How to Download Amazon Prime Movies

Updated June 11, 2019

If your form of relaxation is watching TV or movies, it becomes a little more challenging if you choose to go offline. How will you watch them if you have no data signal or internet connection on your smartphone or tablet? Luckily, Amazon Prime allows its customers to view their content offline. Here’s how to download those Amazon Prime movies and watch them anywhere.

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)
Fire Phone
Android smartphones and tablets
iOS devices

Before downloading any videos, you’ll need to download and install the Prime Video app, available for Android 4.1 and later and iOS 9.3 and later.

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

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

Make sure you have an internet connection and open the Prime Video app on your device.
Tap the hamburger menu, represented as 3 horizontal lines.
Tap Video Library.
Tap either Movies or TV Shows, depending on your desired video.
Find and tap your movie, then tap Download from the menu on the right.
If you have an SD card installed, you may be asked where you want the video to be saved.
Under Download Options, you have a choice between 4 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.
You should see the video download, with the percentage completed shown on the right.
Once the download's complete and you’re ready to watch, tap Complete.
Tap Take me to the downloads page.
If you want to watch it later, tap the hamburger menu.
Tap Downloads.
Tap Play to begin playing any of your downloaded videos.

How to Download Amazon Prime Videos Included With Prime

Open the Prime Video app.
Tap a video of your choice after scrolling through the Prime Carousel.
In the video details, tap Download.
If you have an SD card installed, you may be asked where you want the video to be saved.
Under Download Options, you have a choice between 4 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.
Download will begin, with the progress bar on the right.
Once it is complete and you’re ready to watch, tap Complete.
Tap Take me to the downloads page.
If you want to watch it later, tap the hamburger menu.
Tap Downloads.
Tap Play to begin playing any of your downloaded videos.

How to Delete Viewed Amazon Prime Videos

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

Open your Prime Video app.
Tap the hamburger menu.
Tap Downloads.
To delete a single video, tap the 3 vertical dots on the right side.
Tap Delete download.
To delete multiple videos, tap Edit.
Tap each video you want to delete, or tap Select all to delete all the videos.
Tap Delete.