Facebook is the largest social media website in the world with over 2.8 billion active users every month. With such a substantially large user base, it’s no surprise that Facebook is not just the biggest social networking site around, but also one of the biggest video streaming platforms next to YouTube.

While Facebook continues to roll out new features every year, one of the features people have been asking for is a video download option. Facebook doesn’t natively support the download of Facebook videos on its mobile app or website. So what are you supposed to do if you want to download a Facebook video to view later? In this brief article, we will discuss some of the best options for doing just that. Before getting started, let us see why we might want to download Facebook videos anyway.

Why download Facebook videos?

There are hundreds of interesting Facebook videos that you see on a daily basis as your visit your Facebook news feed. Many of the videos are unique that you can’t find on any other platform. Maybe, one of your family members has posted a childhood memory, or perhaps your friend has tagged you in a video that you stared in. Some videos that show up in your news feed can often never be found again as Facebook’s algorithm serves up different content every day.

To Keep track of videos, you could favorite them so you can find them later. But, what if you want to watch a video offline or share it with your granny, who doesn’t use social media? For times like this, you will need to use a Facebook video downloader to save the day.

How to download a Facebook video

If you do a quick Google search, you will find loads of tools that you can use to help you download videos From Facebook. Lots of tools have deceiving designs that can trick you into installing malicious software onto your computer. After reviews the various options out there, we’ve put together a list of the best and most secure websites and apps available to help you download Facebook videos.

The Facebook video downloader by FBDownloader.net is a tool designed for just that, downloading Facebook videos. It has a very easy-to-use web interface that is both pleasing to the eyes and free of annoying advertisements. The FBDownloader website works on computers, mobile devices, and tablets and is compatible with any operating system, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. Using the website is pretty straightforward and only requires a few steps.

• Open up Facebook either via their official app or the website and find the link to the video that you want to download from Facebook.
• Click on the share icon for the video and select the “copy link” button from the dropdown.
• Open up the FBDownloader website and paste the video link into the input box on the homepage, and hit enter.
• Once the video is processed, the download options will be displayed.
• To save the video, right-click on the download button, and select the “save link as” which will allow you to download it to your computer.

I particularly like that every video that the Facebook video downloader processes gives you two download options. You can download the video in standard mp4 format or download it in a high-quality mp4 format. There’s also an option to extract the audio from the video, allowing you to save it as an mp3 file.

Do you want to download a video that isn’t public from Facebook? No problems there are FBDownloader also has a private video download. The process is a bit different so let me walk you through the steps.

• Find the Facebook video and open it in a new browser tab.
• Right-click on the page and select the “view page source” link from the dropdown. Alternatively, you can type “view-source:” in front of the URL in your browser’s address bar.
• Copy and text from the source panel by selecting it all and hitting “CTRL+C” on your keyboard. On a Mac you will press the “command+c” button.
• Open up the private downloader and paste the text into the text box on the page.
• Hit the download video button
• Once the page refreshes, you’ll be able to download the private video allow you to keep it in a safe spot.

Conclusion

Facebook has come a long way since it’s infancy, and Facebook video isn’t going anywhere. Knowing the tools and techniques to download Facebook videos is a skill worth learning. Whether you’re a marketing expert looking for some new content to promote or just a family member looking to back-up some memories, using the tools outlined in this guide will help you save videos. If you have any questions or feedback about this guide, please feel free to leave a comment. Happy Facebook downloading!

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