Pin links versus board links
A pin URL looks like pinterest.com/pin/ and a number, or a pin.it short link. That is one item. A board URL is a grid of many pins. Pasting the board will not zip the board or walk every pin. Open the pin you want and copy that pin's link.
Idea pins and multi-page story pins can contain several images. When the public pin exposes those pages, they are listed separately. The title and the description on the pin are text, not an extra file.
Original file versus the grid thumbnail
Pinterest shows a small image in search results. The download looks for the larger file attached to the pin, not that grid thumb. Some creators only uploaded a compressed image, so the saved file can still look soft. We do not enlarge it.
Video pins should preview as video. If you only receive a cover image, the pin did not expose a video URL. Recipe pins, article pins, and link pins sometimes have no media of their own. They point at another website, and that website is not downloaded automatically.
Secret boards and rights
Secret boards and private pins do not resolve. The pin has to be visible without your Pinterest login. This page does not connect to a Pinterest account.
Saving a pin does not give you a license to reuse the photo in an ad or a product listing. Download files you own or have permission to keep. The file is fetched for you and is not added to a public gallery here.
How to save one pin
Step 1
Copy the pin, not the board
Open the pin and copy the link. It should contain /pin/ and a number, or start with pin.it.
Step 2
Paste it above
Press Download. The tool requests the pin's image or video, not the small thumbnail from search.
Step 3
Save the preview you see
Video pins save as MP4. Photo pins save as the image file. If the preview is only a cover, that is all the pin exposed.
Video pins and image pins
MP4
Video pins when a video file is public.
JPG or PNG
Image pins, at the size the pin exposes.
One pin at a time
Board pages are not a single download.
Boards, size, and private pins
Can I download a whole board?
No. Open one pin and paste that link. A board is a list, not a file.
Why is the image small?
Some pins only publish a compressed image. That is the file we can save. We do not upscale it.
Are secret boards supported?
No. The pin has to be public, without a Pinterest login.
What about a pin that links to a blog?
If the pin has no image or video of its own, there is nothing to save from that page.