Pinterest Video Downloader

Pinterest Video Pins Are Beautiful — And Completely Impossible to Save Without a Tool

Pinterest is full of recipe tutorials, home decor ideas, DIY walkthroughs, fashion inspiration, and aesthetic video pins that you'd love to have as reference files. But Pinterest has zero native download functionality for videos — not even a "save to device" option, just saving to boards inside Pinterest. If you want the actual video file, you need an external downloader.

This Pinterest video downloader saves any public Pinterest video pin as an MP4 file. Works for standard video pins and video stories. Paste the pin URL and download. Here's how.

What You'll Need

• The Pinterest pin URL — a direct link to the video pin.
• A browser — desktop or mobile.

The pin must be public. Private boards and pins aren't accessible outside Pinterest.

How to Download Pinterest Videos: Step-by-Step

Step 1 — Find the Pinterest Video Pin

Open Pinterest and find the video pin you want to download. Navigate to the pin's individual page — click or tap the pin to open it in full view. Video pins have a play button overlay on them in the feed.

Step 2 — Copy the Pin URL

Pinterest app (iOS/Android): Tap the Share button on the pin and choose Copy Link. The URL looks like pinterest.com/pin/123456789/.

Desktop browser: Copy from the address bar when you have the pin open on its own page.

Pro tip: Pinterest URLs sometimes include tracking parameters (?utm_source=…) after the pin ID. These parameters don't affect our tool — paste the full URL and it'll work regardless.

Step 3 — Paste and Download

Paste the pin URL into the input box at the top of this page and click Download. The tool fetches the video from Pinterest's CDN and presents the download link.

Step 4 — Save the MP4

Click the download button and save the file to your device. Pinterest videos are typically 1080p MP4 files — the same dimensions as TikTok and Instagram Reels for vertical video pins.

What Pinterest Videos Are Best to Save

• Tutorials with multiple steps — cooking, DIY, crafts, makeup — where you want to pause and reference steps without being online.
• Aesthetic and mood board content — for creative projects where you're building a visual reference library.
• Before/after transformations — home renovation, fitness, design — for personal inspiration archives.
• Content from your own Pinterest account — a backup of your own pins if you ever lose access to your account.

Pro tip: Pinterest's video algorithm favors pins with high save rates. If you're a creator on Pinterest, studying which types of videos in your niche get the most saves is a direct signal about what content performs. Downloading competitor pins for analysis (not re-uploading) is a legitimate research workflow.

Final Thoughts

Pinterest is a visual search engine, and video content on it has a much longer shelf life than on TikTok or Instagram — pins can continue getting views for years after posting. If you find content worth keeping as a reference or want to back up your own creative work, download it now. Pinterest's board system doesn't survive account deletions or deactivations — your saved pins live on their servers, not yours.