Can you download a private Facebook video?

No — and the reason is simple

A private video is one Facebook will not show to anyone who is not signed in. This tool never signs in, never asks for your password and cannot use your account.

Reading a private video would require being logged in as you. Any tool that offers to do it is asking for your credentials — and a Facebook password does not belong in a download box, whoever is asking.

What counts as private

In practice, the test is not the audience label but behaviour. A video is out of reach if any of these is true:

• Opening its link in a browser where you are signed out shows a login prompt instead of the video.
• It lives in a closed group, or on a profile you cannot see when signed out.
• It was shared with a limited audience — “Only me”, or a friends list you are not on. The audience setting is what blocks it, not the video itself.

What actually works

There are only two honest routes, and both involve permission rather than technique:

Ask the poster to change the video's audience to Public. Once it is public, it can be downloaded here like any other public video.

If the video is your own, sign in to Facebook and use your own account to reach it. You do not need a third-party tool for content you already control.

What this tool does do

It reads publicly available video pages and Reels and shows you the files the source publishes, with real resolution, format, audio status and file size. If a video is private the page tells you exactly that, in plain words, instead of failing silently or pretending to try.

An honest refusal is the feature here, not a limitation to be worked around.

Frequently asked questions

Is there any way at all to download a private video?

Not without permission. Either the poster makes it public, or you use your own account for a video you own.

Will this tool ask for my Facebook password?

Never. It does not sign in at all, and it has no mechanism to accept credentials.

Why do other sites say they can?

Because the claim draws traffic. A tool cannot read a private video without being logged in as someone who can see it — so treat the claim as the warning sign it is.