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 to download the Facebook Video
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
Hope this helps you finally get an offline copy of Facebook videos from your memorable events!
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!!!
Hey,
Have a look https://fbvideodownloader.cc
This also provide online facebook video downloading tool. It’s free!
Thanks,
Hey TechGeek,
Have a look https://fbvideodownloader.cc/.
This is also one of the best Facebook video downloader online to download Facebook videos from any device and browser.
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!