Paste tweet URL → preview → pick format → download
Tweet Downloader — FAQ
What does this tool actually save?
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XTapDown's Tweet Downloader captures the full post text, author name and handle, profile picture, timestamp, like and reply counts, video (if any), GIF (if any), every image in a multi-image post, and the original X URL. Package it as PDF, ZIP, offline HTML, Markdown, or raw JSON.
Why use this instead of just taking a screenshot?
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A screenshot loses the original media file (video quality, image resolution) and contains no machine-readable data. XTapDown's Tweet Downloader preserves everything in original form — useful for archival, evidence preservation, research, and personal backup. The screenshot tool remains available separately for quick visual sharing on social posts.
Which format should I pick?
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In XTapDown's Tweet Downloader, pick ZIP for save-everything cases, PDF for sharing or printing, offline HTML for opening anywhere without internet, Markdown if you save tweets to Notion, Obsidian, or GitHub, and JSON if you're analyzing tweets programmatically or building a structured dataset for research or training.
Does the offline HTML really work offline?
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Yes. In XTapDown's Tweet Downloader, all media — video, images, author avatar — is embedded as base64 directly inside the HTML file. The single .html file opens in any browser without an internet connection and renders the full tweet exactly as it was archived, with no external requests or dependencies.
Is this useful for legal or journalistic evidence?
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It's a starting point. XTapDown's Tweet Downloader PDF and offline HTML formats include the original tweet URL, UTC archive timestamp, author handle, and stats — useful for citing or preserving a tweet before deletion. For court-admissible evidence, also use Archive.today or the Wayback Machine in parallel for independent corroboration.
Does it work with deleted tweets?
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No. XTapDown's Tweet Downloader reads from X's public syndication endpoint, so if the tweet is already deleted, private, or from a protected account, retrieval is not possible. Save tweets proactively before they're lost — once removed from X, the content cannot be recovered through any third-party archival tool.
How are images handled in multi-image tweets?
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For tweets with 2-4 images, XTapDown's Tweet Downloader fetches every image at its original resolution. They appear stacked vertically inside the PDF and HTML exports, and they ship as separate files (image_1.jpg, image_2.jpg, image_3.jpg, image_4.jpg) when you choose the ZIP format for archival.
I pasted the first tweet of a thread — why did I only get one tweet?
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X doesn't expose a free API for descendant tweets, so XTapDown's Tweet Downloader walks the chain upward from the URL you paste. To capture an entire thread, open it on X, scroll to the very bottom, click the timestamp of the LAST tweet, copy that URL, and paste it — we then bundle every tweet chronologically.
Is it free?
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Yes — XTapDown's Tweet Downloader is completely free with no account and no limits on the number of tweets you can archive. All processing happens locally in your browser, never on our servers, so nothing you download or archive is stored, logged, or transmitted to any backend system.