How to download a LinkedIn video, the ways LinkedIn allows

The short answer

• Your own video: keep the original file you uploaded, or request a copy of your data from LinkedIn.
• Someone else's video: ask the person who posted it to send you the file.
• Just want to watch it later: use LinkedIn's own Save option on the post.
• A LinkedIn Learning course: use the download button inside the LinkedIn Learning app.

Websites and extensions that grab LinkedIn videos from a pasted link exist, but they work against LinkedIn's terms. The rest of this guide explains each allowed route step by step.

Why KlipJar does not download LinkedIn videos

Technically it would be easy. A public LinkedIn post page contains the address of its video file. The problem is permission.

LinkedIn's robots.txt, the file that tells automated tools what they may do, opens with a notice that automated access without LinkedIn's express permission is “strictly prohibited”. LinkedIn's User Agreement goes further: it lists using software, scripts, crawlers or browser plugins and add-ons to scrape or copy the service among the things members agree not to do.

KlipJar only works with platforms where a logged-out visitor's public page is fair to read, and we would rather tell you that plainly than run a tool that breaks LinkedIn's rules on your behalf. If you paste a LinkedIn link into KlipJar, it explains this and links here.

Your own video: start with the original file

If you posted the video, the simplest copy is the one you uploaded. Check where it came from:

• Recorded on your phone: it is in Photos (iPhone) or Gallery / Google Photos (Android).
• Exported from an editor such as CapCut, iMovie, Premiere or Canva: look in that app's projects or exports, or in your Downloads folder.
• Made by a colleague or agency: ask them for the final export. It is usually better quality than anything you could pull back off LinkedIn, because LinkedIn compresses uploads.

Your own video: ask LinkedIn for a copy of your data

LinkedIn lets every member download a copy of their account data. On the website:

1. Click Me at the top of the page, then Settings & Privacy.
2. Open Data privacy.
3. Click Get a copy of your data.
4. Choose the larger data archive if you want everything, then click Request archive and confirm with your password.
5. LinkedIn emails you when the file is ready. A smaller selection is usually ready within minutes; the full archive can take up to a day.

The archive is mostly account information: profile, connections, messages and activity. Check what it contains for the media you posted before you rely on it; if a video you need is missing, your original file is the better source.

Someone else's video: ask the creator

This is the route that respects the person who made it, and it gets you the best quality. A short message works:

“Hi, I liked your video about [topic]. Could you send me the file? I'd like to [show it to my team / use it in a training session], and I'll credit you.”

Most people say yes, especially when you tell them how you will use it and promise credit. If you want to share it publicly, ask for permission in writing: the creator owns the video, and downloading does not change that.

Keep it for later without downloading: Save the post

If you only want to find the video again, LinkedIn's Save option does that without copying anything:

1. Tap or click the three dots (⋯) at the top right of the post.
2. Choose Save.
3. To find it later, open your profile menu and go to My items, then Saved posts.

You can also copy the post link and keep it in your notes. LinkedIn short links (lnkd.in/...) simply open the post on linkedin.com.

LinkedIn Learning courses

Courses work differently. The LinkedIn Learning app has its own download button for watching offline, for example on a flight. Those downloads stay inside the app and are tied to your subscription, which is the arrangement the course authors agreed to.

Troubleshooting

• A site asks for your LinkedIn email and password before it will download anything: close it. Never type your LinkedIn password anywhere except linkedin.com or the LinkedIn app. Our guide on how to spot a fake video downloader site covers the other warning signs.
• A browser extension wants to “read and change all your data on linkedin.com”: think twice. LinkedIn's terms name browser plugins that copy content, and LinkedIn can restrict accounts that break its terms.
• The creator does not reply: save the post with LinkedIn's Save option and watch it there.
• You need a video from TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, Pinterest or Reddit instead: those KlipJar can help with, for public posts. See how KlipJar works.

What KlipJar can do

KlipJar saves public videos from TikTok, Instagram, X (Twitter), Facebook, Pinterest and Reddit: paste a link at klipjar.com and pick a quality. On iPhone it can also save straight to your Photos. It does not support LinkedIn or YouTube.

Sources: LinkedIn robots.txt (linkedin.com/robots.txt); LinkedIn User Agreement, section “Don'ts” (linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement); LinkedIn Help, “Download your account data”. Checked on 7 October 2026.