How to Download VK Videos in 4K/1080P HD Quality Easily

VK, short for VKontakte, is the most popular media websites in Russia, especially prevailing in the young people. Similar to other social sites, VK provides a significant platform that allows users to share everything in video, audio or image format. It covers countless videos and categorizes them into specific topics, which is an important approach to learn Russian trends or culture. If you want to know how to download VK videos, welcome to keep on reading this article, it provides 4 proven and awesome methods to extract high-quality videos effortlessly.

 

Part 1. Download VK Videos with the Best Video Downloader for Different Platforms (Computer and Mobile)

#1. On Computer (Mac and Windows)

Cisdem Video Converter is the best 4K VK video downloader for Mac and Windows, allowing people to relish the videos smoothly in crystal quality. Also, it matches with an accelerated engine to batch process files simultaneously and quickly. Except for vk.com, it can download videos from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other 1000+ websites with the simple URL.

Since it is prowess for conversion, it can save and convert the video to any video or audio format that you want. Furthermore, it provides various editing features for you to customized the downloaded videos in the app. Although it is a multipurpose program, don’t worry, it is designed with a pretty simple and intuitive interface for people to master the app in seconds.

Steps:

1. Get the app

Download and install the latest version of it base on your computer.

Free Download macOS 10.12 or later    Free Download Windows 11/10/8/7

Launch it, enter into the Download interface by clicking tab on the top.

2. Copy the URL from vk.com

Visit vk.com via a browser, open a video that you wish to save. Right-click on the playing video, choose “Copy video link” option from the appearing dialogue.

3. Paste and analyze the URL

Back to Cisdem, paste the copied URL into the bottom blank field for adding URLs, and then click “+” to parse output the contained video. Note: because it supports batch processing videos, you can repeat the copy-n-paste process to add more desired videos for downloading.

4. Choose video quality (Optional)

Click the “Format” button on the video thumbnail to choose a suitable output resolution that you want. However, the higher the video resolution, the slower the download speed.

5. Download VK videos to MP4

Tap on “Download” icon on the bottom right corner to start to download all videos at once. Once finished, tick out “checkmark” icon to find them on your local folder.

Bonus tip: how to convert VK videos to MP3 or other formats you want

1. Click “Convert” tab on the top to switch to the interface for converting.
2. Drag-n-drop the just downloaded VK videos to the program.
3. Click the drop-down icon of “Convert all tasks to” button and then click “General audio > MP3 audio” on the popped-up window. Also, you can choose other format as your want.
4. If needed, click the “gearwheel” icon next to the selected format option, which pops up a small window for your to change the encoding parameters.
5. When done, click “Convert” icon to get the new files instantly.
   

#2. On Android

Videoder is a great video downloader for Android that supports downloading videos from 50+ websites, including VK, TikTok, Twitter, Rutube, etc. Due to the built-in browser, it can access to the according sites directly. And it can download videos in 4K if the websites supports. Besides, it provides a batch-processing feature to handle multiple downloads at once. Although it is free, it contains ads. If you want to get rid of ads, you can upgrade to its premium version.

Steps:

1. Download Videoder from its official website to your Android.
2. Open it, visit vk.com by using the built-in browser.
   
3. Choose the video that you hope to download.
4. Click the white arrow on top of the video, then it will pop up the download interface for you to choose the video format, quality and destination.
5. Once done, tap on “START DOWNLOAD” to begin to download video from VK on Android.

 

#3. On iPhone

But for iPhone users, we always highly recommend to use Documents by Readdle, which can fix you issue on downloading any videos from any websites because it is designed with a built-in browser that allows you to access to any media websites and online downloader services without limitation.

Steps:

1. Get the APP on your iPhone.
2. Open it, click the Compass icon and then search for a trustworthy online VK video downloader , such as https://givefastlink.com/allvideoc/.
   
3. Then go to the VK app or website to copy a video link.
4. Back to Documents by Readdle, paste the link into the blank field for adding URL, and tap on “Download” button to parse out the video.
5. After analyzing, it will show you multiple download options with different quality.
6. Tap on the highest quality one to start to download the video. Upon downloading, you can view the video in “Documents” section.

 

Part 2. Download VK Videos Online Without Installing Software

#1. Using Excellent Browser Extensions/Add-ons

If you don’t want to install extra third-party software to your computer, plenty of related browser extensions are produced for people to grab videos offline in high quality. In fact, most of them can only download VK in several clips or cannot read the video data as they claimed.

However, after undergoing strictly testings from a bulk of extensions, we finally got a truly workable VK video downloader for Chrome and Firefox respectively. For your convenience, we will illustrate them below in details.

On Chrome

Downloader-VK Media Saver is a superior free Chrome extension dedicated on downloading videos from VK website. It is pretty easy to get in hands for everyone, and provides different quality options from 240P to 1080P for people to choose. But admittedly, you are supposed to seek for another extension if want videos from other websites.

Steps:

1. Open Google Chrome on your computer, and install Downloader - VK Media Saver in the chrome web store by clicking “Add to Chrome > Add extension”.
   
2. Switch to open VK site, and open any video that you want to save.
3. Simultaneously, the download options will be showed on the bottom of the playing video. Click on the option with your desired resolution to start VK video download.
   

 

On Firefox

As for VK video downloader Firefox add-on, it is strongly recommended to use SaveFrom.net Helper, which capable of downloading VK videos in HD quality in one click. In addition to vk.com, it can also download videos from other 40+ mainstream websites, such as YouTube, Facebook, SoundCloud, and so on.

Steps:

1. Open Firefox browser, and install SaveFrom.net Helper as your add-on easily.
   
2. Then, access to vk.com in a new tab, and open the target video based on your mind.
3. You’ll see a Download icon below the video, click on it.
   
4. Wait for a while, a new small window with download options will pop up later. In this case, click on “MP4 1080 HD” to start to download video from VK online and free.
   

 

#2. Using an Online Video Downloader

When it comes to download VK videos online without installing entity software on your computer, using a useful online VK video downloader is also an effective method to get VK videos offline. Viddwnloader.online is a simple yet powerful all-in-one online tool, helping you download videos from 50+ common-used websites effortlessly and safely, including VK naturally.

For downloading, it ensures people to download videos from VK up to 1080P resolution for free, even the long videos, providing an HD visual enjoyment for the public. However, it can only download videos one by one without extra decoration features.

Steps:

1. Open any browser on your computer, and visit https://viddownloader.online/vk-video-downloader/.
2. Visit vk.com in a new tab, open the desired video and copy its link address.
3. Back to the online tool, paste the copied link into the blank box.
   
4. Click “Download” to start to analyze.
5. After a while, it will show you multiple download options from 240P to 1080P in MP4 format. Choose the preferred one to save it to your local device.
   

 

Part 3. Download VK Videos Directly without any Tool

#1. On Computer: Using Page Source Elements

To be frank, downloading VK videos with no help of third-party software or tool on computer is a bit more complicated than other ways. And the download speed is slow, and also easily affected by the connected internet. What’s worse, it is possible to fail to get the videos sometimes for uncertain reason. If so, you’d better ask help for other methods without hesitation.

Steps:

1. Open a VK music or video on your browser.
2. Press F12 on your keyboard to call up for the page source information.
3. Click “Network > Media” to wait for the containing file. If it doesn’t appear, you can refresh the page.
4. Right-click on the file and choose “Open in new tab” option to start the downloading task.
   

 

#2. On Mobile: Using VK Official APP

Since there is a VK official APP on mobile, it will be much easier for people to grab the videos directly. Below are the steps for your reference.

1. Get the application on your phone, open it and sign in it by registering an account with your phone number.
2. Go to the video that you want to save, and open it.
3. Move to the bottom right corner of the video, touch on the “Download” icon. After completing, press on “Videos > My > Downloaded” to find the just downloaded video.
   

 

Additional Method: Using VK Video Download Bots

Nowadays, Telegram bots are perceive in many fields, including downloading videos or songs from media websites. To do so, you have to download Telegram application and log in with your account at first. Then, you can look for the according bot and contact it with the artist or the video name from VK. Later, the bot will provide you the link to download the video that you provided. Normally, they are free, so Telegram bots have attracted more and more people to use it.However, there is unavoidable mistakes sometimes that the bot provides you the wrong video.

Recommended VK Video Download Bot: VK Music Bot, Get Media Bot.

 

Conclusion

This article has shared you how to download VK videos with or without third-party software. Based on my experience, the online and the direct methods are totally free of charge, which can basically meets your needs in grabbing desired videos. However, they can only download VK to MP4, accompanied by other limitations, such as slow download speed and destitute advanced features. Thus, if you want to batch download 4K VK videos to any format in a super fast speed, the professional desktop video downloader is definitely the premium option.