Pinterest Image Downloader — Original Size
Get the original image behind a pin, at the largest size Pinterest still stores, with no re-compression and no account needed.
Paste any pinterest.com/pin, pin.it or Idea Pin link.
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Formats
The original behind the pin
Every image pin starts as a file the creator uploaded, and Pinterest stores that upload alongside a few smaller copies it generates for feeds, boards and search. When you open a pin in the app you usually see a feed-sized copy; the original is larger, sometimes much larger.
This page asks for the largest copy Pinterest still holds. In most cases that is the creator's own upload, untouched. In the cases where the original was never kept, it is the biggest rendition that exists, which the card labels honestly rather than calling it an original.
Sizes you will see
Pinterest's generated copies commonly sit around 236, 474, 564 and 736 pixels wide, and the stored original can be one to three thousand pixels in the long dimension. A tall infographic or a recipe card may be considerably bigger than that, which is exactly when the original matters: text stays readable instead of turning into mush.
The card shows the pixel dimensions next to each file so you can judge before downloading. If you only need a thumbnail for a chat, take the small one. If you plan to print or crop, take the largest.
Worth knowing: Pinterest sometimes serves a slightly different rendition to different viewers, so the file here may differ by a few dozen pixels from what someone else sees in the same pin. The label on the card reflects what you were actually served.
JPG, PNG and what you get
Most pins are JPEGs. Graphic pins with flat colours, transparency or crisp text are often PNGs, and those keep their sharpness because PNG is lossless. The card names the format so there is no surprise after the download.
Nothing is converted between formats and nothing is recompressed. A JPG stays the JPG Pinterest serves, with the same compression the creator's upload went through, and a PNG stays pixel-exact.
When the original is missing
Pinterest does not keep every upload forever. Old pins, migrated accounts and very large originals sometimes survive only as the renditions Pinterest generated at the time. When that happens the tool returns the biggest copy that still exists, labels it with its real pixel size, and does not dress it up as an original.
You can tell the difference yourself. If the dimensions match the sizes Pinterest typically generates, you are looking at a rendition. If they look like a camera or an export size, odd numbers and all, you are probably looking at the upload itself. Either way the file is exactly what Pinterest serves, not a re-save of it.
Pins with several images
Some pins are galleries: a carousel of two or more photos, or a collage built from several. The result card lists each image separately, because you may want one, some, or all of them.
Collage pins are a single image on Pinterest's side even when they look like a grid, so you get one file in that case. If what you wanted was one tile of the collage, that is a crop you do afterwards, not a separate file the tool can fetch.
Why the biggest file is not always the best choice
A full-resolution photo can be several megabytes. On a phone with limited data, or when you are pasting a dozen pins into a document, the mid-sized rendition is often plenty and arrives faster.
Use the large file when you intend to crop, print, or keep the image for a long time. Use a smaller one when the image is going straight into a chat or a slide and will be resized anyway.
Saving and keeping quality
On iPhone and iPad the file lands in Files under Downloads; on Android it goes to Downloads and shows up in the gallery. On a desktop it goes to your download folder. Saving from the result card downloads the original file rather than taking a screenshot of the pin, which is the usual way image quality gets lost.
Once saved, the image is yours to look at, not to republish. The creator still holds the rights, so credit them or ask before you share it beyond personal use. Snagpins is not affiliated with Pinterest and reads only public pins.
One habit worth keeping: download first, then edit. Cropping and resizing are lossless only from the stored file; every re-save of a re-save adds another layer of compression.
Printing, cropping and screenshots
If the image is going to print, the pixel size on the card matters more than the file size. A 1000-pixel-wide photo looks sharp up to roughly six inches at 150 dots per inch, and it needs about twice that many pixels to look right at A4. Taking the largest rendition is the only lever this page has.
If you plan to crop, start from the largest file and crop down. Cropping a feed-sized copy and then enlarging gives you a soft result that no sharpening fixes convincingly; the detail was never in that copy to begin with.
FAQ
Good questions.
Quick, honest answers about what snagpins can and can’t save.
Is the file really the original?
Usually. The tool asks Pinterest for the original upload first, then the originals copy, then the 736-pixel and 564-pixel versions, and keeps the largest that loads. In most cases that is the creator's own file; when the original has been cleaned up, the largest surviving version is the honest fallback.
Which format will I get?
Whatever Pinterest stores for that pin, most often JPG for photographs and PNG for graphics with transparency. The tool does not convert between formats, because a conversion would mean a re-encode. If you need another format, any editor can convert the untouched file afterwards.
How large can an image be?
It depends on the upload, not on the pin's display size. Some creators post a two-thousand-pixel original, others a 564-pixel copy that was already small when they made it. The result card shows the pixel dimensions of each item before you save, which is the only reliable way to know.
Can I save a whole board?
No. A board is a collection of separate pins and the address names none of them, so there is nothing specific to resolve. Save the pins you need one at a time. Recent pins come from a short cache, so working through a board is faster than the first request suggests.
My pin has several images. Do I get all of them?
Yes. Gallery pins, shopping pins and idea pins list each item separately with its own preview, dimensions and size. You choose which ones to save rather than receiving an archive. That way a ten-image pin does not cost you ten downloads you did not want.
Is the image recompressed?
No. You receive the file Pinterest serves, at its own resolution and in its own format. There is no resize, crop or re-encode on our side, so the download adds no generation loss. If the pin already carries compression from earlier re-uploads, that history stays in the file.
Does it work on iPhone and Android?
Yes, in the phone browser. On iPhone the image goes to Files under Downloads and the share sheet saves it into Photos. On Android it lands in Downloads and appears in the gallery. The same file and the same dimensions arrive on a desktop, just in a different folder.
Why is the image smaller than I expected?
Because the pin itself is small. Pinterest does not store a larger copy than the creator uploaded, and many pins are published from a feed-sized export. Check the dimensions on the result card; if they are 564 pixels wide, no downloader can make the file print-worthy.
Can I download private or secret pins?
No. A secret board or a login-only pin cannot be read without a Pinterest session, and this tool holds no account and asks for none. The request fails with a clear message. Public pins are the supported surface, which is also why there is no credentials field anywhere.
Does the page strip metadata?
No. The image is passed through as Pinterest serves it, so whatever the platform stored travels with the file. That usually means the compression and any metadata Pinterest keeps, and it is the same thing a browser would receive. Nothing is added by us either.
Can I use the image in my own work?
Only with the creator's permission. A public pin is visible, not licensed. Using an image in a client deck as a reference is one thing; publishing it, printing it for sale or building a brand asset from it is another, and it can infringe copyright even when the pin is easy to find.
What if the pin is gone?
Then there is nothing to fetch. Once a creator deletes a pin, the media is removed from Pinterest and no downloader can recover it. The page reports the failure instead of serving a stale copy. Retrying will not help; a different source is the only practical answer.
How it works
Saved in three little steps.
No app, no extension, no password. Just the link and a tap.
Copy the pin link
Tap Share on any public pin and hit “Copy link”. That’s the only thing we need.
Paste it in the bar
Drop the link into the box above. We find the pin and pull every available file.
Pick a file and go
Choose a video, the original photo or a GIF. It lands in your downloads.