Can I download a happy birthday video for free?
Yes. Pick a design, type a name and press Export video. It is free, with no watermark and no account, and the file is made on your own device.
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Happy birthday video, ready to send
Pick a finished design, type their name and download it. It plays with a Happy Birthday tune you are free to use, and it’s made on your phone in a minute or two.
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A happy birthday video you can send straight away is a finished, animated design with their name on it and a tune underneath. Pick one of the templates below, type the name, and press Export video: you get an MP4 to send on WhatsApp or post to a Story, without filming or editing anything.
Unlike the stock clips and compilations that come up when you search, the video says their name, their age if you like, and a line from you. The music is one of birthday.video’s own arrangements of the Happy Birthday tune, so it is free to use, even in a public post. Prefer something that loops in a chat? Choose GIF instead and you get a silent animation, as on the happy birthday GIF page.
Everything is made in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, there is no sign-up, and the download has no watermark.
Start from one of these
How to send a happy birthday video in two minutes
Pick a design
Press Pick a ready-made video and choose a design from Templates: a classic card, something funny, a big milestone number or a gentle one.
(enlarge image) Pick a card from the gallery; the category and the shape are already set by the page you came from.
Type the name
Type their Name, add the Age if it suits them, and change the Message to something you would say.
(enlarge image) Type the Name, Age and Message, then Add photos and clips if you have them.
Choose the tune
Open Add music and pick one of the Happy Birthday arrangements. If you would rather, add a song file from your phone instead.
(enlarge image) The Music panel: our own Happy Birthday arrangements, or Add music for a song on your device.
Download and send
Press Export video, then Download video, or Share on a phone to send it straight to WhatsApp or Messages.
(enlarge image) Export video opens this sheet: Video (MP4) for a video with sound.
Which design to send
A ready-made video works best when the design matches the person and how close you are. A rough guide:
- A colleague or an acquaintance: a classic card with their name and a short, warm line. Keep it under twenty seconds.
- A close friend: something funny, with an inside joke as the Message.
- A partner: a romantic design with one honest sentence, or one of your photos together added with Add photos and clips.
- A big number: the milestone designs put the age up front, as on the 50th birthday page.
- Someone you forgot: there are belated designs that make a joke of it.
Every design is on the birthday video templates page if you would like to browse them all first.
MP4 or GIF
MP4: with the tune
Choose Video (MP4) when you want sound. It plays like any video on a phone, a laptop or a TV, so it suits WhatsApp chats and Status, Instagram and Facebook Stories, and an email. Story 9:16 under Format fills a phone screen.
GIF: silent, and it loops
Choose GIF for a short animation that plays on repeat without sound, the kind people drop into a group chat or a comment. Square 1:1 is the safest shape for a GIF. Press Export video, then choose GIF and save it like a photo.
Free music you are allowed to use
The tune of Happy Birthday is in the public domain, and the arrangements in Add music are made for this site, so a video that uses one can go on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube without being muted for the music. If you want just the tune, for a party or another video, Song only saves it as an audio file. The Happy Birthday song page lists the arrangements, and is Happy Birthday copyrighted explains the history.
Ready-made happy birthday videos: questions
Does the video sing their name?
No. The name appears on screen, timed with the animation, over an instrumental arrangement of the tune. Nothing is sung, so the same video works for any name.
Can I use the music on Instagram or YouTube?
The Happy Birthday arrangements in Add music are free to use in your video, including public posts. A chart song you add yourself is different: social networks may mute or block it.
How long is a ready-made birthday video?
Most designs run for about the length of the tune, well under a minute. Add photos or clips and it grows to fit them.
Can I add a photo of them?
Yes. Press Add photos and clips and choose a picture or two; they appear in the design’s picture scenes.
Which shape should I download for WhatsApp?
Story 9:16 for WhatsApp Status, and Square 1:1 or Story 9:16 for a chat. Set it under Format before you export.