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”. If you are unable to right click, from step 2, advance to step 5.
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!
Unfortunately it doesn’t work for me from the get go. Right clicking does NOT produce a “show video URL”. I also had tried to follow some of the same tips from another source and already know that when going to “inspect” there is NO tab for “Network”. Using Google Chrome. It may help to know the video I want is in the comment thread so there are no “three dots” to open either., because it’s in the comments and not the original thread.
Hi April, please click on the video itself until it shows you the video URL. After which you change the www to m, after which you will be able to Inspect. I hope that helps.
That is great. I usually use Allavsoft to download from youtube, facebook, vimeo, twitter etc sites.
Though it downloads private vimeo videos, it failed to download private facebook video. I will test your method,
Downloading Video from Facebook has been almost impossible for me until i found this post … Thank You a lot
Legend
Thank you for this info! Save my life today. 🙂
Worked beautifully thnx! But the video was very pixelated and not as clear as the original, any idea why this could be ? I used chrome! Thanks again
Hi Maaria unfortunately, we haven’t found a way yet on how we can retain the original quality of the video.
Does this work in a Mac?
Yes it does as long as you use Chrome as browser.
Great article I’ve been following along, and when I get to the Load Unpacked Extension part, the icon that appears in chrome://extensions has something added to it. It’s a camera symbol inside orange circle. This is laid on top of my icon in the bottom right hand corner. What is that.
thanks for your awesome post. I am going to use extensions 6,7 which make me able to save and share any content to Facebook. My question: what difference does it make to directly share to Facebook, or using these extensions, in terms of the added Facebook ranking? I’ve heard that Facebook ranks are increased only if one directly shares posts (or any other engagement) to Facebook, and not by third party tools…
Powerful stuff! Many thanks!
thank you so much! I wasted so much time with many extensions that did not work as there were 2 videos in one post, so every single time first video was downloaded.
Hi, is there any way for the moderator of the closed FB group to trace who downloaded the video and to where it was downloaded? TYSM!
Hmm we’re not sure if there’s a way.
Thanks buddy
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I have done this in the past and it worked however not anymore. When I click on the gear icon the only option I see is the video quality – no option to see the URL.
Any ideas?
Got it! Thanks very Much!
Thank you so much.
Success! Had done this before. Then FB changed their rules, or whatever they are called.
Today, I was able to download from a private group where I had done a FB LIVE that I wanted to repost on my timeline.
Thanks for the update.
Hi this used to work brilliantly a couple of months ago but not any more – now when I change the www to m I lose my video and get taken to https://m.facebook.com/watch/?ref=watch_permalink. Tried with Chrome, Firefox and Edge – none worked. Is there any workaround for this?
I just tried it (Mozilla) and it works smoothly!
It works with Firebox. Make sure you’re playing the video when you click “media”
Then copy and paste the link into a new window and voila. Right-click to download.
No, it doesn’t. Mozilla or any other browser… it just sends you to ‘watch’
Hi not sure if you managed to download using Mozilla as suggested below, because I tried it and it failed (the video went to the permalink). I then went back to Chrome and tried changing the www to m, which directed me to permalink again, then I navigated to the FB group where the video is saved (i can see that the weblink is still showing the ‘m’). I played the video and proceed with the steps mentioned in this site (inspect etc) and managed to download it!
Yes. You’ll have to navigate back to the video once you switch to m.fb. But once you get there, these steps worked for me! March 18th 2021.
Thank you for this! Worked perfectly!
Hey, I’ve used this trick before and it’s genius and definitely worked a few months ago! I just tried now and not sure if FB has updated things, but it definitely did not work just now. As soon as I did step 5 (change the www to m) it redirected to a permalink of a completely different url, and not the video I’m trying to download. I also tried to ‘inspect’ the www. page using developer tools without luck. Any updates to this process that could help out?
I had this happen, and then in the search bar searched on my FB group name, which brought the page up, then I scrolled down to find my video and followed the download steps from there.
Same!
when I change the www to m then hit enter it changes the url to https://m.facebook.com/watch/?ref=watch_permalink and get rid of the video url. I am using chrome. Has facebook changed something
Yeah same here but, when it redirects to watch go ahead to search for the video manually, by searching for the closed group page and locating the subject video, once you’re there follow the process and you’re good to go.
A video recorded today works, however, I have the same issue (it changes to a different url) for an a video that was recorded two weeks ago. It wouldn’t bring up the right video. What can I do?
Thank you so much 🤗 its work really well thank you
OMG!, Thank you so much.
EDIT: Chrome didn’t want to download the video but Microsoft Edge did the job 🙂
It doesn’t work for me.
When I try to download the video Chrome is saying: Failed – Network error.
https://imgur.com/Khcb4eO <- Check screenshot
Did they change something?
Although it is such a great trick, with this steps you can´t download videos on HD
Finally! Thank you
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Amazing!
There isno longer is a show url option to select. I’m trying to download my own video I put in areply to my own post.
OMG this made my life so much easier, thanks for this super informative tutorial!! It was so easy to follow and download, I was suspicious all along like “ok what is the catch.. this is too good to be true” LOL
wowww !! Really works
Worked first time! Thanks 🙂
I am trying it but it doesnt work after I click network and name. Under name it’s blank. It all worked until then
you need to play the video on the left
This is amazing! Althought I keep getting Failed – Network error when its trying to download. Any ideas how to resolve?
OMG!!! Thank you so much! I’ve been wondering how to do this!!!
It is supper easy, you are Amzing
This was a huge help until the recent Facebook redesign. Now the right-click no longer appears to work on videos. Is there another way to find the video url? Help and thanks!
Click the date under the name at the top of the post. This takes you to the post URL too.
Thanks for sharing this trick. i can now download videos from closed group..thanks
oh my God its amazing thankxx for sharing
such a brilliant idea!!!. Thanks a ton!
Downloading videos from Facebook is not easy, I was just finding the way to download videos from Facebook. This article helped me lot to download videos from Facebook. Keep posting and try to write on same article on Instagram.
Magic!!! 😲
omg this is amazing
I can’t thank you enough for sharing this information. I need to pull some stills from a video and it is too hard to control the playback frame by frame in Facebook. I want to be able to have the video to load into something Adobe Premiere so that I can grab the exact frame I need.
You are a genius for figuring out how to do it and a prince for sharing it with the world…
Thank you again!!
Gilley
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EXCELENTE MUCHAS GRACIAS POR SU AYUDA MUY VALIOSA!!! Realmente una solución que funciona de maravilla!! Me ayudó mucho!!! 🙂 🙂
THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG THAT WAS SUCH AN AWESOME TRICK!!! Need to save my own video but as its in my own private group I couldn’t x
This worked like a charm, THANK YOU!!! =)
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Yay! this post is awesome. Thank you for sharing. However, some of the tools are not working, wherein I can’t download Facebook private video, so I tried to look for other tools that I can use, until I found the Acethinker Video Keeper, Oh.. this is cool, I can even grab Facebook private videos simultaneous in HD quality.
This has been so helpful in the past! I have just tried to do it and now no media files are showing up when I go to download. Could this be because Facebook have just changed a whole load of stuff? Any ideas how to get around this and still being able to download content?
I don’t think so? Cause I just use this method and it still works.
Omg, this is amazing!! It really work! I can’t thank you enough for this value information that you’ve shared. May you be blessed! xoxo
I could never thank you enough for posting this valuable information! May your day be Wonder-Full!!!
it’s work well but the video quality was bad. How can I get a better resolution?
SAme here
Thanks you so much.
Working method on Chrome.
Yeah,,Its work Great.. I can load the medical rated video.
Thanks for this, it worked fine right up until the last step. Then when I tried to download it comes up with the report… ‘Failed – Netroek error’ The internet connection is working fine on other programmes, so it is not my network connection. Is there some other setting I need to change?
Right click and save as
Thank you so much! It was really helpful.
Didn’t work
Thanks a lot.
I worked last month but today I try it didn’t work.
Worked fine for me. Did you play the video before double-clicking to open the file in the inspect console?
YAY this is awesome thanks for your Post Mate!
Wohohoo…. this works! Thank you! 🙂
Wow this is amazing. Thank you!
it’s doesn’t work
worked great! thank you
Failed – Network Error
right click on it and choose “save as” instead
It does not work anymore……
Thank you for this!!
Great tutorial.. JUST USED THIS TO DOWNLOAD A VIDEO OF MY DECEASED FATHER! Lost my phone and i remembered that I had a video on a fb group! thank you soooo much
How do you find the inspect – I right click and on video and nothing happend
not on the video right click outside it and it will appear
Can the owner of the video trace it if i downloaded their video?
Worked great! thx
nice, this works, that is great
Thank you anywhere you’d be!
Thanks for that tech guy or gal…. much appreciated.
thanks
Excellent tutorial, thanks!
Thank you so much! God bless you!
What is this wizardry? Thanks!
omg THANK YOU!
I just need to say thank you to YOU and all of the smart people that help me figure things out.
Thank you very much!
will use this tool http://youtubetomp3downloader.com/ to download it’s downloading all FB videos.
You are fucking amazing <3
Brilliant! Thank you so much!!
You are my favourite person today <3
I tried everything on every browser created in the world.. until I see your post.
Thank you
Thank you, you save my ass
Woked perfectly, thanks!
Big thanks !
After trying 7 different methods, finally, this one works!!! Thanks! 😃👍… Now let us explore how we can download the HD720 version.
Does it not download HD version? I’m trying this method out as well but can’t get pass step #5.
No, haven’t found a way to download an HD version yet. Waiting if there’s anyone who can share. 🙂
Awesome. This worked perfectly. Thank you so much for the effort to put this together.
This only works on firefox. Not chrome. Just so people know
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?
Via mozilla is working
Just worked in Chrome.
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
it works, but it’s true, the video doesn’t look as good as the original. how can I do?
it works, but it’s true, the video doesn’t look as good as the original. how can I do?
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?
I was on Firefox and i didn’t get the download button either. But when i was at that step of the procedure, i right clicked on the video and then “Save video as…”
and it worked.
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 🙂
Nope. Only worked on one out of four videos.
When the media is playing, you have to scroll down and suddenly the name appears!
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!!!
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!