Pexels Downloader: Videos and Photos in Bulk
Download videos and photos from Pexels in bulk: a whole collection, a profile or its highlights from one address, or everything a Pexels search finds. Videos arrive as MP4 files in HD, photos in full size, each named with the author, the date and the title and keeping the address of its page on Pexels.
Images in the screenshot: Katsushika Hokusai, The Met, NASA
Pexels Video Downloader vs Chrome Extensions and Online Tools
Extensions and online tools
- One video or photo per click, or per pasted link
- A whole collection or profile means hundreds of clicks
- A search's results saved one by one
- Nothing records which page a file came from
- The next time, everything is downloaded again
NeoDownloader
- A whole collection or profile from one address
- Videos as MP4 in the quality you choose, photos in full size
- Everything a Pexels search finds, with its filters
- Each file keeps the address of its page on Pexels
- The next run downloads only what is new
How to Download Videos from Pexels
For a single video or photo, the download button Pexels shows on it is enough. For a whole collection or profile, three steps:
One-time setup: download NeoDownloader and install it. It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. The steps below are what you repeat each time.
Copy a Pexels Address
In your browser, open the collection, profile, video or photo you want and copy the address from the address bar.
Paste It into NeoDownloader
Click “New project” - the wizard picks up the copied address by itself - and click “Next”. NeoDownloader recognises Pexels and selects its Crawler plugin, which has a recipe for this site. The step after that asks what to take: “Download photos” and “Download videos” are both on, and “Video quality” is “Up to 1080p”. Click “Next”.
Create the Project
Check the destination folder and click “Create project”. The videos and photos start arriving at once; run the project again later to fetch only the new ones.
Download Pexels Videos in HD and 4K
Pexels keeps most videos in several sizes. NeoDownloader takes the largest one up to the “Video quality” you choose and saves it as one MP4 file, as Pexels has it. Nothing is enlarged or re-compressed.
The free version goes up to 1080p; Premium opens “Up to 1440p” and “Up to 2160p (4K)” for the videos Pexels has that large. A vertical video counts by its short side: 1080 × 1920 is 1080p. Photos come in full size in both versions.
No Pexels account is needed: videos and photos download without signing in.
Download a Whole Pexels Collection or Profile
- A profile - pexels.com/@name/
- A profile's highlights - pexels.com/@name/highlights/
- A profile's collections, each into its own folder - pexels.com/@name/collections/
- A collection - pexels.com/collections/…
- One video - pexels.com/video/…
- One photo - pexels.com/photo/…
Download Videos and Photos from a Pexels Search
No address at hand? Search Pexels from inside NeoDownloader and download what the search finds:
Start a New Search
Click “New search” above the list of projects and choose Pexels. Pexels opens in the NeoDownloader window, with its search box at the top.
Search and Filter on Pexels
Type what you are looking for into the Pexels search box, pick photos or videos and set its filters - orientation, people, resolution, duration and the rest. NeoDownloader has no search box of its own: the search is Pexels' own.
Download the Search Results
Click “Download search results” when the page shows what you want. NeoDownloader creates the project, names it after your search and starts it at once, with the search and filters you set.
Pexels Video Downloader Features
Collections, profiles and searches, videos and photos, each in one run
Videos and Photos Together
A collection or a profile often mixes videos and photos. Both come down in one run, in the order Pexels lists them; switch off “Download photos” or “Download videos” to take only one kind.
Whole Collections and Profiles
Download everything in a collection, a profile or its highlights, however long it runs. A profile's collections come down too, each into a folder named after it.
Every File Knows Its Page
Each file is named with the author, the day it was published on Pexels and its title, and keeps the address of its page on Pexels - “Found on” in the file's properties, and “Open on the site” takes you back to it.
Only What Is New
Run the project again and NeoDownloader downloads only the videos and photos added since.
Pexels Downloader FAQ
Is there a free Pexels video downloader?
Yes. NeoDownloader is a free desktop program that downloads Pexels videos and photos in bulk: collections, profiles and searches. The free version has no time limit; Premium lifts its limits on the number of files per project.
How do I download videos from Pexels?
On a video's page, the download button Pexels shows saves that one video. To download a whole collection or profile, paste its address into NeoDownloader; to download what a search finds, search Pexels from inside NeoDownloader.
Can I download Pexels videos in 4K?
Yes, with Premium, where Pexels has the video in 4K: NeoDownloader takes the largest size Pexels has, no larger than the “Video quality” you choose in the wizard. The free version goes up to 1080p.
What quality are Pexels videos downloaded in?
The largest size Pexels has for each video, no larger than the “Video quality” you choose - “Up to 1080p” unless you change it. The free version goes up to 1080p; Premium goes up to 4K. Nothing is enlarged or re-compressed.
How do I download a whole Pexels collection?
Copy the collection's address, such as pexels.com/collections/…, click “New project” in NeoDownloader and paste it. Every video and photo in the collection is saved to a folder on your computer, however long the collection is.
How do I download everything from a Pexels profile?
Paste the profile's address, such as pexels.com/@name/. NeoDownloader goes through all of its videos and photos. pexels.com/@name/highlights/ takes only the highlights, and pexels.com/@name/collections/ brings every collection of the profile, each into its own folder.
How do I download videos from a Pexels search?
Click “New search” in NeoDownloader and choose Pexels, then search, pick videos and set the filters on the Pexels page itself. Finally, click “Download search results”: the project keeps your search and filters, and takes as many results as Pexels lists for it.
Can I download only the videos, or only the photos?
Yes. Switch off “Download photos” or “Download videos” in the wizard. A search is already one kind, photos or videos, and the address of one video or photo brings it either way.
Are Pexels photos downloaded in full size?
Yes. Each photo comes in full size, the same file the download button on Pexels saves as the original.
Is there a Pexels downloader Chrome extension or online tool?
Extensions and online tools work inside the browser. NeoDownloader is a desktop program instead: from one address it downloads a whole collection or profile into a folder on your computer, and the next run fetches only what is new.
Do I need a Pexels account?
No. NeoDownloader downloads videos and photos without signing in.
Does it work with Pexels in other languages?
Yes. Addresses from Pexels in any of its languages work the same way, such as pexels.com/de-de/…, and the titles then come in that language.
Will it download the same files again next time?
No. A second run of the project downloads only the files that were not there before.
Ready to Download from Pexels in Bulk?
Paste a collection or profile address and let NeoDownloader do the rest. The free version has no time limit.
Available for Windows, macOS and Linux