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Download or Rip Music from Facebook Profiles to MP3 Files

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This brief tutorial will show you how to download music embedded in Facebook profiles and save them as MP3s.

  1. First and most importantly, you’ll need to use the web browser Firefox. Then download and install the Firefox Addon DownloadHelper. As with all Firefox Addons, you’ll need to restart Firefox for the DownloadHelper installation to complete. Once the installation is complete, and Firefox has restarted, you should notice a new DownloadHelper icon in your Navigation Toolbar (note: the icon may be slightly different looking depending on your version of Firefox)

    2. downloadhelper icon

  2. Now visit the Facebook page with the song you’d like to download as an MP3. Click the Play button.

    3. facebook music

  3. After the song has streamed for a a few seconds, you’ll notice the DownloadHelper icon has gone from “grey” to colored, and a small arrow will appear next to it.

    4. download helper gray   downloadhelper colored

  4. Click on the small arrow next to the DownloadHelper icon, and (usually) you’ll see a long and random file name. Click that file / link.

    5. facebook music download via downloadhelper

  5. In the Save As dialog box, rename the file to something more recognizable. Then save the file.

    6. facebook music download save as box
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  6. That’s it! Just repeat the above steps for each song you want to download.

Posted in Firefox, Other.

12 comments

By Ross McKillop – December 12, 2008

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  1. Jereme says

    Thanks…works with Myspace as well.

    December 28, 2008, 11:44 pm
  2. Jereme says

    Actually I just realized that on myspace it downloads at 96kbps…whereas on facebook it’s 192kbps.

    December 29, 2008, 12:24 am
  3. Bahamut says

    Bonjours j’arrive a télécharger les fichier mais impossible de les lire même si j’enregistre sous ” nomdufichier.mp3 “. Pouvez vous m’aider svp . Merci d’avance.

    January 14, 2009, 11:19 am
  4. Fabred says

    gracias me sirve de mucho :D

    February 15, 2009, 8:08 pm
  5. ??? says

    is this only for mac computers
    or does it work for windows too?

    April 14, 2009, 3:00 pm
  6. Majin says

    This method doesn’t work with new version of Facebook ! Can somebody help me ???

    April 17, 2009, 4:17 pm
  7. Abhimanyu says

    Works perfectly even with the new version of Facebook! Thanks a ton!

    June 17, 2009, 12:37 am
  8. technoeunuch says

    thanks! it totally worked :)

    August 9, 2009, 12:54 am
  9. mr mouse says

    so i’ve windows xp and it worked.there’s still a slight problem tough.i can’t convert the files into mp3 or anything.they wont play in an ipod or whatsoever.could you give me some ideas?a converter like.i’ve tried some but they haven’t worked out so far.it says the file type isn’t recognizable.please help if you know anything about this

    August 31, 2009, 11:45 pm
  10. hillage says

    make sure u save it as an mp3 file (ex: without me-eminem.mp3)

    October 30, 2009, 4:13 pm
  11. Samurai says

    Works PERFECT. Thanks for the guide. Finally… an unreleased album is now in my possession!

    As “hillage” mentioned… make sure you add the .mp3 file extension as it’s not added by default.

    March 5, 2010, 5:49 pm
  12. Fredrick says

    yeah the default is .OCX…..nice tip on re-naming the file type guys! xD

    March 18, 2010, 12:21 am



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