Is It Legal to Download Pinterest Content?
Downloading a Pinterest video for yourself is almost always fine. Reuploading it as your own is almost always not. This post explains the gray area between.
Quick disclaimer
This is general information, not legal advice. If you're using Pinterest content commercially or at scale, talk to a lawyer in your jurisdiction.
Personal use is the safe zone
In most countries (US, EU, UK, India, Brazil, etc.), saving a copy of a publicly posted Pinterest video for your own offline viewing falls under personal, non-commercial use. It's analogous to bookmarking a page or screenshotting an image — the act of viewing in a different format isn't an infringement.
Where it gets risky
Three patterns reliably get takedowns or worse:
- Reuploading someone else's video to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or back to Pinterest under your own account.
- Using the video in a paid product, ad, course, or client deliverable without permission from the rights holder.
- Mass-downloading whole boards to rehost on another site — that's bulk infringement and a clear DMCA target.
What about Pinterest's Terms of Service?
Pinterest's TOS reserves rights for itself and for the original posters. It doesn't grant you a license to redistribute. Downloading for personal viewing isn't typically pursued; redistribution is.
Best practice
Credit the original creator when you can. Don't strip watermarks. Don't claim authorship. And if a creator asks you to take something down, take it down — that's the social contract that keeps creator platforms healthy.
Try it now
Paste any Pinterest pin URL to download the video, image, or GIF.
We never store your downloads. Files come directly from Pinterest's CDN.