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How to save an image from a Facebook post when right click save will not work.


It is annoying when you wish to save an image from a Facebook post and this will not work. But this is actually very easy using Firefox. Just right click on the image and select Inspect element with Firebug.

Inspect the image with Firebug.
Inspect the image with Firebug.

Then drill down through the code until the URL to the image is found, just select all this code and then CTRL-C it.

Selecting the image URL.
Selecting the image URL.

This is what it should look like. Open this in a new tab and then save the image. This should also work with Chrome if you select Inspect element.

https://external-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQDssBuKBpquXHhV&w=450&h=236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyfreshnews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FScreen-Shot-2016-12-30-at-11.04.46-AM.png

That is how easy it is to do this.


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