Facebook Video Downloader Extensions & Apps
This site works in any browser with nothing installed, and for saving the occasional video that is still the fastest route. If you save videos often, the browser extensions and the Android app remove the copy-and-paste step. The extensions notice the video you are already watching and hand the link over; the Android app takes a pasted link and downloads in the background while you carry on using your phone.
All of them are free, none of them asks you to sign in, and none of them adds a watermark. Every one works with public videos only.
Choose your platform
Chrome extension
Best for desktop Chrome
Puts a Save video button on the Facebook player and opens the result here, where you pick the quality. Works on Watch, Reels and ordinary video posts.
Firefox add-on
Best for Firefox, on desktop and Android
The same Save button, and the one extension here that also runs on a phone: Firefox for Android supports it. Released under the MIT licence.
Edge extension
Best for desktop Edge
The Chrome extension built for Edge, with the same Save button, toolbar icon and keyboard shortcut.
Android app
Best for Android phones and tablets
A standalone downloader rather than a browser add-on. Paste a link, choose HD, SD or audio, and it downloads in the background with a progress notification.
The Chrome extension
The extension does one job and does it without getting in the way: it watches for the video in front of you and gives you a one-click route to save it. Hover over any Facebook video and a Save video button appears on the player. Click it and the video opens here with its available qualities already listed, so you never copy a URL yourself.
There are three other ways to trigger it, which matter more than they sound: the toolbar icon, the right-click menu, and the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Y. The toolbar icon also lights up on its own when it detects a video as you scroll, which is the quickest way to tell whether a given post is something it can handle.
Installing it takes about fifteen seconds. Open the Chrome Web Store listing, click Add to Chrome, confirm the permission prompt, then go to Facebook and open any public video. The Save button is there on the player straight away — there is nothing to configure and no account to create.
On permissions it is deliberately narrow. It runs on facebook.com and fb.watch and nowhere else, it reads the link of the video you are looking at rather than your messages, your profile or your history, and it strips tracking parameters from that link before sending it. The listing carries the same declaration: no data collected, nothing sold on.
Open the Chrome Web Store listing
The Firefox add-on
The Firefox build behaves the same way — Save button on the player, toolbar button, right-click menu and the same Ctrl+Shift+Y shortcut — with one advantage the others do not have: it also runs on Firefox for Android. If you want extension convenience on a phone rather than a separate app, that is the way to get it, because Chrome and Edge do not support extensions on their mobile browsers at all.
To install it, open the Firefox Add-ons listing and click Add to Firefox, then confirm. On Firefox for Android the same listing installs from the browser itself. The required permissions are limited to facebook.com and fb.watch; access to this site is listed as optional. Mozilla lists the add-on as collecting no data, and the source is MIT licensed.
Open the Firefox Add-ons listing
The Edge extension
Edge runs the same extension as Chrome, published separately so it installs and updates through Microsoft rather than Google. The behaviour is identical: hover for the Save button, or use the toolbar icon, the right-click menu or Ctrl+Shift+Y. Install it from the Edge Add-ons listing with Get, then confirm.
If you already use Edge, take this version rather than the Chrome one. Edge can install Chrome Web Store extensions, but an add-on installed through Microsoft updates on the normal Edge schedule and does not need the Chrome store enabled.
The Android app
The Android app is not a browser add-on, and that difference is the point. It is a downloader in its own right: copy a Facebook video link, open the app, paste it, choose HD, SD or audio where it is offered, and the download runs in the background with a progress notification while you use your phone for something else. Finished files land in your Downloads folder. It supports videos, Reels and Watch content, and the interface is dark by default.
It needs Android 7.0 or later, and the download is small — under two megabytes. It is free and supported by ads.
The app is distributed through Uptodown and APKPure, not through Google Play, so your phone will ask you to allow installation from that source the first time. If you would rather not install anything, the website does the same job in your mobile browser.
Which one should you use?
| You are on | Use this | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Desktop Chrome | Chrome extension | Save button appears on the video itself |
| Desktop Firefox | Firefox add-on | Same, through Mozilla |
| Desktop Edge | Edge extension | Same, updated through Microsoft |
| Android | Android app, or the Firefox add-on | The app downloads in the background; the add-on keeps the in-page Save button |
| iPhone or iPad | This website | iOS browsers do not support these extensions |
| Anything else | This website | Nothing to install, works everywhere |
What they can and cannot do
Across the extensions and the app the picture is the same. They handle public Facebook videos, Reels and Watch clips. They offer whatever qualities Facebook published for that particular video, usually an HD and an SD option, and they can give you the audio on its own as an MP3. Nothing is watermarked, there is no daily limit, and no account is involved at any point.
What none of them can do is reach content that is not public. Videos limited to friends, posts inside private groups, anything on a private profile and anything that asks you to sign in before it will play are all out of reach, by design rather than by omission — getting at them would mean handling someone's Facebook login. The extensions are built around Watch, Reels and video posts; to save a Facebook Story, use the Story downloader on this site while the story is still live.
Questions about the extensions and app
Are they free? Yes. The extensions are free with no limits and no account. The Android app is free and carries ads.
Which browsers are supported? Chrome, Firefox and Edge on the desktop, and Firefox on Android. Other Chromium browsers can usually install the Chrome extension, though that is not something we test.
Do the extensions work on a phone? Only the Firefox one. Chrome and Edge do not support extensions in their Android or iOS browsers, so on Android use the app or Firefox, and on iPhone and iPad use this website in Safari.
Do I need a Facebook account? No, and you are never asked to sign in. That is also exactly why private videos cannot be saved: the extension only ever sees what a logged-out visitor could see.
Can I download Reels? Yes — Reels, Watch clips and ordinary video posts all work, on every platform here.
Can I download Stories? Not through the extensions, which are built for Watch, Reels and video posts. The website has a Story downloader for that, and a story has to be saved within its twenty-four hours.
What qualities do I get? Whatever Facebook published for that video — commonly 1080p, 720p and a smaller SD file, though older or lower-resolution uploads offer less. The list you see is what actually exists for that clip.
Can I get just the audio? Yes. Choose the MP3 option in the results here, or the audio option in the Android app where it is offered.
What data do they collect? None. Chrome, Edge and Mozilla all carry the same declaration on their listings, and the extensions run only on facebook.com and fb.watch.
Why is the Android app not on Google Play? It is published through Uptodown and APKPure instead. Your phone will ask you to permit installation from that source the first time, which is normal for apps distributed outside Play.
Do I still need the website? The extensions send you here to choose a quality, so the two work together. The Android app does not need it, and neither does anything if you would rather just paste a link.