Facebook Guides and Tools
This hub centralises PullVid's tools for Facebook: the general video downloader, a dedicated Facebook Reels variant, and two guides covering both public video downloads and Reels. Facebook makes it frustrating to save videos directly — particularly family clips, tutorials, or saved live streams you want to keep. With PullVid you only need the video link, available in the three-dot menu of any post, to get an MP4 at the original quality. The guides detail the process on Android, iPhone and desktop and explain how to find the video link in different versions of the Facebook app.
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getfvid: what it is and a cleaner alternative
What getfvid.com is, how it downloads Facebook videos, its ads and limitations (Facebook only, public content only), and why PullVid is a multi-platform alternative with no fake buttons.
How to Download a Facebook Video in HD (Maximum Quality)
How to get the best quality when downloading a Facebook video: why there's sometimes only SD, how to get the MP4 in HD, and what the real resolution ceiling is.
How to Download Facebook Videos on Mobile (Android and iPhone)
Download Facebook videos and Reels on your phone step by step. How to copy the link in the app on Android and iPhone and save the MP4 without installing apps.
Is it safe to download videos from Facebook?
The honest answer to whether downloading Facebook videos is safe and legal: where the real risk lies, what you can and can't download, and how to do it without viruses.
How to Download a Saved Live Stream (Facebook Live)
How to download a finished Facebook Live saved as a public video. Why you can't while it's streaming, and how to save the Live once it ends.
How to Download the Music or Audio from a Facebook Video
How to extract the audio or music from a Facebook video as MP3 step by step, by copying the link and using PullVid's Facebook to MP3 converter.
Can You Download Private or Closed-Group Facebook Videos?
The honest answer about downloading private or closed-group Facebook videos: why it isn't possible with any tool, and which Facebook videos you actually can save.
Why You Can't Download a Facebook Video and How to Fix It
The real reasons a Facebook video won't download — private or closed-group, deleted video, blocked for copyright — and how to fix each one.
fdown: what it is and a cleaner alternative
What fdown is, how it downloads public Facebook videos (Reels and Watch), its ads and limitations, and why PullVid is a cleaner alternative for downloading Facebook videos.
How to Copy a Facebook Video Link
How to copy the link to a Facebook video or Reel on mobile (Android and iPhone) and in your browser, to paste it into a downloader and save the video.
How to Download Facebook Reels
Guide to downloading Facebook Reels on mobile and PC, step by step, in HD and for free. Public content only, no apps, no sign-up required.
How to download Facebook videos
How to download Facebook videos: Watch, Reels and fb.watch links. Step-by-step guide to saving them in HD from mobile or desktop, free.