Whether the URL in your clipboard starts with twitter.com or x.com, the destination is the same tweet and the same video file. The 2023 rebrand changed the domain but not the underlying content. Any modern downloader handles both URL formats interchangeably — and this one strips tracker parameters automatically so you don't have to clean the URL by hand.
If you copied a URL years ago from twitter.com, it still works today. If you grabbed it from the X app five minutes ago, it also works. Paste it above and pick a quality.
How it works
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Grab any Twitter / X URL
From the share menu in the app, from your browser's address bar, or copied from a friend's message. All of these are valid: twitter.com/user/status/123..., x.com/user/status/123..., or the same URL with ?s=20 tracking suffixes.
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Paste it above
The input box accepts any of those formats. You don't need to remove the ?s=20 or other URL parameters — our backend strips them before processing.
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Choose quality and download
Pick HD, standard, or the highest the source provides. The MP4 file saves directly to your device.
twitter.com vs x.com: Same Content, Different Domain
After the July 2023 rebrand, twitter.com URLs now redirect to x.com — but the path structure is identical. A tweet at twitter.com/user/status/1234567890 is the exact same content as x.com/user/status/1234567890. The numeric status ID — the part that actually identifies the tweet — never changed.
For a downloader, this means there's no special handling needed. Both URL formats resolve to the same video file on Twitter / X's CDN (which, incidentally, is still called video.twimg.com — the rebrand didn't reach all the way down to infrastructure). Our converter accepts either form and produces the same result.
URL Formats We Accept
All of the following are valid. The converter handles them identically:
https://twitter.com/user/status/1234567890https://x.com/user/status/1234567890https://www.twitter.com/user/status/1234567890twitter.com/user/status/1234567890(no scheme)https://x.com/user/status/1234567890?s=20&t=AbCd(with tracker)https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1234567890(legacy app share format)https://t.co/abc123(Twitter's URL shortener — we follow the redirect)
What We Strip Automatically
Twitter / X adds tracking parameters to URLs shared from the app. They look like ?s=20&t=AbCdEf and they identify the share session, not the tweet itself. We strip these before processing for two reasons:
- The tracker isn't needed to fetch the video — only the status ID matters.
- Trackers can occasionally trigger rate limits on freshly shared content.
You don't need to clean up URLs before pasting. Paste whatever's in your clipboard.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to convert twitter.com URLs to x.com first?
No. The converter accepts both formats. There's no difference in output — they point to the same video.
What if I have an old bookmark from years ago at twitter.com?
It still works. twitter.com URLs 301-redirect to x.com, and the converter follows the redirect server-side.
Does the t.co URL shortener work?
Yes. We follow the t.co redirect to get the underlying twitter.com / x.com URL, then proceed normally.
Why do you strip the ?s=20 part?
Those parameters are Twitter / X share trackers — they identify which share session the URL came from. They don't affect which video is referenced, so removing them is safe and avoids rate-limit issues on newly shared content.
Can I paste a URL with #hashtag fragments?
Yes. URL fragments (anything after #) are ignored — they're browser-side navigation hints, not part of the request to our server.
What about Twitter Spaces or Live URLs?
Spaces and live videos don't have downloadable MP4 files — they're real-time streams. The converter will tell you if a URL doesn't resolve to a downloadable video.