Love a video on X (né Twitter) and want to save the clip locally to your iPhone’s Photos app or Camera Roll? Check out these five easy ways to download Twitter videos on iPhone and iPad – with or without a premium subscription.
1. Use the built-in download option
Ease of use: 10/10
If you’ve subscribed to X Premium (earlier called Twitter Blue), you get the native option to save Twitter videos to your iPhone or iPad’s Photos app.
- Open the X app and tap a video post to open it in full-screen.
- Tap the three dots icon from the top right.
- Select Download video.
- Once the download completes, go to your iPhone’s Photos app, and you will see this Twitter video there.
X is also allowing (some) users to download videos sent via direct message. All you need to do is touch and hold the video and then tap Download video.
Can’t download a video even though you’ve paid and subscribed to X Premium? Here’s what you need to know:
- You can only download a video from X if the original poster has allowed downloading it.
- If you don’t see the option to download a video, update the X app. After that, force quit and reopen it. Restarting your iPhone should also help.
In case the problem continues or if you are not subscribed to X Premium, please follow the other methods mentioned below.
2. Use an iOS shortcut
Ease of use: 9/10
Are you someone who makes a lot of memes, does video editing, and X is your primary source of clips? If yes, you will like this excellent iOS shortcut by Saif Al Falah to quickly download Twitter videos offline and save them to the iPhone Photos app.
1) Visit tvdl.app and use your email address to add the TVDL 4.1.0shortcut to your iPhone or iPad.
2) Open the X app and find the post with video that you want to download.
3) Tap the share button, followed by Share via, and select TVDL 4.1.0 from the iOS Share Sheet.
4) Allow the shortcut some permissions, select the desired video quality, and you’re done! The video is downloaded from X and saved to your iPhone’s Photos app.
3. Use the X Save app to download Twitter videos
Ease of use: 9/10
1) Download X Save Twitter Videos Saver app for free from the iPhone App Store.
2) Open the X app, go to the post that has the video you want to download, tap the share icon, followed by Copy Link.
3) Open the X Save app, paste the video link from your iPhone’s clipboard, and hit Find > Save. Now, open your iPhone’s Photos app to find the downloaded Twitter video there.
In addition to X Save, you can also try TwiDown or Tweeload, which are available for free on the Apple App Store.
4. Use Safari and picture in picture
Ease of use: 6.5/10
1) Copy the X post link that has a video.
2) Visit Twitter Video Downloader or TW Saver in Safari and paste the Tweet link here.
3) Tap Download.
4) Scroll down and selectDownload Video.
5) The video will start playing. Tap the screen and then tap the Picture-in-Picture button.
6) Tap the share icon and select Save to Files > choose a location > Save.
7) Now, open the Files app > Browse and go to the folder where you saved the video. From here, you can tap the video and play it or tap the share button and send it via other apps. To transfer the video to the Camera Roll, tap Save Video on the iOS Share Sheet.
5. Use a third-party iOS file manager app
Ease of use: 6.5/10
In the above methods, we used a Twitter video downloader website in Safari to download and save the clip. You can also use the same website in file manager apps like Documents. If you’re someone who downloads a lot of Twitter videos and wants to keep them in a separate app, follow these steps.
1) Get the Documents app from the App Store, open it, and finish the basic setup.
2) Open the X app and copy the post link that has a video.
3) Come back to the Documents app and tap Browser.
4) Search for Twitter Video Downloader and choose the twittervideodownloader.com result.
5) Paste the Tweet link here and tap Download > Download Video.
6) Rename the file if you like and tap Done. The Twitter video will start downloading. You can tap the arrow button to see it.
To share it, tap the folder icon from the bottom left to return to the main screen. From here, tap Downloads to see and share the video clip.
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