How to Save Full-Resolution Images from X (Twitter)
If you've ever screenshotted a photo from X or used "Save image," you've probably ended up with a soft, low-resolution copy. That's because the picture in your timeline is a compressed preview, not the file the creator uploaded. Here's how to grab the real, full-size original instead.
Why timeline images look low quality
To keep feeds fast, X generates several downscaled versions of every photo and shows a small one in the timeline. Screenshotting captures only what's on screen — already compressed and limited by your device's resolution. The original file X stores is usually far larger and sharper; you just need to request it directly.
Save the original image in 4 steps
- Open the post with the photo, tap Share, and choose "Copy link".
- Go to twitxdown.com and paste the link.
- Every photo attached to the post loads — including all images in a multi-photo post.
- Download each one. You get the full-resolution original, saved as .jpg (or .png if that's how it was uploaded).
Multi-image posts
A single X post can hold up to four photos. Instead of opening and saving each one separately, paste the post link once and every attached image is detected so you can grab them all at their original quality.
The manual "name=orig" trick
If you'd rather do it by hand, X image URLs accept a size parameter. Open the image
in its own tab and you'll see a link ending in something like
?format=jpg&name=small. Change
name=small to
name=orig and reload to view the original size,
then save it. It works, but it's fiddly on a phone — the image downloader does the
same thing automatically for every photo in a post.
Formats and quality
- Most photos are stored as JPG; images uploaded as PNG stay PNG and keep transparency.
- You're downloading the stored original, so nothing is re-compressed by us.
- No watermark or overlay is added to the file.
Grab a full-resolution photo now
Open the X Image DownloaderLooking for video instead? See downloading X videos on iPhone or on Android.