Have you ever tried to download a Facebook video from your Facebook closed group page and then find out that there’s no option to save it? Unlike Facebook photos that you can easily save, it can be frustrating to discover that there’s no option to save Facebook videos. Welcome to the club!
Most of us are members of Facebook closed groups being used for family members, clubs, communities or a group of friends. There are instances that you would want to download an offline copy of the Facebook video posted in your closed group page so you can watch it over and over or just so you have a copy in your personal storage.
Recently, we had a family event and we have a lot of funny videos posted in our closed group page that I wanted to save. Let me share with you how you can do this.
Please note that you are NOT allowed to download any video that is copyrighted or with digital rights management. Check your local laws that may apply. This guide is only applicable for personal videos.
All you need is a computer and a Google Chrome browser
You would need only the 3 things below which most likely you already have.
- Computer
- Google Chrome Browser
- Internet Connection
No special software needed!
10 Simple Steps to download the Facebook video from your Facebook Closed Group Page
1 Open your Google Chrome browser, login to Facebook and navigate to your closed group page to locate the video you want to download.
2 Click on the video on your Facebook page to open it
3 Right click on the video and click on “Show video URL”
4 Copy the video URL
5 Paste the URL in your browser’s address bar and change the “www” to “m”
6 When the page loads, right click and on the menu, click on “Inspect”
7 A window pane on the right side will appear, click on “Network”
8 Click on “Media” submenu and play the video, a filename appears on the right pane
9 Double click on the filename to open a window with the embedded video.
10 Click on download arrow and wait for the download to complete or see below if download arrow is not visible.
Hope this helps you finally get an offline copy of Facebook videos from your memorable events!
Thanks! It worked perfectly! I had tried using Chrome extensions, but they don’t work on closed groups.
Great tutorial, everything works perfect. Thank you.
Great tutorial and was very helpful until today. This method does not work anymore 🙁 Do you have any alternatives?
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this tutorial work perfectly
thanks for saving my day
Thanks friend for your help
It was not working for me.
I had to RIGHT CLICK the video file name that was in the right hand window (the window with all the code).
Then click OPEN IN NEW TAB
Then it was just my video on its own in a new tab.
Then I saw the three dots and could click DOWNLOAD VIDEO
Hope that helps anyone.
Great article though, way better than all the sites out there that say they will do it for you.
#LifeSkills
Thank you very much it was a great help.
I noticed though that the sound is about 1-2 seconds behind the actual sound source.
Is that fixable and if so how?
Thank you in advance.
This worked great for me. Thank you.
Just to share with others, there were two hiccups for me. 1. On step 9 I had to make sure the video was playing for the filename to display & I had to play it more than once. 2. When I got to step 10 there was no download button, I had to right click & choose ‘save as’.
Thank you so much! This worked perfectly!
Guys, the mobile website reduces the quality of the video.
How do I download the HD version from a mobile facebook site?
We haven’t found a way to save HD videos at this time. If you discover how, please do share with us. Regards
Hey! Thanks for this, I’ve used this method before and it worked but now I have to download a video from a private fb group and a from inside of an event from that private page. I cannot get the download button when i follow the steps. Do you have any advice on this?
Thanks so much!
THANK YOU -THANK YOU -THANK YOU!!!!!
Your the man! Thanks!
Thanks man. Really helped. Tried on Oct 2019. Working great. For closed groups even IDM failed.
Allavsoft also works great to download videos from facebook, youtube, vimeo,etc
Thanks for the article. But i wanted to ask… Can downloading like this lead to blocking of my account?
Not that we know of
What happens if after I click on “media” there is nothing available to click on?
if you press play on the media it should appear 🙂
I love you
I use Allavsoft to downoad videos from facebook, Vimeo, Youtube.
Thanks for sharing this amazing article. Honestly speaking it’s really helpful. Keep it up
Thank you! If you want to save photos or videos from Facebook use site getmyfb.com
Thanks heaps, really appreciated.
Thanks a lot guys, SO helpful
THANK YOU!!! This was so very helpful!!
This did it! Thank you! I wanted an old live video of me doing a presentation but it was on a group page that I don’t own, but I’m a member. Thank you!
Alleluia! Thank you! I’ve spent several hours trying to get something to work, and this finally did.
That is really handy! This even works in a closed facebook group!! Thank you.
Thank you
Thank you for this. I was having a hard time finding a way to download videos from my groups. Had FB not change the way in terms of downloading videos. I remember just changing the original from www to mobile, then right click on the video and left click to download it. Again, thank you.
Hi, will it notify the other person if some downloads from a closed group or a private video?
Hi Kamal, no not that we are aware of. Keep in mind that only members of a closed group can download videos.
It isnt working anymore 🙁
Hi Renata, I just tried this again with a cat video and it worked! I added some more details in Step #10. Hope that helps. Make sure play the video in step #9.
Every step worked, apart from the last one, step 10, where there is no link to download. I’m using Google Chrome on a Mac.
I am also! I managed to download it after i right clicked and said “save video as” 🙂 Hope that helps!
Tried this today and while it’s worked in the past the option to “Save video as” is no longer available. Using Chrome. Has there been an update to block this? If so, pleeeeeease what is the next tactic to download fb group videos?
I was using chrome on mac…till 9 and 1/2 step, everything works, but then no media appear..but then I tried to open it in firefox, with mobile version of video, and I manage to find download video option
Hi Katie, I just updated the article to show the option to download in Google Chrome. Hopefully that works for you as well.
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Thank you so much bro! 3 months of searching ending! God Bless you!
Thank you so much for sharing this post on how to download videos from facebook closed groups. I’ve been searching this guide for a while, tried several methods I found, but this method is the most effective. I have tried this already and it is really working. For those who want to try, just read carefully and follow what is being suggested on this post and you can really download successfully any video from facebook to your computer.
OMG!!!! THANK YOU! I have spent hours in the past trying to figure this out and your tutorial was AMAZING!! Thank you!!
Glad you found this helpful. Receiving comments like these inspires me to start writing more articles this year. 🙂
No new tab would pop-up in Microsoft Edge Browser. So, do this:
> Copy the Video Link/URL
> Open New Tab & Paste the Video URL
> Right-Click the Video & Select “Save Video As”
> Click Save
Ta da! Your Video is Downloaded.
Thanks for the tip!
This works for me but I have a question here. How can I download high quality HD videos. If I play the video without m.facebook I can play in HD. So how to download HD videos instead of poor quality videos?
Hi Piyush, I haven’t found a way to download HD quality videos yet from a facebook page. If you find a way, kindly share it with us.
Thank you so much! Saved me TONS of time 🙂
Cheers!
This is brilliant! Thanks so much!
I’m so happy to read this. This is the kind of manual that needs to be given and not the accidental misinformation that is at the other blogs. Appreciate your sharing this greatest doc.
Hi, when i click media it doenst appear the step (9) the video isn´t there, what I have to do? thanks in advance
Hi Ruben, this happened to me once and then I realized I skipped step #5 which is to change the URL from www to m. Please make sure that is done. Hope that helps.
Thank you so much! I had some difficulties because I wasn’t using Chrome. I reread the directions 🙂 Such a great help!
I was able to do it using Firefox. Thanks for the tip!
Hi,
Amazing article, I am glad to read your shared article and its very nice informative post. Thank you so much for sharing a great thought with us.
Thanks
Richa Sharma
Thank you!! I’ve been trying to figure this out for a couple of years! LOL
Thank you! I made a closed group on FB for my wedding stuff. My cousin made a video of the wedding and posted it there so I needed this! Will the quality be just as great as the original if I have Walgreens make a copy of it? Will it be full screen if played on the tv? Thank you!
Hi Nadean, unfortunately, the quality is not as good as the original. I suggest to ask your cousin for a copy of the video so you can get the original quality.
Congratulations on your recent wedding!
Seriously you have made my day! Thank you for making it super simple!
that fkng worked lol,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, TYVM, was driving me batty lol… ty ty ty ty ty
Thanks a lot. Its Helpful.
I did live video on closed group where I am as admin.
How can I download it as High Definition video?
I tried your procedure that you explain, its just SD Videos quality.
Thank you.
Unfortunately, haven’t found a way to download an HD version. Been waiting for someone to comment here who can share how. 🙂
When the videos are listed in a doc on a post then I don’t get the option for a video URL.
The videos are started in a text list on a post. Then it says > See More
I click See More and a popup page shows the videos. I right click on a video there and there is no option to show the URl. I see Inspect and Source options but no video URl.
I tried opening the video and copying that URL but it didn’t show in Inspect> Network> Media after I played it. It does show that it is playing in Media. I can see that but no file appears under Name.
Normal post videos work fine. I downloaded those.
Does the admins of the group know that their videos or live videos have been downloaded or could they check from the ip address because in my group the admin said they can check when people downloaded or it’s just a trick from them to prevent people who want to watch multiple times?
Hi Mase, I am not sure if they have a way to know if the video got downloaded this way.
Works like a charm, thanks a lot!
This is great! This worked perfectly for me. I downloaded with no trouble at all from a private facebook group, a live video I did but where I am not an admin of the group. Thanks a ton!
top!!! Thank you!
I had been using your steps to download several videos. Thank you!! However, I’ve been trying to download 2 different videos using the steps, but now it is now working?? 🙁 Very sad. Has anything changed in the process?
Hi Kathy, I just tried the same steps now and it still worked for me. Is the video on a close group page or a secret group page? What I found was that the steps won’t work on a secret group page.
Hi,
Thanks for the information. But in Step 10 the exact video doest show up and there is no download icon.
What shall i do next? Thanks
Hi Reymond, in step 10, click on the 3 vertical dots on the right and choose download.
Thank you!!! I have been trying to figure this out for weeks! Woo hoo!
I didn’t find anything on the media source
Hi Sampath, this happened to me once and then I realized I skipped step #5 which is to change the URL from www to m. Please make sure that is done. Hope that helps.
When I replaced the www with m i never got that side window. Is there another way to get the side window on the right to show up?
Hi Bandmom, are you using Google Chrome? Please keep in mind that this only works using a computer – haven’t found a way using a mobile device yet. Hope this helps.
Yes I am using Google Chrome on my computer. When I replace the www with m it opens in a new window as a full size version of the video on the screen but that window to the right never appears at all.
I think you are on the right track – when that video appears, you have to right click on the video and click on Inspect (step 6 on this article) after which the right pane will appear. Hope that clarifies.
Thank I got this to work and was able to download! Appreciate the help. It seems to be blurry compared to the orignal. Is this due to lower quality download from the original? Is there any way to download a higher quality version?
Yes it is lower quality than the original. Unfortunately I haven’t found a way to download the higher quality version. Hopefully that still helps.
Yes most definitely does! Thanks so much.
Thanks a lot!
Wow! That was what i said when i saw the download button. Thank you for the tip. It worked
It worked. Thanks!
If this is a bug, I hope facebook doesn’t plug it. But I know next time about the facebook rules for closed events. I had no idea as I was the creator of the group and performer in the video. It would be a true travesty if I couldn’t have accessed. Hope they intend for this to be a feature or else they don’t stop it without making an easier user option to download the videos. We need access to our own stuff. But I’m kind of glad it was like this actually because I got to learn more about internet stuff, something I mean to learn more about and this was a nice opportunity to get a little behind the architecture.
Hi, Thank you for this review. I also always wonder how to download videos from Facebook using my mobile phone. I found some web-based application that works well with my computer and I find it really helpful. You can also check wonderfox hd pro. This is a desktop tool but can convert downloaded videos to mobile phones. Like it, just try it.
This worked for me – thanks!!!
Awesome ! Thank you so much .
It didn’t work for me at first because the group was private. It was my own group, so I just changed the settings to a closed group and it worked just fine.
It doesn’t work for me 🙁 No file name shows up when the video starts playing 🙁
Awesome, Thank you so much.
Excellent visual tutorial! Thanks so much!
i cannot tell you how much i appreciate this… thank you. thank you. thank you. so very helpful. may your kindness return to you a thousand fold.
Glad I was able to help! 🙂
God bless you and thank you so much!!!!
This worked beautifully! Thank you!!!
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Hey TechGeek,
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Thanks,
Thanks Pinku though I avoid online sites where you would process personal videos so I came up with this different way albeit longer way of downloading the personal videos. Thanks!
It works. But how to select the video quality before downloading?
Hi Helmy, glad it worked for you too. Unfortunately, I haven’t found a way yet to download a higher video quality. If there’s anyone out there who has discovered how, hopefully they can share it using this comments section.
FINALLY!!!! I’ve been searching for something that would work, and your tutorial does. Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing this!!!! This is fantastic! 🙂 <3
thank you for the tutorial however it hasnt been able to work for me. Do I need to be an admin of the fb group I am working to extract from?
Hi Michelle, is it a closed facebook group page or a secret facebook page? I think this will not work for secret group pages. If it’s from a closed facebook group page, let me know which particular step doesn’t work so I can try to help figure it out.
I opened that video in that group. After copying the url, I pasted it as it is on website Savefrom.net and downloaded it after selecting it’s format.
Hi Rumhan, yes there are sites out there that can be used to download videos from facebook but for those like me who are not comfortable in sending a private video in public servers, this method is what I prefer. 🙂
seems like the download is not as high of a resolution as the stream, is there any way to get the original 720p video?
Hi Jus tin, try to wait for the entire video to load before you download. I haven’t tried this so I’m not sure if that would work or if this is a limitation. Please let us know what you find out.
thank youuuuuu! it works! 😀
omg thank youuuuuu!
Thank you! I have just downloaded few student works for filing.
Finally a tutorial that works. Thanks for sharing, it really helped.
Glad you found it helpful!