To manually download a private Facebook video, once you load the video you want to download:
1stRight-click anywhere outside the video frame and click Inspect. Or press F12 on your keyboard
to open the Inspect tab.
Want to download a public video off Facebook? There are dozens of tools. You can even download
them straight from Facebook without any third-party tools.
But how do you download a private Facebook video? Because they are private, public Facebook
video downloaders will not work. That's not to say it isn't possible—you only need to go through a
few steps to download one.
If you want to know how to download private Facebook videos, keep reading. We'll start with a
manual workaround, then introduce you to some of the best tools to easily download private videos
from Facebook.
How to Download Private Facebook Videos Manually
If you don't want to rely on third-party tools, you can download private Facebook videos directly
using your browser's developer tool. It's straightforward and doesn't require a development back-
ground. The process is pretty much the same on most browsers. But try using Chrome for a better
result.
The process involves picking the media request URL from the Network tab and going to the video
URL to load a downloadable video.
To manually download a private Facebook video, once you load the video you want to download:
1stRight-click anywhere outside the video frame and click Inspect. Or press F12 on your keyboard
to open the Inspect tab.
2nd Go to the Network tab.
3rd Click Media.
4th Then reload the video page. This populates the request table with some parameters.
5th Click the string that appears under the Name column.
th
6 Copy the Request URL under Headers and load it into a new browser tab. This loads the video
in the new browser tab.
7th Once the video loads, click the three vertical dots at the bottom-right of the video frame and
click Download to download the video locally.
