How to Download Amazon Prime Movies

Amazon Prime allows its customers to view their content offline. Here’s how to download those Amazon Prime movies and watch them anywhere.

How to Download Amazon Prime Movies You’ve Rented or Purchased

Assuming you’ve already purchased or rented a movie or TV program, begin the download process on a supported device:

1. Connect to the internet and open the Prime Video app on your device.

2. Tap the hamburger menu, represented as 3 horizontal lines.

   

3. Tap Video Library.

   

4. Tap either Movies or TV Shows, depending on your desired video.

   

5. Find and tap your movie, then tap Download from the menu on the right.

   

6. If you have an SD card installed, you may be asked where you want the video to be saved.

   

7. Under Download Options, choose among four different files sizes:

   • Best: 1 hour of video uses approximately 0.46 GB of data and storage.
   • Better: 1 hour of video uses approximately 0.33 GB of data and storage.
   • Good: 1 hour of video uses approximately 0.27 GB of data and storage.
   • Data Saver: 1 hour of video uses approximately 0.14 GB of data and storage.

   

   The lower the quality of the download, the lower the video quality.

8. You should see the video download, with the percentage completed shown on the right.

   

9. When the download's complete and you’re ready to watch, tap Complete.

   

10. Tap Take me to the downloads page.

    

11. To watch it later, tap the hamburger menu.

    

12. Tap Downloads.

    

13. Tap Play to begin playing any of your downloaded videos.

    

How to Download Amazon Prime Videos Included With Prime

1. Open the Prime Video app.

2. Tap a video of your choice after scrolling through the Prime Carousel.

   

3. In the video details, tap Download.

   

4. If you have an SD card installed, you may be asked where you want the video to be saved.

   

5. Under Download Options, choose among four different files sizes:

   • Best: 1 hour of video uses approximately 0.46 GB of data and storage.
   • Better: 1 hour of video uses approximately 0.33 GB of data and storage.
   • Good: 1 hour of video uses approximately 0.27 GB of data and storage.
   • Data Saver: 1 hour of video uses approximately 0.14 GB of data and storage.

   

6. The download begins, with the progress bar on the right.

   

7. After it is complete and you’re ready to watch, tap Complete.

   

8. Tap Take me to the downloads page.

   

9. To watch it later, tap the hamburger menu.

   

10. Tap Downloads.

    

11. Tap Play to begin playing any of your downloaded videos.

    

How to Delete Viewed Amazon Prime Videos

After you’ve watched those downloaded videos, delete them to save space on your device.

1. Open your Prime Video app.

2. Tap the hamburger menu.

   

3. Tap Downloads.

   

4. To delete a single video, tap the 3 vertical dots on the right side.

   

5. Tap Delete download.

   

6. To delete several videos simultaneously, tap Edit.

   

7. Tap each video, or tap Select all to delete all the videos.

   

8. Tap Delete.

   

Compatible Devices

Amazon doesn’t allow downloading to all devices, so check with the list below before trying to download Amazon Prime movies:

• Kindle Fire tablets (Except 1st generation)
• Android smartphones and tablets
• iOS devices