How to Download a Loom Video for Free in 2026

You recorded a Loom video. Now you want the MP4 file on your computer. Simple, right?

Not anymore. If you are on Loom's free Starter plan, you cannot download your own recordings. Loom restricts video downloads to Business ($15/user/month) and Enterprise plans. Your recording exists on Loom's cloud, but getting it onto your own hard drive requires a credit card.

This is not a bug. It is a business model. And it is why "how to download Loom video free" is one of the most searched screen recording queries on Google.

Here is how to get your videos out — and how to avoid this problem entirely going forward.

Why Loom locks downloads

Loom is a cloud-first tool. When you press record, your video uploads to Loom's servers. The shareable link is the product — not the file.

For Loom, keeping your video on their servers is how they keep you paying. If you could freely download every recording, you might cancel your subscription and host the files yourself. So downloads are a paid feature.

After Atlassian acquired Loom, the free plan got even more restrictive:

• 25 videos total (not per month — total, ever)
• 5-minute recording limit per video
• 720p maximum quality
• No downloads without a Business plan

If you have already hit these walls, you are not alone.

Method 1: Ask the workspace owner to download

If you are on a team where someone has a Business or Enterprise plan, they can download videos from the workspace library and send you the file. This costs you nothing, but it depends on someone else having a paid account.

Method 2: Use a browser-based Loom downloader

Several free tools let you paste a Loom video URL and download the MP4:

1. Copy the shareable link of your Loom video
2. Paste it into a Loom downloader tool (search "Loom video downloader" — multiple free options exist)
3. Click download and save the MP4

Caveats:

• These tools depend on Loom's public video URLs. If your video is set to private or restricted, the downloader may not work.
• You are sending your video URL to a third-party service. If the recording contains sensitive content, consider the privacy implications.
• Loom could change their URL structure at any time, breaking these tools.

Method 3: Screen-record the playback

Open your Loom video in a browser, start a screen recording, and play the video back. You capture whatever is on screen, including the Loom player.

This works but the quality degrades — you are recording a compressed video playing in a browser window. For quick internal clips, it is fine. For anything going to a client or a course, the quality loss is noticeable.

Method 4: Use browser developer tools

For technical users:

1. Open the Loom video page in Chrome
2. Open Developer Tools (Cmd+Option+I)
3. Go to the Network tab
4. Filter by "media" or ".mp4"
5. Play the video — the video source URL appears in the network requests
6. Right-click the request and open the URL in a new tab
7. Right-click the video and "Save Video As"

This is fragile and requires some technical comfort, but it works for public and unlisted videos.

The better question: why are you downloading at all?

Every method above is a workaround for the same underlying problem: your video is trapped in someone else's cloud.

If you are a creator making tutorials, product demos, or course content, you probably need the actual file. You need to upload it to YouTube, embed it on your site, attach it to a support ticket, or edit it in another tool. A Loom link does not cut it.

This is where the recording tool itself matters more than the download trick.

Record locally and skip the download entirely

ScreenKite records your screen directly to your Mac. The MP4 file is on your disk the moment you stop recording. There is nothing to download because the file never left your machine.

What you get for free:

No account required. No cloud. No subscription. The recording is yours from the first frame.

When Loom still makes sense

Loom is good at one thing: generating a shareable link in seconds. If your entire workflow is "record a quick message, paste a link in Slack, move on," Loom's cloud model works.

But if you ever need the file — for editing, for uploading elsewhere, for archiving, for privacy — the cloud model works against you. And paying $15/user/month for the privilege of downloading your own recordings is a tax on a problem that should not exist.

Also read

• ScreenKite vs Loom: Local-First vs Cloud-First Screen Recording
• Your Screen Recording Doesn't Need the Cloud: The Case for Local-First
• How to Record Your Screen With Audio on Mac (System + Mic)
• 7 Best Free Screen Recorders for Mac in 2026