Pinterest Video Downloader for Edge: Free Guide 2026

Why a Pinterest Video Downloader Behaves Differently in Edge

If you use Microsoft Edge, you are in a strange middle place when it comes to saving Pinterest videos. Edge is the browser that comes with every Windows PC, it runs the same engine as Chrome, and yet almost every guide about downloading Pinterest videos talks about Chrome, Safari, or Firefox — and skips Edge entirely. I went looking for a proper Edge-specific answer and mostly found generic advice with the word “Edge” swapped in. So here is the version written for Edge itself, using a pinterest video downloader in the ways that actually work in this browser, including the two Edge quirks that trip people up.

Quick verdict first: for most Edge users, the online-tool route (Method 1 below) is the one to use. No extension to maintain, nothing to update when Pinterest changes its pages, and it works identically on Windows and Mac. The extension routes are nicer if you save pins every day. The built-in DevTools trick is a free fallback with one honest limitation I will flag when we get there. And there is one trap to avoid before any of it: Edge’s Collections feature, which looks like it saves a video, does not save a video at all.

Three things are true about Edge that shape everything below. First, Pinterest gives you no download button on the web, in any browser — the video plays in a custom player, and right-clicking it gives you Pinterest’s menu, not a “Save Video As” option. Second, Edge runs on Chromium, which means Chrome extensions install in Edge too, once you flip one toggle. That is a genuine advantage over Firefox and Safari users, who have a much smaller extension shelf to pick from. Third, Edge has its own download and security settings — SmartScreen, tracking prevention, and the “ask where to save” toggle — that can silently swallow a download that worked fine in Chrome. Most “it doesn’t work in Edge” complaints are one of those settings, not a broken tool.

The Collections Trap: Saving a Pin Is Not Downloading a Video

Edge pushes Collections hard, and Microsoft even built Pinterest suggestions into it, so this confusion is common: you click the Collections button, add a Pinterest video to a collection, and later discover you saved a link, not a file. Collections store the page reference so you can open it again later. If the pin is deleted, or you are offline, the collection entry is useless — there is no MP4 on your computer, and nothing to watch on a plane or send to a friend.

The same goes for Pinterest’s own Save button, which saves a pin to one of your boards. That is bookmarking inside Pinterest, not downloading. If what you want is a file in your Downloads folder, you need one of the methods below. Keep Collections for research; use a downloader for files.

Method 1: Use PintoDownload in Edge (Fastest, No Install)

This is the method I would hand to anyone who saves a Pinterest video once in a while. PintoDownload is a free online pinterest video downloader that runs entirely in a browser tab, so your Edge version and your operating system do not matter. There is nothing to install, nothing to update, and nothing that breaks when Pinterest rearranges its pages next month.

1. Open Pinterest in Edge and open the video pin you want. Make sure it is the pin itself, not a board or a search-results page.
2. Click the Share icon (or the three-dot menu) on the pin and choose Copy Link. On the Pinterest website the share button sits at the top of the pin view.
3. Open a new tab and go to pintodownload.com.
4. Paste the link into the download box and hit Download.
5. When the video preview appears, pick the quality you want and click Download Video. Edge saves an MP4 to your Downloads folder.

Two Edge-specific notes from actually doing this. First, Edge’s download does not always announce itself loudly: the file lands in the downloads hub, which you open with Ctrl + J or the downloads icon in the toolbar. If you cannot find the file, press Ctrl + J before assuming the download failed — it is usually sitting right there. Second, if you paste a board link instead of a pin link, the tool cannot know which video you mean. A board URL points at the whole board. Go back, open the single pin, and copy that link instead. If a video still refuses to download after that, the fixes in Pinterest video not downloading: 10 fixes that actually work cover the remaining causes, including private pins and removed videos.

One more practical Edge trick: Edge’s split screen is genuinely useful here. Right-click the Pinterest tab and choose to split the window, with Pinterest on one side and PintoDownload on the other, and the copy-paste round trip becomes a drag-free two-pane job. It is a small thing, but if you are saving a handful of pins for a project, it beats tab-hopping.

Method 2: Install a Chrome Web Store Extension in Edge (Best for Daily Downloading)

If you save pins several times a day, the copy-paste round trip gets old, and an extension removes it. Here Edge’s Chromium engine pays off: extensions built for Chrome install in Edge, which roughly doubles your options compared with Edge’s own store alone. Microsoft documents this itself — if an extension is not in the Edge Add-ons store, you can install it from a Chromium-compatible store like the Chrome Web Store.

1. In Edge, open edge://extensions and turn on Allow extensions from other stores. You only do this once.
2. Go to the Chrome Web Store and search for a Pinterest video downloader. One example listing is Pingrab’s Pinterest Video Downloader, which adds a download button to pins.
3. Click Add to Chrome (Edge relabels the confirmation as adding to Edge), review the permissions the extension asks for, and click Add extension.
4. Browse Pinterest normally. Hover over a video pin and use the download button the extension adds.

Read the permissions prompt before you click through it — an extension that wants to “read and change all your data on all websites” for a job that only needs Pinterest is a reason to pick a different one. And keep the honest trade-off in mind: extensions break. Pinterest changes its page layout a few times a year, and every change can silently kill hover buttons until the extension author ships an update. That is why I keep Method 1 as a backup even when an extension is installed. An extension also cannot rescue a deleted pin or a private board you do not own; it can only see what Pinterest shows it. Microsoft’s own support page walks through the same other-stores process if you want the official steps: Why are some of my extensions missing on the new Microsoft Edge?

Method 3: Use an Extension from the Edge Add-ons Store

If you would rather not touch the Chrome Web Store at all, Edge’s own store is the tidier route. Click the puzzle-piece Extensions icon in the toolbar, choose Get Extensions for Microsoft Edge, and search for “Pinterest video downloader” in the store’s search box.

What to look for in a listing matters more than which name you pick, because listings come and go: a recent update date, a real number of users, and reviews that mention video pins specifically rather than just images. Install it the same way — Get, review permissions, Add extension — and if the button does not appear on pins, reload the Pinterest tab; extensions only attach to pages loaded after they were installed. The Edge Add-ons catalogue is smaller than Chrome’s, so if the store’s current options look stale or thin, Method 2 is the better shelf to shop from, not a reason to download an extension installer from some random website. Never install a Pinterest downloader from outside the Edge Add-ons store or the Chrome Web Store. Sideloaded extensions are the classic route for ad injection and credential theft, and no download is worth handing a stranger read access to every page you visit.

Method 4: Edge’s Built-in DevTools Trick (No Extension, No Website)

Edge has a built-in route that costs nothing and needs no third party, using the same developer tools web developers use. It is fiddlier than the methods above, and I would only reach for it when the other methods are unavailable — but it is worth knowing.

1. Open the Pinterest video pin in Edge and let the video play for a few seconds so it fully loads.
2. Press F12 to open DevTools, then open the Network tab and filter by Media.
3. Reload the page. The Network tab lists the media files the page requests. Look for an entry ending in .mp4.
4. Right-click that entry and open it in a new tab, then right-click the video and choose Save video as.

Here is the honest limitation: Pinterest streams most videos in small segments rather than as one file, so the Network tab often shows a pile of short fragments instead of a single clean MP4. When the pin is served as a single file, this works beautifully. When it is a segmented stream, you will find fragments, not a video — and a fragment renamed to .mp4 will not play properly. Treat this as a free experiment that costs a minute, not as a reliable method. If it fails, go back to Method 1 rather than stitching fragments together.

Method 5: Edge on Your Phone (Android and iPhone)

On a phone, the honest answer is simpler: use the online-tool route. Open the Pinterest app, tap Share on the video pin, then Copy Link. Switch to Edge on your phone, open pintodownload.com, paste the link, and save the MP4. Edge drops it in your Downloads folder, and from there you can move it to your gallery — the gallery move itself is a separate small job, covered in how to save Pinterest videos to gallery.

Do not go hunting for a Pinterest downloader extension on Edge mobile. The mobile extension situation is thin and changes by version, and a sideloaded “Edge downloader” app from outside the official app store is exactly the kind of thing that harvests the links you paste. The browser-tab method needs no extension, no app, and no trust decision — which is the right trade on a phone.

All Five Methods Compared

The table makes the recommendation obvious: Method 1 for reliability, Method 2 or 3 for volume, Method 4 as a curiosity that occasionally saves you a tab, and Collections never as a download method. If you only remember one line from this article, make it this one — copy the pin link, paste it at pintodownload.com, done.

Edge Settings That Make or Break a Download

Before you blame the downloader, check these four Edge settings. In my experience, one of them is behind most Edge-specific failures, and each takes under a minute to check.

Ask where to save each file. Go to edge://settings/downloads. If “Ask where to save each file” is on, every download waits on a save dialog — and if that dialog opens behind another window, the download looks stalled. Either answer the dialog or turn the toggle off and let files land in Downloads.

SmartScreen. Edge’s SmartScreen occasionally flags a download and asks you to confirm with a Keep button. If a download vanishes, open the downloads hub (Ctrl + J) and look for a blocked entry with a Keep option. Do not click Keep on files you were not expecting; do click it on the MP4 you just asked a downloader to produce.

Tracking prevention. Edge’s tracking prevention on its Strict setting can block the scripts a downloader site needs to fetch a video, much like Firefox’s Strict protection does. If the download button does nothing on the first click, drop tracking prevention to Balanced for that site (click the lock icon in the address bar, then Site permissions), reload, and try again.

Automatic downloads. Some downloader pages trigger more than one download prompt, and Edge asks permission for multiple automatic downloads. If the second file never arrives, check Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Automatic downloads and allow the site. Also try an InPrivate window to rule out another extension interfering — ad blockers and script blockers are the usual suspects when a page’s download button goes dead.

Troubleshooting: When a Pinterest Video Downloader Fails in Edge

The download button does nothing. Check tracking prevention first (Balanced, not Strict, for the downloader site), then try an InPrivate window to rule out an interfering extension, then reload the Pinterest tab and re-copy the pin link.

“Video not found” or an empty result. The pin may be deleted, made private, or from a board you cannot see. A downloader can only fetch what Pinterest itself serves publicly. Also double-check you copied the pin link, not a board or profile link.

The video downloads but has no sound. You probably grabbed a muted preview rather than the full video file. Re-run the same link through the online tool and pick the highest-quality MP4 option, which carries the original audio track.

The file downloads as a .bin or unplayable file. That is a segmented-stream fragment, not the video — it happens when a method grabs one stream chunk. Rename nothing; just use the online tool instead, which returns the proper MP4.

Edge says the download is blocked. Open Ctrl + J, find the blocked entry, and use the Keep option if it is the file you requested. If there is no entry at all, check edge://settings/downloads for the “ask where to save” dialog hiding behind another window.

I “saved” it but there is no file. You used Collections or Pinterest’s Save button, which store a link or a board reference, not a file. Run the pin link through Method 1 and you will have an actual MP4.

What About Images and GIFs?

Everything above is about video, but the same routes mostly cover the other two formats. The online tool also handles images — and if you specifically want full-resolution stills, the Pinterest image downloader page is the dedicated tool for that, with a guide to getting original-quality files instead of the compressed preview Pinterest shows in the feed. Files come down as MP4, which plays everywhere — Edge itself, your phone, a TV, an editor. If you ever wonder why MP4 and not something else, the MP4 format explainer covers it. GIFs download as short video files or animated images depending on the pin; the extension routes handle them the same way they handle videos. And if you already know Edge well, the Firefox version of this guide — Pinterest video downloader for Firefox — is a useful comparison for how much easier Edge’s Chromium extension shelf makes the same job.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there an official Pinterest video downloader for Microsoft Edge?

No. Pinterest does not ship a download button or an official Edge extension. Every working method is third-party: an online tool, a community extension from the Edge Add-ons store or the Chrome Web Store, or a built-in browser trick. That is also why the online-tool method is the most durable — it does not depend on Pinterest’s page layout staying the same.

Can I use Chrome extensions in Microsoft Edge?

Yes. Edge is built on Chromium, so Chrome extensions install in Edge once you turn on “Allow extensions from other stores” in edge://extensions. Microsoft documents the process on its own support site. Some extensions that depend on Google-specific services may not work perfectly, but a Pinterest downloader extension generally does.

Why does right-click “Save Video As” not appear on Pinterest in Edge?

Pinterest plays videos inside a custom player, so Edge’s video context menu never gets triggered. Edge’s DevTools Network tab is the closest built-in equivalent, but it only lists the video when Pinterest serves it as a single file rather than a segmented stream.

Are downloaded Pinterest videos in HD?

You get the quality Pinterest stored for that pin — most video pins top out at 720p or 1080p, and no tool can invent detail that is not in the source. A good downloader fetches the highest available rendition; if a pin looks soft after downloading, the source itself was soft.

Is it legal to download Pinterest videos on Edge?

Downloading for personal offline viewing is generally fine; re-uploading someone else’s video as your own, or using it commercially without permission, is not. The full picture, including creator-rights nuances, is in the legality guide.

Does Edge’s Collections feature download videos?

No. Collections save a link to the page so you can reopen it later. If you want a file you can watch offline, use an online downloader or an extension and check your Downloads folder (Ctrl + J) for the MP4.

The Bottom Line

Edge users do not need to switch browsers to save Pinterest videos — in some ways they have it easier than Firefox or Safari users, because the Chrome extension shelf is open to them. For a one-off video, paste the pin link into PintoDownload and you are done in under a minute. If you download pins daily, add an extension from the Edge Add-ons store or the Chrome Web Store and keep the online tool as backup for the days Pinterest rearranges its pages. And if you ever find yourself staring at a player with no download option at all, remember the order of operations: check you copied a pin link and not a board link, check tracking prevention and SmartScreen, and try an InPrivate window before assuming the video is gone.