Keep the animation. Save a Pinterest GIF as a GIF, or as MP4 when Pinterest made one.
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The loop stays a loop.
Open the animated Pin and copy its link from Share.
PinSaver
PinSaver detects a GIF from the file the Pin publishes.
720p · MP4
Saved to your Downloads folder (Ctrl+J or Cmd+J).
Pick the animated GIF, or the MP4 version if it is listed.
A GIF on Pinterest is easy to watch and awkward to keep. Screenshots freeze a single frame. The share sheet does not always hand you the animated file. PinSaver reads the public Pin and, when the original is a GIF, offers that GIF first so the loop still plays after you download it.
Pinterest sometimes also publishes an MP4 of the same animation. That file is smaller and easier to drop into a slide or a message that does not like GIF. When it exists, it shows up as another quality option next to the GIF. You choose. PinSaver does not convert one into the other on its own, and it does not re-encode the GIF.
The same rules apply as for video and images. The Pin has to be public. A pin.it link or a pinterest.com/pin link both work, including links with a text slug before the id. Boards, profiles and search pages are turned away with a short explanation. There is no sign-up.
On a phone, GIFs sometimes land in Files rather than Photos, because the camera roll is picky about animation. That is a property of the phone, not a failed download. The file still plays in a browser or in Files. The how-to page covers the iOS share sheet if you want the clip in an album and an MP4 is available.
Use a downloaded GIF the way you would use any other file you do not own. Personal reference is the point of this tool. Reposting the loop, or using it in a product, needs the creator's permission. Watermarks and captions that are part of the animation stay in the file.
If the result says no media was found, check that you copied the Pin and not the board it lives on. A stale short link is the other common cause. Open the Pin, copy a new link, and paste that. Private Pins are not fetched, even if you are logged in on the same browser.
The GIF is saved as a GIF, not a frozen frame.
Use the video version if a GIF is awkward to share.
GIF Pins are usually light. The file size shows once it is known.
Safari and Chrome both download the file the page returns.
Paste a public link. Nothing is installed.
The image preview plays the GIF before you save it.
A straight comparison
Three ways people try to keep a Pin. Only the differences that are actually true.
| PinSaver | A screenshot | Another app | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you keep | The file that was published | A picture of the screen | Depends on that app |
| Sound on a video | Kept when the upload has it | Lost | Varies |
| Quality you can read | Width, height, and format before you save | Whatever your screen is | Often unlabeled |
| Account | None | You are already in Pinterest | Often required |
| A whole board | Not offered. Open one Pin. | One screen at a time | Some claim it. We do not. |
| Private Pins | Not available | Only if you can already open them | Usually the same limit |
A screenshot is a photo of the Pinterest screen. “Another app” means a typical installed downloader, not a review of one product.
If something fails
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A board address has no /pin/ id. Open one Pin and copy that link.
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pin.it addresses work when they point at one Pin. If one fails, open the Pin and copy the long URL.
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After the download, use Safari’s Downloads icon, then Share, then Save Video or Save Image.
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A logged-out window is the test. If the Pin does not open there, PinSaver cannot fetch it.
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If the upload is small, the choices stay small. Nothing is upscaled and labeled 4K.
No board scraping and no profile downloads. You paste a link you can already open.
The page works in the browser. There is no extension and no Pinterest login.
Media is streamed for your download and is not stored as a library.
More tools
Save Pinterest videos, images and GIFs in their original quality. Paste a Pin link and you're done.
Save the original photo, not the small picture from the feed. Paste a Pin link and pick a size.
Save every page of a public Idea Pin. Videos and images stay in the order the creator published.
Stories and Idea Pins are multi-page posts. Paste the Pin link and save each public page.
Save the cover image from a public Pinterest video. Useful when you need the still, not the clip.
Boards are collections. PinSaver saves one public Pin at a time. Open a Pin from the board and paste that link.
Profile pages are not scraped. If the photo is a public Pin, paste that Pin link and save the image.
Short answers for this tool. The full list lives on the FAQ page.
A screenshot does that. Download the GIF option, not a screen capture. If Photos will not import it, keep the file in Files, where it still animates.
Pick GIF when you need the animated image format. Pick MP4 when you want a video file with the same motion, if Pinterest published one.
No. Only Pins that are already GIFs, or that include a GIF file, are offered as GIF. Other videos stay MP4.
No. The file is the one published on the Pin.
Paste it on the home page. You get the file that was published, then it leaves with you.
Open the downloader