How to Download Pinterest Photos on Camera roll / Gallery (Step-by-Step)

Step-by-step

1. 1

   Open the Pinterest Pin and copy the link

   Open the Pinterest app or pinterest.com in your browser and find the Pin with the photo you want. Tap the Pin to open it full screen. On mobile, tap the Share arrow at the bottom of the screen and choose Copy link. On the web, click the Share arrow at the top right of the Pin and choose Copy Link. The URL looks like https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1234567890/ or https://pin.it/AbCdEfGhIj.

2. 2

   Open Savevids in your phone or tablet browser

   Open a new tab in Safari on iPhone or iPad, or Chrome and Samsung Internet on Android, and go to savevidsapp.com. Click the Pinterest tile on the home screen, or open the Pinterest photo downloader page directly. The page loads in under a second on a normal Wi-Fi or cellular connection and the layout adapts to phone and tablet.

3. 3

   Paste the link and tap Download

   Tap inside the input box on the Pinterest downloader page and paste the link you copied. Check that the full URL is there, including the long numeric Pin ID at the end. Tap the Download button. Savevids reads the link in a few seconds and lists every image resolution the source Pin offers.

4. 4

   Pick the image resolution and save to camera roll

   You will see options like Original (highest resolution) and Medium (smaller file). Pick Original for the best quality, which is what most people want. Your browser downloads the image the same way it saves any photo, and it lands in your camera roll, Photos app, or Gallery in seconds. On iPhone, look for a Save Image prompt in the bottom left corner of the screen.

What you can download from Pinterest photos

Savevids reads the same image file Pinterest serves when you tap a Pin to open it full screen, so the saved photo looks exactly like the original. Standard image Pins, idea Pins, infographic Pins, wallpaper Pins, and recipe Pins all work. Tall vertical Pins, which are common for recipes and posters, download at the original aspect ratio with no cropping.

What Savevids cannot reach: pins from private boards you cannot open in an incognito window, image Pins that have been deleted by the uploader, and Pins from accounts that have been removed or banned. Some Pins point to an external website rather than hosting the image on Pinterest, in which case Savevids reads the Pinterest preview image, which is usually the same one you saw in your feed. Savevids never asks for your Pinterest password, so anything that needs a login to view simply will not work.

• Standard image Pins at original resolution
• Idea Pins and video cover frames as still images
• Infographic and poster Pins, tall vertical format preserved
• Wallpaper, quote, and recipe Pins
• Pins from public boards on personal and business accounts
• Image preview for Pins that link to an external website

How to save pinterest pictures to camera roll: quality and formats

Pinterest hosts images at a few different resolutions, depending on the source the uploader used. Savevids lists every resolution the source Pin exposes, so you can pick the one that fits your storage and screen. Original is the default because it preserves the full resolution the uploader posted, which is what most people want for wallpapers, prints, or reference boards.

Medium is a useful pick when you are saving a lot of Pins at once and want to keep storage under control, especially on a phone with limited space. The format is always JPEG for photos and PNG for graphics with sharp edges, such as quotes or screenshots. The original aspect ratio, whether square 1:1, vertical 9:16, or tall 2:3, is preserved in the saved file. Savevids never re-encodes the image, so there is no quality loss in transit.

• Original resolution JPEG or PNG (best quality, larger file)
• Medium resolution JPEG (smaller file, faster to share)
• Square 1:1, vertical 9:16, and tall 2:3 aspect ratios preserved
• No re-encoding, no watermark, no quality loss
• Filename matches the Pinterest Pin ID for easy lookup

Where saved Pinterest photos land on iPhone, iPad, and Android

On iPhone and iPad running iOS 16 or later, Safari opens the image in a quick-view window. Long-press the image and tap Save to Photos, or tap the share arrow in the bottom left corner of the screen and choose Save Image. The photo lands in your Camera Roll inside the Photos app, and you can find it under Recents or Library. iCloud syncs the photo to your other Apple devices within a minute if iCloud Photos is on.

On Android running version 10 or later, Chrome and Samsung Internet save the file straight to the Downloads folder. Open the Downloads app, or the Files app on Samsung and Pixel devices, to find the image. Most Android phones also push the saved photo to the Gallery app automatically within a few seconds, so you can find it under Recent. Long-press the file in Files to move it to a specific album if you want to keep things tidy.

On iPad with a Magic Keyboard or external trackpad, you can also drag the saved image straight from the Safari downloads popover into the Photos app. This is the fastest path on iPadOS 16 and later. If Safari blocks the download, open Settings, then Safari, then Downloads, and make sure savevidsapp.com is allowed to download files.

• iPhone and iPad: long-press the image and tap Save to Photos
• iPhone and iPad: tap the share arrow and choose Save Image
• Android: Chrome saves to Downloads, Gallery picks it up
• Android: open the Files app on Samsung and Pixel devices
• iPad: drag the saved image from Safari into the Photos app
• Allow savevidsapp.com in Settings, Safari, Downloads if Safari blocks it

Troubleshooting Pinterest photo downloads

Most issues come down to the link, the network, or the device. Start by re-copying the URL from the Share arrow, because Pinterest sometimes appends tracking parameters that confuse the parser. If Savevids shows an error, refresh the page and paste again.

A slow campus, office, or coffee shop network can time out before the image is fetched. Switch to cellular data or a personal hotspot and retry. If Safari on iPhone blocks the download, look for a pop-up asking for permission, then allow it. If Chrome on Android saves the file but it does not appear in Gallery, restart the phone or open the Files app and move it manually.

For Pins from a private board, there is no workaround, because Pinterest gates them behind a login. The same goes for Pins that have been deleted by the uploader or that point to a removed website. If the saved image looks low-resolution, the source Pin was uploaded at a low resolution in the first place. Savevids cannot upscale an image beyond what the uploader posted.

• Re-copy the URL from the Share arrow, not from the address bar
• Switch to cellular data or a personal hotspot on slow public Wi-Fi
• Allow the download if Safari shows a permission pop-up
• Open the Files app on Android if Gallery does not pick the file up
• Skip private board Pins and deleted uploads
• Refresh the Savevids page if a link returns an error

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