- FB Media Tools
- Private Facebook video downloader
Save a private Facebook video you can already watch
Links to private posts can’t be opened by anyone but you, including us. So instead of a link, you give FB Media Tools the page your own browser already loaded. It is read on this device and never sent anywhere.
- Open the video in your browser while logged in (it must play for you).
- Computer: press Ctrl+U (Mac: ⌥+⌘+U). Android Chrome: add
view-source:before the address. - Select all (Ctrl+A), copy, and paste it below.
Works with Reels, videos, live replays, photos, group posts, and fb.watch or share links
Why page source, and is it safe?
A private group video or friends-only post only plays when you are logged in. A download service would need your Facebook password or cookies to fetch it. That is a serious risk, and you should never hand them over to any website.
The page source your browser shows (view-source:) already contains the video’s stream addresses. FB Media Tools’s parser runs entirely in this tab: we don’t receive the source, your session or the video. The text box is cleared as soon as it has been read.
You can check this yourself: open your browser’s developer tools, go to the Network tab, and paste. No request is made with your page source.
Step by step on a computer
- Open the private video or post on facebook.com and make sure it plays.
- Press Ctrl+U (Windows) or ⌥+⌘+U (Mac) to open the page source.
- Press Ctrl/⌘+A then Ctrl/⌘+C.
- Paste into the box above. The video appears with all qualities.
On Android
In Chrome, open the post, then edit the address to start with view-source: and press Enter. Long-press, select all, copy, paste here. iPhone Safari has no view-source, so use a computer.
Questions & answers
Does this work for Facebook Stories?
Stories are only visible while logged in, so links don’t work. The page-source method reads the video addresses from the Story page your browser loaded. Facebook changes the Story layout often, and we have verified the parser on regular video pages, so if a Story isn’t detected, please tell us via the contact page.
Do you need my Facebook login?
No, and no website should ask for it. Never enter your Facebook password or session cookies into a downloader.
Only download videos you own, that are licensed for reuse, or that you have the creator’s permission to save. Respect copyright and Facebook’s Terms. FB Media Tools does not host any content; files come directly from Facebook’s servers to your device.