There's no Kuaishou app for Windows or macOS — never has been — so the "open the app, tap share" trick that works on a phone doesn't exist on a computer. The fastest kuaishou video downloader for PC or Mac skips that problem entirely: copy the video's link, paste it into a browser tool like kwaisave.com, and download the file straight to your computer. No install, on either system.
That's the whole method in one sentence. The rest of this guide covers the part that actually trips people up on desktop — getting the link from your phone to your computer in the first place — plus the exact steps for PC and Mac separately, since where the file ends up differs slightly between the two.
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Why Downloading on PC or Mac Is Different From Mobile
Kuaishou is built mobile-first. There's no official desktop app for Windows or macOS, which means the usual "open the app, tap share" workflow doesn't exist on a computer.
That's not actually a problem once you know the workaround: you don't need Kuaishou installed on your computer at all. You just need the video's link, which you can grab from either your phone or Kuaishou's website, and a kwai video downloader for PC that runs in your browser.
Step-by-Step: Download Kuaishou Videos on PC
- Get the video link. Open Kuaishou on your phone, find the video, tap the share icon, and select "Copy Link." Alternatively, open Kuaishou's website directly in your PC's browser and copy the link from there if you can find the video that way.
- Send the link to your computer, if you copied it on your phone. Paste it into an email to yourself, a messaging app you're logged into on both devices, or a note-syncing app — anything that gets the text from phone to PC.
- Open your browser on PC and go to kwaisave.com. Chrome, Edge, or Firefox all work the same way here.
- Paste the link into the input box and click Download.
- Save the file. Windows will typically save it straight to your Downloads folder (
C:\Users\[YourName]\Downloadsby default, unless you've changed it).
Step-by-Step: Download Kuaishou Videos on Mac
The process is identical, with one small difference in where the file lands.
- Copy the video's link the same way — from Kuaishou's share menu on your phone, or from the site directly.
- Get that link onto your Mac (AirDrop, iMessage, email — whatever's fastest for you if you're moving from an iPhone). If you'd rather skip the desktop step entirely, our iPhone guide covers saving straight to Camera Roll instead.
- Open Safari or Chrome and go to kwaisave.com.
- Paste the link and click Download.
- Safari saves it to your Downloads folder by default (
~/Downloads, accessible from Finder's sidebar), unless you've set a different download location in your browser's preferences.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Looking for a Kuaishou PC app that doesn't exist. If you're searching for an actual desktop application to install, that search will keep coming up empty — Kuaishou simply hasn't built one. The browser method above is the standard workaround, not a workaround people prefer over an app that isn't there.
Copying the caption instead of the link. Same issue as on mobile — Kuaishou's share menu has "Copy Link" and other options close together, so double-check what actually landed on your clipboard.
Assuming the video will appear in a media library. Unlike a phone's Camera Roll, your PC or Mac just puts the file in Downloads like any other file — it won't show up in Photos or iTunes/Music automatically.
Getting stuck moving the link from phone to computer. This is the one genuinely PC-specific hurdle. If you don't have an easy way to send yourself a link, most browsers let you sync open tabs and clipboard across devices if you're signed into the same account — worth checking your browser's settings once so this stops being a repeated hassle.
What Most People Overlook
- A kwai video downloader for PC and a kuaishou video downloader for PC are the same tool. Kwai is the name Kuaishou uses in several regions outside China — the platform, the video format, and the download method are identical either way. On a phone instead of a computer? The same link-and-paste method applies — see our Android guide.
- File quality depends on the original upload, not your computer. Downloading on a PC doesn't upgrade resolution beyond what Kuaishou served in the first place.
- Browser extensions claiming to be dedicated "Kuaishou downloaders" are usually unnecessary risk. A website you paste a link into needs no permissions on your system. A browser extension does — and most aren't worth that trade-off for something a plain web tool already handles.
- Batch downloading isn't built in, here or on mobile, since each video needs its own link. For a handful of clips, pasting one link at a time still only takes a couple of minutes total.
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Download Kuaishou Videos with KwaiSave
Skip the search for a desktop app that doesn't exist. Paste a Kuaishou or Kwai video link into KwaiSave and download it directly to your PC or Mac — no install, no login, no security risk.
Open Free Downloader →About the Author: Mehtab Ahmed
Mehtab Ahmed is the founder of KwaiSave and a web developer with 6+ years of experience building browser-based media tools. Based in Lahore, Pakistan, he writes about social media platforms, content creation, and digital tools.