How to Download and Back Up Your Own Facebook Videos

Download one of your videos

With FDownloaders (desktop or phone)

1. Copy the video's link from Facebook (Share → Copy link).
2. Paste it into the downloader and press Download.
3. Choose HD or SD. Public videos need no login.

If the video is private or friends-only, connect Facebook in the downloader. Then Choose from my videos lists everything your profile uploaded, 24 at a time, with thumbnails, and fetches them through Facebook's official API with your permission.

With Facebook's menu (desktop)

Open the video on facebook.com, click ⋯ and choose Download video. If the option is missing for a particular upload, use one of the other methods here.

Download a Live video after it ends

When a broadcast finishes, Facebook posts the replay as a regular video on your profile or Page (unless you chose not to). Once Facebook has finished processing it — which can take a while for long streams — it can be downloaded like any other upload. If FDownloaders reports that no downloadable file exists yet, wait and try again later.

Download videos from a Page you manage

If you're an admin or have content access on a Facebook Page, connect FDownloaders with your personal account and grant access to the Page when Facebook asks. In Choose from my videos, switch the dropdown to the Page. Every video the Page posted is listed, and you can download them one by one.

Pages managed through a business portfolio work the same way, provided your personal account has been given a role on that Page.

Download all your Facebook videos at once

For a complete backup, use Facebook's own export. The exact labels change from time to time, but the path is:

1. Open Settings & privacy → Settings → Accounts Center.
2. Choose Your information and permissions → Download your information (sometimes labelled Export your information).
3. Pick your Facebook profile and choose to download to your device.
4. Select only the information types you need — posts and videos — rather than everything, so the archive is smaller and faster.
5. Set Date range to All time, Format to HTML (easy to browse) and Media quality to High.
6. Submit the request. Facebook notifies you when the files are ready to download.

Large accounts produce several ZIP files. Download them all, unzip them, and you'll find your videos in folders sorted by type. Copy them somewhere that's itself backed up — an external drive plus a cloud service is ideal.

Organising your backup

• Rename files with dates (2026-08-14 Product launch.mp4) so they sort correctly.
• Keep a folder per Page if you manage several.
• Repeat the export every few months, choosing a date range that starts after your last backup.

A note on rights

Owning the upload doesn't always mean owning everything in it. Licensed music added inside Facebook, clips from TV or films, and footage filmed by someone else may only be cleared for use on Facebook. Check before you republish a downloaded video elsewhere, and see our copyright policy for how we handle complaints.