Can you download Pinterest videos without an app?

Yes. A browser-based downloader like this one needs nothing installed. Paste the pin link, choose a quality and the MP4 saves through your normal browser download, on any operating system.

How do I save a Pinterest video to my iPhone camera roll?

Download it in Safari first. It goes to the Files app under Downloads. Open Files, tap the video, tap the share icon and choose Save Video, and it moves into Photos.

Does Pinterest notify the creator when I download their pin?

No. Pinterest does not tell a creator who saved their content, and this tool sends nothing back to your account because it never touches your account at all.

Why does the Pinterest app have no download button?

Pinterest wants engagement to happen inside the app and does not want media leaving the platform freely, so no save option is offered for other people’s pins. Your own uploads are the only content it lets you retrieve, and only in some regions.

Is a screen recording as good as downloading?

No. A screen recording is limited to your screen’s resolution and frame rate, captures interface elements, and re-encodes the video a second time. Downloading the source MP4 gives you the file exactly as it was uploaded.

How to download Pinterest videos on any device

Last updated 31 August 2026 · 6 min read

Pinterest gives you no save button, so every method below is really a variation on one idea: get at the MP4 file the player is streaming. Here is how to do that properly on each platform, what quality you should expect, and which shortcuts are a waste of time.

The short version

Open the pin. Tap the video pin in the Pinterest app or open it on the web so it fills the screen.
Copy its link. Tap the share arrow and choose Copy link, or copy the pinterest.com/pin/ URL from your browser address bar.
Paste it into the downloader. Return to this page and paste the link into the download box, then press Download.
Pick a resolution. Every MP4 rendition the pin has is listed, best first. Tap the one you want.
Find the saved file. Android and desktop save to Downloads. On iPhone the file lands in the Files app, from where you can move it into Photos.

On Android

Open the pin in the Pinterest app, tap the share arrow and choose Copy link. You will get a pin.it short link, which is fine. Switch to Chrome, open this page, paste and download. Chrome writes the MP4 into Internal storage/Download, and your Gallery picks it up within a few seconds.

If the file does not appear in Gallery, open the Files app and look under Downloads. Some Android skins index the Download folder lazily and a reboot or a pull-to-refresh in Gallery sorts it out.

On iPhone and iPad

iOS is the fiddly one, because Safari saves downloads to the Files app rather than to Photos. Copy the pin link, paste it here, tap your chosen quality, and confirm the download prompt. Then open Files → Downloads, tap the MP4, tap the share icon and choose Save Video. It now appears in Photos like any other clip.

If nothing seems to happen when you tap download, check Settings → Safari → Downloads and make sure a destination is set.

On Windows and macOS

Copy the URL straight from the browser address bar while the pin is open, paste it into the box above and pick a resolution. The MP4 lands in your Downloads folder and plays in QuickTime, VLC, the Windows player and every editor worth using.

What quality can you actually get?

Pinterest stores each video pin in a small ladder of renditions, typically around 240p, 480p and 720p, with newer uploads sometimes going higher. The ladder is built from what the creator uploaded, so a pin sourced from a low-resolution clip has no high-resolution version anywhere. No tool, including this one, can add detail that was never uploaded.

The practical rule: take the largest option offered. It is always the closest thing to the original that exists.

Methods that are not worth your time

Screen recording. Caps you at your screen resolution, re-encodes the video a second time, and usually catches a status bar or a stray tap.
Browser extensions. Many ask for permission to read every page you visit, which is a heavy price for a save button.
APK downloaders from forums. Unsigned installers from anonymous uploads are a genuinely bad idea on a phone that holds your banking apps.
Inspect element. It technically works on desktop, but Pinterest feeds the player a rendition list rather than a plain file link, so you will spend ten minutes finding what a paste takes five seconds to give you.

Staying on the right side of copyright

Downloading for personal, offline viewing is normal use. The moment you republish, monetise or pass off someone else’s pin as your own, you are infringing whether or not the download itself was easy. Creators keep their rights when they pin. Credit them, link back, and ask before commercial use.