what is Facebook reels?
What are Reels on Facebook? Reels are fun and inspiring short videos consisting of music, audio, AR effects, text overlays, and more, and you can now create them on the Facebook app on your mobile device!
You might have noticed the ‘Reels and Short Videos’ section while scrolling through your Facebook News Feed. Perhaps, people who love watching short funny videos often like to download Facebook reels that they find interesting enough. Downloading Reels comes in handy if you want to watch a reel later outside of the Facebook app or share the reel video to your story. Whatever your use case may be, neither Instagram nor Facebook offers no official way to download someone else’s reels to the gallery.
So, how can I download reels video from Facebook? Thankfully, there are several video downloading services that you can use to download Facebook reels video online by link. Let’s find out how.
How to download Facebook Reels video
Go to the “Reels” section in the Facebook app and find the reel you want to download. To find reels posted by you, tap your profile at the top-right corner and view the ‘My Reels’ tab.
Select “Copy link”.
Visit an online video downloader website like fdown.net (or use the one you prefer).
- Paste the link in the Facebook Video Link field and hit “Download”.
Long-press the ‘Download Video in HD Quality” link and select ‘Download Linked File’ to save the reel.
- After downloading is over, open the Files app and navigate to “Downloads”.
- Open the reel file that you downloaded and tap the “Share” button.
Tap “Save Video” to save the Facebook reel video to the Photos app
Easy way to download your own Reels from Facebook
many people know that the Facebook app has an erected-in option to download your own Rolls videotape. The only strike is that rolls downloaded using this system are saved without music if they use audio from Facebook or Instagram music library. Still, rolls with original audio will be saved to your camera roll with music.
Follow the below way to download your rolls from Facebook.
- Open the Menu tab in the Facebook app and tap the “ Reels” roadway.
- Tap your Facebook profile picture in the upper-right corner.
Under ‘My Reels, open the reels video tape you want to download
. Tap the ellipsis button (3- fleck icon) in the lower-right corner.
Elect the “ Download reels ” optionThat’s it. The role will now be on your phone’s original storehouse and you can view it in the gallery or Prints app.

Tasawar Akram is A Freelancer and Social Media Guru