facebook encodes most videos twice: a higher-bitrate HD rendition and a smaller SD one it serves on slow connections. Both are offered rather than chosen for you. HD is the better copy; SD is often less than half the size, which matters if you are going to send it on in a message.

Yes. A Reel, a /watch video and a post permalink are the same media behind different URL shapes, so one tool handles all of them. Short fb.watch links work too — there is no need to expand them first.

No, and that is deliberate. A private group's videos are only visible to its members. This tool never signs in to Facebook, so it can only reach what is already public to everyone. Private and friends-only posts return an error rather than a download.

Yes. Facebook does not permit a web page to read its media directly, so the link you paste is sent to our server, which resolves the video address and streams the file back to you. We keep nothing — not the link, not the video, and no record of what you fetched.

No. We add nothing to the file. If the creator burned a watermark into the video themselves it will still be there, because that is part of the picture rather than something Facebook adds on delivery.

It is free with no account and nothing to install — it runs in your browser. A modest per-visitor rate limit stops automated scripts using the service as free bandwidth, but ordinary use will never reach it.

Saving a video for your own viewing is generally accepted. Reposting someone else's video as your own is not: whoever made it holds the copyright, and downloading does not transfer any rights to you. If you plan to publish a clip, ask first and credit them.