---
title: How To Download Your Facebook Look Back Video
date: 2014-02-05 10:26:28
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/02/05/how-to-download-your-facebook-look-back-video/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
- Blog
tags:
- download
- Facebook
- tutorial
- video
---
I am using [Google Chrome](https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/) to download my own Facebook’s Look Back video.
- Open link [facebook.com/lookback](https://www.facebook.com/lookback).
- Press Ctrl + Shift + J (Windows) or Cmd + Opt + J (Mac) to open the console.
- Copy the code from below and paste into console then press enter. ```
var xmlhttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else {
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
ss = xmlhttp.responseText.split('[["params","')[1].split('"],["width","960"]')[0];
var x = ss;
var r = /\\u([\d\w]{4})/gi;
x = x.replace(r, function (match, grp) {return String.fromCharCode(parseInt(grp, 16)); });
x = unescape(x);
console.log(JSON.parse(x).video_data[0].hd_src);
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", "/lookback", true);
xmlhttp.send();
```
- Wait for a few seconds and it will gives you the video link for download.
- Right click on the link (as shown in the step 2 screenshot) and choose Save Link As.
- The video will be saved in a mp4 format.
Check out the screenshots below, if you are unsure.
[](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2820/12312805205_2cb806b327_o.png "Facebook A Look Back Video - Step 1")
[](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/12313236864_01d6161d57_o.png "Facebook A Look Back Video - Step 2")
Credits to [Akshat Mittal](https://facebook.com/itsreallyakshat)‘s [Simple JS Script to get Video URL from Facebook’s Look Back](https://gist.github.com/akshatmittal/8802537).
Related: [How To Edit Your Facebook Look Back Video](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/02/07/how-to-edit-your-facebook-look-back-video/)