XGrab

v1.0.0 Tools Coming soon

Save photos, videos and GIFs from X (Twitter), one post at a time or a whole profile in one click. Straight from X to your computer.

Coming to Chrome Web Store Privacy Policy Support

What is XGrab?

X shows you photos, videos and GIFs, but gives you no simple way to keep them. XGrab adds a download button to every post with media, and a Download All button to the Media tab of every profile.

It is free, with no limits of our own and no server in between. Files go straight from X’s media servers to your computer.

How it works

On a profile, open the Media tab and click the small download icon next to “Media”, then Download All. XGrab lists the account’s media page by page and saves every file. You can pause, resume or cancel, and retry anything that failed.

On any post with media, click the download button in the action bar. Posts with several files show how many, and one click saves them all.

The first time, XGrab asks where to save. Pick a folder and it remembers which files are already there, so running it again only saves what is new. Close the folder picker and files go to Downloads/XGrab/@username/ instead.

Good to know

Sign in to X first. XGrab uses your own session, so it sees exactly what you can see.
Very large libraries: X only returns part of a very large media library, so the number of files can be lower than the count on the profile.
Only download media you have the right to save.

XGrab is not affiliated with or endorsed by X Corp.

Features

Whole profile: open an account’s Media tab, click Download All, and XGrab pages through all of it for you, no scrolling needed
Single posts: a download button in the action bar of every post with media, on the timeline, profiles, search, bookmarks and likes
Original quality: photos in original size, videos and GIFs as MP4 at the highest quality available
Clear names: @username_postId_1.jpg, one folder per account
Nothing twice: pick a folder once and XGrab skips files that are already in it, so a second run only saves what is new
In control: pause, resume and cancel a batch, and retry any file that failed

What it doesn't do

Send anything to a server of ours or anyone else’s: files go straight from X to your computer
Include analytics, tracking or an install ping
Require an account, login, sign-up or subscription
Limit how many files you save
Run on any website other than x.com and twitter.com (and X’s media servers)
Show you anything your own X account cannot see

Permissions

Every permission this extension asks for, and why it needs it.

downloads

Saves media files to Downloads/XGrab/@username/ when you have not picked a folder, and checks whether a file was saved before so it is not downloaded twice.

storage

Keeps the download queue, so a large batch can continue after Chrome pauses the extension, and the details of X’s media list request (see below). Nothing in storage leaves your computer.

webRequest

Reads (never blocks or changes) the headers of the page’s own media list request on x.com and twitter.com, including the authorization, x-csrf-token and x-twitter-* headers of your session. XGrab repeats that request with a page cursor to list a profile’s media when you click Download All. These headers are stored locally and only ever sent to X.

x.com, twitter.com

Adds the download buttons, reads the media links from the responses X already sends to your browser, and requests the next pages of a profile’s media list from X.

pbs.twimg.com, video.twimg.com

X’s media servers. The photo and video files are downloaded from there.

Privacy first

XGrab collects nothing. It has no server, no analytics and no install ping. To list a profile's media it reuses your own X session, and keeps a copy of that request's headers in your browser. They are only ever sent back to X.

Read the privacy policy →

Support

Need help with XGrab, found a bug, or have a feature request? Get in touch and we'll get back to you.

Help and FAQ → [email protected]