How to Download Video from Website [15 Ways]

Did you know that there is a little-known browser trick that you might be able to use? If you are exploring how to rip a video from websites but you don’t necessarily want to download anything, most browsers allow you to check the code of the site to see where the media is located. You can then use this to save the video directly from the site like you would grab an image file.

Step 1: Load the web page with the video you want to download.

Step 2: Right-click and then choose Inspect Element next to the video player on the app.

Step 3: Check if there is a link directly to the media file. This will be a URL with a file type at the end, for instance, /mycatvideo.mp4.

Step 4: Right-click on this file and then select Save As. You will have the choice to download this to your hard drive.

The code that comes up when you click on Inspect Element can be a bit intimidating. If you aren’t confident with code, then you might be wondering what any of it means, but all you need to do is find the video link within.

If you want to approach this in another way, you can click anywhere on the page and right-click before selecting View Page Source in your browser. This will show the hard code of the website, and you can then use this to find the link to any video that has been embedded.