How to Backup Twitter Videos on Mobile and Desktop

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(Pocket-lint) – We’ve all had this problem: you find a great video on Twitter, then when you want to show it to someone, you can’t find it again. It’s so frustrating.

To make matters worse, Twitter doesn’t have a built-in tool to back up videos, so you might think you’re out of luck.

Luckily, downloading Twitter videos is easy on all platforms thanks to free third-party tools.

Here’s how to do it whether you’re on a computer, iPhone, iPad, or Android device.

How to Save Twitter Videos to Desktop

What you need:

1. Open Twitter and find the video you want to download.
2. Copy a link to the video by right-clicking on the video and selecting Copy video address.
3. In another tab, open a tool like Twitter Video Downloader, paste the URL in the text box and click To download.
4. You have quality options, so you can save a high or low resolution version.
5. Click on the button Download video next to the resolution of your choice.

How to Save Twitter Videos on iOS

What you need:

1. Make sure theShortcuts app is installed. You can find it on the App Store here.
2. Go into Settingsthen in Shortcuts .
3. Place the cursor on Allow untrusted shortcuts.
4. Visit this link on your device to add Twitter Video Downloader to your shortcuts.
5. Click on Get a shortcut to open the Shortcuts app, scroll down and tap Add untrusted shortcut.
6. Open the app Twitter and find the Tweet containing the video you want.
7. Tap To share and you will see the option for the twitter video downloader – tap on it.
8. You will be asked if you want the download to be high, medium or low quality.
9. Choose an option and let the shortcut do its thing.
10. Once the download is complete, you will find the video in yourgallery.

How to Save Twitter Videos on Android

What you need:

1. Open the app Twitter
2. Find the Tweet containing the video you want to save.
3. Click on the share button for copy a link to the Tweet.
4. Open the Download app Twitter videos
5. Paste the URL into the empty text field at the top of the screen.
6. Click on the button blue circular download at the bottom right.
7. You can then access your saved video in the app, or move it to your gallery if you prefer.

It wasn’t that hard, was it? But Twitter could definitely make it easier for you. If you enjoyed this article, why not boost your Twitter skills by learning how to find tweets from specific accounts?

Written by Luke Baker.