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Facebook video downloader

Paste a public Facebook link. Save the video as MP4.

Press Ctrl V to paste, or drag a link in. Enter starts it.

MediaDocks downloads Facebook videos and reels that are genuinely public, at the resolutions Facebook publishes, and can pull the audio out as MP3. Facebook keeps a large share of its content behind a login, so this page is explicit about which links work and which will report as unavailable.

Public videos download; login-walled ones cannot. When a Facebook video is visible to anyone without signing in, MediaDocks reads its published streams and saves the file. When the post is limited to friends, a private group, or is a story, no public stream exists — that link reports as unavailable rather than producing a broken file. MediaDocks does not sign in or use cookies to get around it.

Public posts only. MediaDocks does not sign in or bypass private accounts, age gates, paywalls or DRM, and bulk channel extraction is not supported. Saving a file grants you no rights you did not already hold — make sure you own the content, hold a licence, or have permission. See our copyright policy for what is and is not permitted.

Scope

What a Facebook link gives you

Checked against live public links, not guessed.

You get

  • Public videos and reels as MP4 at the published resolutions
  • Audio extracted as MP3, or the original track
  • Title and reaction summary as published on the page
  • A clear unavailable state for anything behind a login

What it will not do

  • Friends-only posts, private groups and stories cannot be read without an account
  • Some public videos still withhold their streams to signed-out visitors
  • Dead fb.watch links report that the link is no longer available
  • Single downloads are capped at 500 MB

Step by step

How to use the Facebook downloader

  1. 1

    Copy the Facebook link

    Use the share menu on the video and choose Copy link.

  2. 2

    Paste it above

    fb.watch short links are expanded through validated redirects first.

  3. 3

    Pick a format and save

    Choose the MP4 rendition you want, or switch to audio for MP3, then press Download.

In detail

What you can download from Facebook

The same field handles every kind of Facebook link. Here is what each one returns.

Facebook video downloader

Paste a facebook.com/watch or /videos/ link and the published MP4 renditions are listed for you to choose from. This works for videos that are genuinely public — anything limited to friends or a private group has no public stream to read.

Facebook reel downloader

Reel links (/reel/) resolve the same way as Watch videos, returning the MP4 with its audio intact. The title and reaction summary Facebook publishes on the page come back alongside it.

fb.watch link downloader

Short fb.watch links are expanded through validated redirects before anything is fetched, then read as the underlying video page. If the target has been removed, you get a clear "no longer available" message instead of a silent failure.

Facebook video to MP3

Public Facebook videos also offer audio-only output, as MP3 at a bitrate you pick or as the original track. The video streams are never downloaded when you choose audio, so it finishes considerably faster.

Link formats

Supported Facebook links

Any of these shapes works, with or without tracking parameters.

  • https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=VIDEO_ID
  • https://www.facebook.com/PAGE/videos/VIDEO_ID
  • https://www.facebook.com/reel/REEL_ID
  • https://fb.watch/SHORT_CODE/

FAQ

Facebook questions

Straight answers, including where the limits are.

Can I download Facebook videos as MP4?
Yes, when the video is genuinely public. MediaDocks reads the streams Facebook publishes to signed-out visitors and saves the file directly.
Why does my Facebook link say it is unavailable?
Almost always because the post is not fully public — friends-only posts, private groups and stories have no publicly published stream. MediaDocks will not sign in or use cookies to reach them.
Can I get just the audio from a Facebook video?
Yes. Public videos offer an audio-only option, including MP3, alongside the video renditions.
Do fb.watch short links work?
Yes, they are expanded to the real page first. If the target is gone, you get a clear "no longer available" message.

A Facebook link not working?

The diagnostic lookup covers every error message — expired links, missing resolutions, login walls, size caps and slow muxing — with the cause and the fix for each.

Open troubleshooting

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Got a link? That is the entire setup.

No account required, no software installation, no hidden limits. Paste a public media link and pick the resolution you want.