# Facebook/Download Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-download-question/993939>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-download-question/993939 "2023-12-01T05:11:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-download-question/993939/1 "2023-12-01T05:11:10Z")

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Downloading most pictures is pretty straightforward. Not so much videos. Is it possible?

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-download-question/993939/2 "2023-12-01T10:19:35Z")

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Generally speaking, you can find an online downloader for any video host. If you Google `facebook video downloader`, you’ll find several. They’ll usually ask you to put in the link you get when you share the video to your clipboard.

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-download-question/993939/3 "2023-12-01T12:40:41Z")

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Here’s how i do it …

1. Click on the video to get to the “Video” watching mode. (or whatever it’s  
called - not your timeline)

2. Change the www in the address bar to mbasic and hit enter.  
eg -  
`https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=887166053072448`  
becomes  
`https://mbasic.facebook.com/watch?v=887166053072448`

3. Right click on the video and select “open link in new tab”  
You should now have a new tab with just the video.

4. Right click and select “Save video as”.

Job done.

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**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-download-question/993939/4 "2023-12-01T13:34:17Z")

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Thanks!