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X (Twitter) Video & Image Downloader

Grab videos, images and GIFs from public posts on X.

How to download from X (Twitter)

X strips the download option from posts. Paste a public post link and the attached media comes back — video as MP4, images at full size, and GIFs as the MP4 files X actually stores them as.

  1. 1

    Copy the post link

    Use Copy link from the share menu on the specific post.

  2. 2

    Paste it here

    Pick Video, Image or GIF and paste the link.

  3. 3

    Download

    Preview and save each file.

What comes back

Highest bitrate variant

X serves several bitrates per video. The best one for that post is what you get.

Threads and quote posts

A link to a single post fetches the media attached to that post. If you want media from a reply further down a thread, copy that specific post's link instead.

Quote posts hold their own media separately from the post they quote — link whichever one has the file you want.

One tool, plenty of uses

Save your own posts

Keep media from posts you published before deleting them.

Evidence and records

Archive a public post's media before it comes down.

Reaction folders

Build your own library of clips and GIFs.

Newsroom sourcing

Pull footage from a public post for verification work.

Ad research

Collect creative from promoted posts to study formats.

Offline viewing

Save a long video thread to watch later.

What you get

Best bitrate

Not the low-bandwidth variant the timeline autoplays.

Multi-image posts

All four images from a post, listed separately.

GIF support

Fetches the MP4 that X stores in place of the original GIF.

No account

Public posts only, with no X login involved.

Where the limits are

  • Protected accounts and posts requiring a login can't be fetched.
  • GIFs come back as MP4 because that's the only version X stores.
  • Media in a reply needs that reply's own link, not the thread's first post.

Rights and fair use

Public posts can generally be saved for personal reference. Copyright stays with whoever made the media.

Re-posting someone else's video as your own, or using it commercially, needs their permission.

Questions people ask