Extension Privacy Policy
KlipJar — Instagram & Facebook Video Downloader (browser extension)
Applies to version 0.6.0 and later · Last updated 27 October 2026
The short version
The KlipJar extension has no accounts, no analytics and no tracking, and it never collects or sells personal information. Instagram and Facebook videos are found in your browser, with the session you are already signed in to. Only when that doesn’t work does the extension send only the link of the post you are viewing to klipjar.com so our server can try to find the public video file — the same thing that happens when you paste that link on klipjar.com.
What stays in your browser
- Instagram posts and Facebook videos are resolved from the page you are viewing, using the session you are already signed in to. From version 0.7.2, if the page hasn’t loaded the video’s data yet, the extension asks Facebook or Instagram for that one post directly, still with your own session in this browser. Media requests go only to Instagram, Facebook and their content-delivery networks.
- Combining separate video and audio tracks into one file happens locally in your browser.
- Your lists (the names you give them and the items you add to them) and a cached copy of our public settings file are stored locally in your browser and never leave your device. Uninstalling the extension removes them.
- Download marks (version 0.7.3). So the popup can tick the qualities you have already saved, the extension keeps a short record in your browser: the platform, the post’s id, which item and quality, the browser’s download number, whether it finished, and the date. It keeps no file links, page addresses or browsing history. It holds the last 200 downloads for up to 90 days and never leaves your device. “Clear download marks” at the bottom of the popup deletes it; your downloaded files are not touched. A tick means you saved that quality before; the file may since have been moved or deleted.
- The extension never asks for, reads, stores or transmits your password or login credentials, and it never sends your Instagram or Facebook cookies anywhere.
- From version 0.6.2, on klipjar.com only, the extension adds one marker to the page (its version number) so the site can show that it is already installed instead of asking you to install it again. From version 0.7.2 it also answers the look-up requests described below, and only those. It reads nothing else from klipjar.com’s pages.
What is sent to klipjar.com, and why
- Look-ups for the klipjar.com page you have open (version 0.7.2). When you paste a Facebook or Instagram link on klipjar.com and the site can’t see the post (some posts are shown only to signed-in people), the site asks the extension in the same browser to look the link up with your own session. The extension reads only that post and hands its file links back to that klipjar.com page; your cookies and session never leave the browser. The page then downloads the files from Facebook’s or Instagram’s servers; if your browser can’t read a Facebook file directly, it streams through klipjar.com and is not kept. The extension answers only klipjar.com, only for Facebook and Instagram links, and at most 30 times a minute. If the quick look-up doesn’t work, it may open the post in a background tab for a moment and close it again.
- Post link (fallback only). When a Facebook or Instagram post can’t be found in your browser, the extension sends that post’s public URL to
klipjar.com/api/extract. Our server looks up the publicly available video and returns its title, thumbnail and file links. Nothing else is sent: no cookies, no browsing history, no identifiers. If the lookup fails, the post’s address (tracking parameters removed) is kept for 14 days with the time, platform and error code, without your IP address, so we can fix the problem; links that work are not recorded.
- “Download with sound” for split streams. If you choose a quality that the platform stores as separate video and audio, the file may be fetched through
klipjar.com/api/download, which combines the two and streams the result straight to you. The file is not kept on our server.
- Links you choose to open in KlipJar. On a TikTok, X, Pinterest or Reddit page, or when you choose “Get” for a link saved in one of your lists, the extension opens klipjar.com in a new tab with that link filled in, exactly as if you had pasted it there yourself. Nothing is sent unless you click.
- Settings file. At most once every six hours the popup downloads
klipjar.com/promo.json, a small public file that can contain a “Support KlipJar” link and one partner offer. The request carries no cookies, no referrer and no information about you or the page you are on.
Like any website, klipjar.com’s server and our network provider (Cloudflare) briefly process your IP address to deliver these responses and to block abuse. We do not use it to identify or profile you, and we don’t store links that resolve. Failed links are kept for 14 days as described above, and our server also keeps daily counts per platform (numbers only). Details: website privacy policy.
Sponsored links
The popup may show one partner offer, always labelled “Sponsored · affiliate link”. If you click it and buy something, KlipJar may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The offer is plain text and a link — the extension does not track whether you click it, and it never changes the pages you visit or inserts links into other sites.
Permissions, and why
- Host access to instagram.com, facebook.com and their media CDNs — to read and save the media on the page you are viewing.
- Host access to klipjar.com — for the link lookup, the combined download, the settings file, the “installed” marker and the look-ups described above.
- downloads — to save the file you choose to your device, show its progress, let you pause, resume or cancel it, and open the folder it was saved to.
- storage — to keep your lists, your download marks and the cached settings file locally.
- tabs — to know which page you are on when you click the icon, so the popup can offer the right thing: downloads on Instagram and Facebook, a hand-off to klipjar.com on TikTok, X, Pinterest and Reddit, or a note on LinkedIn. The page address is not stored or sent unless you click. From version 0.7.2 it is also used, for a klipjar.com look-up that the quick method can’t answer, to open that post in a background tab for a moment and close it again.
- webRequest — to see (read-only) the media requests the page you are viewing already makes, so the real video file can be found. It never blocks or changes requests.
Not affiliated
KlipJar is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Instagram, Facebook, or Meta Platforms Inc. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Only download content you own or have the right to save.