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Pinterest Video Quality Explained

Pinterest hosts video pins at several different resolutions, and which ones you'll actually see depends entirely on the individual pin. The full range runs from 360p up through 480p, 720p HD, 1080p Full HD, and, for some pins, 4K.

4K is the exception rather than the rule. It only shows up as an option when the person who originally uploaded the pin exported it in 4K to begin with. Pinterest doesn't generate a 4K version from a lower-resolution upload, and PinterestVid can't either — there's no way to add detail that was never captured in the first place. If a pin was only ever uploaded at 1080p, that's genuinely the best version that exists anywhere, and it's what shows up as the top option.

Once you paste a pin link, PinterestVid checks what Pinterest actually has stored for that specific video and lists every resolution available, from lowest to highest. You pick whichever one suits what you need. There's no guessing involved, since only real, working options are ever shown.

It helps to have a rough sense of file size before choosing. A short clip at 360p might only be a few megabytes, while the same clip at 1080p can easily be five to ten times larger, and 4K larger still. If you're saving something for a quick reference or a small screen, a lower resolution is often plenty and downloads noticeably faster. If you want the sharpest possible result for a bigger display, the highest quality listed is worth the extra size.

Not every pin offers the full range, either. Older uploads, shorter clips, and videos from accounts that don't upload in high resolution to begin with often only have one or two quality options — sometimes just a single one. That isn't a limitation of the tool; it simply reflects what Pinterest itself is storing for that particular pin.

Pinterest Video Downloader

PinterestVid is a free Pinterest video downloader that saves public Pinterest videos, images, and GIFs straight to your device. Paste any pin link — or a pin.it short link — into the box above, and the Pinterest video downloader fetches the file automatically in seconds, offering every quality Pinterest hosts for that pin, up to Full HD or 4K when it's available. There's nothing to install and nothing to sign up for; it works entirely inside your browser, on desktop or mobile, and the file you get is the original one Pinterest is already hosting, with no watermark added.

Using it on iPhone: open the pin in the Pinterest app or Safari, tap the Share icon, and choose Copy Link. Open PinterestVid in Safari, paste the link into the box, and tap Download. Depending on what you're saving, the file lands in your Photos app or Files app — no separate Pinterest video downloader app or App Store install needed.

Using it on Android: tap Share on the pin inside the Pinterest app and select Copy Link. Open PinterestVid in Chrome or any Android browser, paste the link, and tap Download. Saved files go straight to your Downloads folder, and the Pinterest video downloader works the same way whether you're on a phone or a tablet.

The process is identical on desktop: copy the pin link from Pinterest, paste it into PinterestVid, choose a quality if one's offered, and download. As a browser-based Pinterest video downloader, there's no extension, login, or subscription involved at any point — just paste a link and save the file. The same tool also handles GIF and image pins the same way, so you don't need a separate site for each type of content.