Turn a Facebook Link Into a Video You Keep
You found a Facebook video worth keeping, and Facebook, predictably, gives you no download button. Paste the link here instead. Copy the video’s URL from the Facebook app or the address bar, drop it in the box above, and ScreenApp imports the video into your account, ready to save as an MP4. No app to install, no Facebook login, and nothing added on top of the file.
This Facebook video downloader works on public videos, Reels and Watch clips. That “public” part matters, and most downloader sites are cagey about it, so here is the honest version: if you have to be logged in to Facebook to see the video, no tool can reach it from a pasted link.
Any public Facebook link
Videos, Reels, Watch clips and fb.watch short links.
Saved as MP4
At up to 1080p H.264 MP4 where the source offers it, with no watermark on any recording or export.
Transcript and AI chat
Read or search what was said, in 100+ languages.
Phone or desktop
Nothing to install, no Facebook login.
How to Download a Facebook Video From a Link
- Copy the link. In the app, tap the three dots on the post and pick “Copy link”. On desktop, click the timestamp or the share arrow to open the video, then copy the URL from the address bar.
- Paste it above. A
facebook.com/watch,fb.watch,facebook.com/reelor regular post URL all work. Sign in with a free account. - Save the MP4. The video imports into your library with a transcript. Downloading the MP4 needs a paid plan, from $19 a month billed annually.
Link not working on your phone?
Open the post in your browser
Tap "Open in browser" in the Facebook app.
Copy the address bar URL
Not the app share link.
Paste that here
It fixes most "invalid link" errors.
The copied link from the app often points at the app, not the video itself.
What You Can and Cannot Download
Here is the part the ad-heavy downloader sites bury.
Anything that plays without a login
Public page posts, public Reels, Watch videos, and most public group content.
Anything behind a login
Private group posts, friends-only videos, and anything from an account you would need to be logged in to view.
Any site that says it can reach a private video is either lying or about to ask for your Facebook password. Do not hand it over. If it is your own private video, download it from inside Facebook (the three-dot menu on your own posts has a Download option), or grab it from wherever you first uploaded it.
The Quality You Actually Get
Facebook stores most uploads in more than one rendition, and which one plays depends on the viewer’s connection and the uploader’s settings. ScreenApp imports up to 1080p H.264 MP4 where the source offers it. If a clip was only ever posted in SD, that is the ceiling: you cannot pull detail Facebook never stored.
So if a saved clip looks softer than you expected, that is Facebook’s copy, not the download.
Reels, Watch and Plain Videos All Work
People paste four different Facebook URL shapes and expect them to behave differently. They do not:
A Reel link
facebook.com/reel/... imports the vertical video with audio.
An fb.watch short link
Behaves the same as the full URL it redirects to.
A Watch or page video
Imports in whatever resolution Facebook serves, up to the import cap.
A link with tracking
Extra parameters after a ? are ignored.
If you want the audio only, use the extract audio from a video link tool instead. And if the goal is the words rather than the file, the Facebook video transcript tool turns the same link into text.
What It Can and Cannot Do
Good at
- Saving public videos, Reels and Watch clips
- Turning a Facebook link into an MP4
- A transcript and AI chat on every video
- Working from a phone or a computer
Not built for
- Private videos: anything behind a Facebook login
- Free downloads: Paid plans only
- Better quality than the source: SD stays SD
- Stories: see the Stories downloaders guide
Who Downloads Facebook Videos
Marketers
Save competitor Reels and page videos for swipe files before they change.
Community managers
Archive their own group video posts for records.
Families
Keep a relative's video from a family group before it scrolls away.
Editors
Pull public clips to reference or react to, with permission to reuse.
Other Facebook Tools
This page is for saving a normal public video. If you are after videos made by Meta’s AI generator, use the Meta AI video downloader. For disappearing Stories rather than feed videos, the best Facebook story downloaders breakdown compares the tools built for that.
Pricing
The free plan needs no credit card and covers 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each. Importing a Facebook link is free to try; downloading the MP4 is on paid plans (Paid plans only), with Pro at $19/month billed annually. There is no recurring “unlimited free” tier; the accuracy page spells out exactly what the free account includes.
