Can't find a downloaded video? Where it goes and how to get it into your gallery

Works on any phone or computer. No app, no account.

Copy the link from the site you're watching, paste it above, pick a quality. On Pornhub, GIFs, photos and albums work as well.

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The download finished, but the video isn't in your gallery? That's normal: browsers save files to a downloads folder, not to your photos. Here's where to find it and how to move it.

iPhone and iPad

  • Safari saves to the Files app, in On My iPhone → Downloads (or iCloud Drive → Downloads). Open Files, tap Recents, and the video is at the top.
  • Chrome on iPhone asks what to do with the file: choose Save to Files, or Open in… and then Save Video.
  • To put it in Photos: open the video in Files, tap Share and choose Save Video.

If nothing happens when you tap a quality, you are probably inside another app's browser (Telegram, X, Reddit). Tap Open in Safari first. Full iPhone guide.

Android

  • Chrome, Samsung Internet, Opera and Firefox save to the Download folder. Open the Files app (My Files on Samsung) and tap Downloads.
  • Most gallery apps show videos from the Download folder by themselves. If yours doesn't, open the video in Files, tap ⋮, choose Move to and pick the Movies folder.
  • Chrome also keeps a list: tap ⋮ → Downloads.

Full Android guide.

Windows and Mac

Downloads go to the Downloads folder. Press Ctrl + J in most browsers (⌥ + ⌘ + L in Safari) to see the list. Full computer guide.

Keeping them out of your main gallery

If you'd rather they didn't sit among your photos, keep them somewhere locked: the Hidden album on iPhone, Secure Folder on Samsung, or Safe folder in Google's Files app. How to keep downloaded videos private.

If the video won't play

  • Still downloading? A half-finished file won't open. Check the download list first.
  • A very big file? 4K videos can be several gigabytes, and older phones may not play them smoothly. Download 1080p or 720p instead.
  • A message about the format? Install the free VLC player: it plays every file PornClipSaver gives you.

Still nothing? Paste the link into the box at the top of this page and download the video once more.

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