By You watched a video on LinkedIn and you want the file. Maybe it's your own post and the original is gone, maybe it's a talk you want to rewatch on a flight, maybe you're studying what works before filming your own. Whatever the reason, you've hit the same wall everyone hits: LinkedIn has no download button for feed videos. That gap is exactly what a LinkedIn video downloader fills, and this guide covers how these tools work, how to save a video from desktop or mobile, and the part most tool pages skip entirely: what LinkedIn's own rules and copyright law say about doing it.
What a LinkedIn video downloader is
A LinkedIn video downloader is a web tool that takes the URL of a public LinkedIn post and saves its video to your device as an MP4 file. Because LinkedIn offers no native download option for feed videos, these tools retrieve the same video file LinkedIn already streams to your browser and hand it to you directly.
Most work the same way:
- Open the LinkedIn post, click the three dots in the top-right corner, and choose Copy link to post.
- Paste that link into the downloader's input field.
- Click download and save the MP4.
No signup is typically required, and the whole thing takes under a minute. The catch isn't technical. It's that downloading someone else's content sits in murky territory with LinkedIn's terms and with copyright law, which we'll get to below.
Why LinkedIn doesn't offer this itself
LinkedIn's help documentation covers offline downloads only for LinkedIn Learning courses in the mobile app. For regular feed videos, there is no official save option on any platform. That's a deliberate choice, not an oversight: video has become one of LinkedIn's most important formats, with the company reporting that video uploads grew over 20% in fiscal year 2025, and LinkedIn wants that content watched inside the feed, where it drives engagement and ad revenue.
What the fine print says: LinkedIn's User Agreement (Section 8.2, the "Don'ts") prohibits using tools to "scrape or copy the Services" and tells members not to "copy, use, display or distribute any information (including content) obtained from the Services" without permission. Third-party downloaders operate outside LinkedIn, but what you do with the file is on you.
How to download a LinkedIn video, step by step
On desktop (Mac or Windows)
- Find the post with the video. It must be public โ downloaders can't access videos shared only with someone's connections.
- Click the three-dot menu on the post and select Copy link to post.
- Paste the URL into an online LinkedIn video downloader and start the download.
- The MP4 lands in your Downloads folder. Check that audio and video both came through before you close the tab.
On iPhone or Android
The process is nearly identical because these tools run in the browser rather than as apps:
- In the LinkedIn app, tap the three dots on the post and choose Copy link to post.
- Open Safari or Chrome, go to a downloader site, and paste the link.
- Download the file. On iPhone it saves to the Files app (from there you can move it to Photos); on Android it goes to your Downloads folder.
Downloading your own videos
If it's your video, the cleanest source is the original file you uploaded. Keep your masters organized, because a downloaded copy will always be a compressed version of what you filmed. If the original is truly gone, running your own post through a downloader recovers a usable copy, and since the content is yours, none of the permission questions below apply.
Four methods compared
| Method | Works on | Account risk | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online downloader (paste URL) | Any device with a browser | Low โ runs outside your LinkedIn session | Whatever resolution LinkedIn serves |
| Browser extension | Desktop only | Higher โ runs inside your logged-in session, and LinkedIn restricts accounts that use prohibited extensions | Same as online tools |
| Screen recording (built into iOS, Android, macOS, Windows) | Any device | None | Playback resolution; captures UI unless you fullscreen |
| Ask the creator for the file | Anywhere | None | Original quality โ the only method that can beat LinkedIn's compression |
Online tools are the practical default. Extensions are the one category worth avoiding: anything that operates inside your logged-in session is visible to LinkedIn in a way a separate website is not.
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Is downloading LinkedIn videos legal?
Two separate questions get mixed up here. The first is LinkedIn's User Agreement, covered above: redistributing content outside LinkedIn's own sharing features without permission is against the terms you agreed to, and the realistic penalty is account restriction. The second is copyright law, which exists whether or not you have a LinkedIn account. The person who made the video owns it. Downloading a copy to watch privately is very different from re-uploading it to your company page.
In the United States, limited reuse without permission can qualify as fair use, which courts evaluate through four factors defined by the U.S. Copyright Office: the purpose of the use, the nature of the work, how much you took, and the effect on the work's market value. Commentary and research lean toward fair use. Reposting someone's video as your own content does not.
The 30-second rule of thumb: downloading for private viewing or research is low-risk. Republishing anywhere requires the creator's permission. On LinkedIn, most creators say yes to a polite DM asking to share their video with credit, and that DM often starts a useful relationship.
The truth about "HD" and "4K" downloaders
Many tools advertise HD or 4K downloads. Here's the constraint none of them can escape: a downloader can only give you the file LinkedIn serves to browsers, and LinkedIn compresses every upload for streaming. If the version playing in the feed is 720p, no downloader on earth produces a 4K file from it. "HD download" means "the best version LinkedIn streams," nothing more. The only way to get original quality is to get the original file from whoever made it.
If you're saving videos for sales or marketing research
A lot of people searching for a LinkedIn video downloader aren't collectors. They're B2B marketers and sellers building a swipe file: what hooks work, how competitors pitch, which formats their buyers engage with. Downloading videos is one way to study that. Watching who engages with those videos is usually more valuable, because the commenters on a competitor's video are warm prospects announcing themselves in public.
That's the workflow Linkdify is built for: it monitors engagement signals on LinkedIn posts, turns commenters into lead lists, and runs personalized outreach from your team's accounts. If your interest in LinkedIn video is really an interest in the pipeline behind it, start there instead of a folder of MP4s. And if you're evaluating the broader tooling landscape, our guide to the best LinkedIn automation tools covers what's safe to run and what gets accounts flagged.
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Frequently asked questions
Does LinkedIn have an official video download button?
No. LinkedIn's help documentation offers offline downloads only for LinkedIn Learning courses in the mobile app. Regular feed videos have no native save option on desktop or mobile, which is why third-party downloaders exist.
Can I download a LinkedIn video without an account?
Usually, yes. Online downloaders work with the post URL alone, so as long as the post is public you don't need to be logged in. Videos shared with limited visibility can't be fetched this way.
Are Chrome extension downloaders safe?
They carry more risk than web-based tools. Extensions run inside your logged-in LinkedIn session, and LinkedIn's policy on prohibited software allows it to restrict accounts using extensions that scrape or copy data. A separate downloader website never touches your session.
Is it legal to repost a downloaded LinkedIn video?
Not without permission. The creator owns the copyright, and LinkedIn's User Agreement separately prohibits distributing members' content outside the platform's sharing features. Ask the creator first; most agree when you offer credit.
Can I download LinkedIn videos in 4K?
Only if LinkedIn serves the video at that resolution, which depends on the original upload and LinkedIn's compression. A downloader can never produce a sharper file than the version streaming in the feed, regardless of what its marketing says.