GIFs are a great format which illustrates the whole video in just a few screenshots. GIFs are really entertaining and they tend to get more engagement than plain photos.
However, what to do if you just found an interesting GIF on Twitter which you would like to save for later? Unfortunately, Twitter doesn’t provide an option to simply right-click GIF and select “Save file as…”.
You can’t save GIFs this way because Twitter actually converts all the GIFs into short MP4 format videos to speed up page loading time. Luckily, there is a way around it, you can save GIFs from Twitter using few other methods.
In this article you are going to learn how to save & download any GIF from Twitter using your smartphone (iPhone, Android) or computer.
Let’s get started!
How to save & download any GIF from Twitter using iPhone?
If you would like to save or download GIF from Twitter using your iPhone smartphone, then the best free third-party app to do this would be GIFwrapped. It is the most popular, free and safe app that will let you to save and download GIFs from Twitter. You can download it from the App Store.
Once you have downloaded and installed the GIFwrapped app, follow the steps below:
- Go to Twitter.com and locate the GIF that you would like to save and download;
- Tap on the menu arrow icon at the top right corner of the tweet;
- Select “Share Tweet via…” and select “Copy link to Tweet” afterwards. GIF’s URL will be copied to your clipboard;
- Now open up GIFwrapped app on your phone and paste the link copied to the search bar. Press “Search”;
- GIF will be displayed at the top, simply tap on it and select “Save Image”. Done!
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How to save & download any GIF from Twitter using Android?
If you would like to save or download GIF from Twitter using your Android smartphone, then you should download a free third-party app Tweet2gif. It is the most popular app for Android users to save and download GIFs directly to your smartphone.
Once you have download and installed the Tweet2gif app, follow the steps below:
- Go to Twitter.com and locate the GIF that you would like to save and download;
- Tap on the share icon (three dots);
- Choose Tweet2gif app;
- Click on “Download GIF” button. GIF will start downloading and will be saved to your phone memory. Done!
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How to save & download any GIF from Twitter using your computer?
If you would like to save or download GIF from Twitter using your desktop computer or laptop, then follow the steps below:
- Go to Twitter and locate the GIF that you would like to save or download;
- Click on the drop-down arrow icon at the tweet’s top right corner;
- From the drop-down menu, select “Copy link to Tweet”. This will copy GIF’s URL to your clipboard;
- Go to EZGIF website and click on “Video to GIF” tab at the top;
- Paste your GIF’s URL that you recently copied into the specified box named “OR paste video URL:”;
- Click on “Upload video!” button;
- EZGIF will offer you to tweak a few settings before converting it to GIF. Just leave it with defaults settings and click on “Convert to GIF!”;
- Click on “Save” button at the right and GIF will be saved to your computer. Done!
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I hope that you found this guide helpful and were able to save & download GIF from Twitter to your smartphone or computer. If you have any more questions, leave a comment below!
