How to Copy an X Video Link

Where to find the Copy link option for an X (Twitter) post on iPhone, Android and desktop, so you can download the video.

Published: By Editorial team

The downloader needs the link to the post that contains the video.

iPhone and Android app

  1. Open the post with the video.
  2. Tap the Share icon under the post.
  3. Choose Copy link.
X app on a phone: tap Share under the post, then choose Copy link
Tap Share under the post, then Copy link.

Desktop browser

Click the post’s timestamp to open it, then copy the address from the browser’s address bar. It looks like https://x.com/username/status/1234567890.

Desktop browser showing an X post and its link in the address bar
On desktop, open the post and copy the address from the address bar.

Links from x.com, twitter.com and mobile.twitter.com all work. Extra parts at the end such as ?s=20 are removed automatically.

Examples of X links that work: x.com, twitter.com and mobile.twitter.com post links, and a profile link that does not work
These post link formats all work. A profile link doesn't point to a post.

Once the link is copied, paste it into the Twitter video downloader. If the post has a GIF, the Twitter GIF downloader page explains why it saves as MP4.