X Download Guides
Step-by-step guides for saving the videos, GIFs and photos of public X posts
Pick a topic below. Each guide is written for one job, tells you which file to choose and what to do when something does not work. All of them run in a normal browser: no app, no account.
Download on phone and computer
- Save X videos on iPhoneHow to save the video of an X (Twitter) post on iPhone and iPad with Safari: copy the post link, pick a quality, find the MP4 in Files and move it to Photos.
- Save X videos on Android and PCHow to save the video of an X (Twitter) post on an Android phone or on a Windows, Mac or Linux computer: copy the post link, pick a quality and find the MP4 in Downloads.
- Where are my downloads?Where videos, GIFs, photos and MP3s saved from X (Twitter) posts end up on iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, how the files are named and how to change the download folder.
GIFs, photos and audio
- Save photos and GIFsHow to save the photos of an X (Twitter) post in the size they were uploaded and its GIFs as the MP4 files X stores, one by one or all photos of a post at once.
Troubleshooting
- Download not working?Why a video, GIF or photo from an X (Twitter) post does not download – deleted or protected posts, sensitive media, profile links, posts without media, in-app browsers – and what to do.
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