How to Save Twitch Videos

Last Updated: March 5, 2020

Normally, when you share a live stream, it disappears when you finish. You can, however, enable Twitch to save your past live streams and list them as "Video On Demand" or VOD. After you enable that setting, you can highlight your streams to save forever on your channel. This wikiHow will show you how to save your Twitch live streams as VODs as well as how to save your streams as Highlights.

Method 1

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Saving Your Live Streams

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Go to https://www.twitch.tv/ in a web browser. The apps are unable to access this feature, so you'll need to use the site.
- Log in if prompted.
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Click your profile icon. You'll see this in the upper right corner of the page.

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Click Creator Dashboard. You'll find this in the first grouping of menu options, with Video Producer and Channel.
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Click the Channel tab. You'll see this at the bottom of the menu on the left of the page. It's under the header "Settings."
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Click the switch to the on position
next to "Store past broadcasts." Any settings you change are automatically saved, so you can exit the settings dashboard.
- Your next stream will be saved for up to 14 days if you're a normal Twitch user. If you're an affiliate, partner, Prime, or Turbo user, your stream will be saved for up to 60 days.^{[1]
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Saving Your Streams as Highlights

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Go to https://www.twitch.tv/ in a web browser. You'll have to enable Twitch to store past broadcasts before you can complete this step; if you haven't, you can follow the previous method to enable storing past broadcasts. When you highlight a past broadcast, it'll save to your Highlights section forever. You can highlight an entire video if you don't want it deleted from Twitch.
- Log in if prompted.
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Click your profile icon. You'll see this in the upper right corner of the page.
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Click Channel. Your Twitch channel will open.
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Click the Videos tab. You'll see this above the middle panel of your channel, with Clips and Events. A list of all your videos will load.
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Click the All Videos box. A menu will dropdown.
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Click Past Broadcasts. The box will close and the videos presented will filter to show only past broadcasts.
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Click on a video to highlight. The video will load in the page.
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Click ⋮. You'll find this below the video, on the right, next to Share.
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Click Highlight. Your video will load in the Highlight Interface.
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Drag and drop the ends of the yellow bar to create your highlight. You can preview your highlight in the video box above.
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Click Create Highlight. This is a purple button above the yellow bar and timeline. You'll be directed to a page while the video processes. You have the opportunity to change the highlight's name and description.
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Click Save Changes. You'll see this in the lower right corner of the processing window. The video may take a few moments to process, but it is now a highlight and will permanently stay on your Twitch profile.^{[2]
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Method 3

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Downloading Twitch Videos

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Download and install the current version of Twitch Leecher from https://github.com/Franiac/TwitchLeecher/releases. Twitch Leecher is third-party software that is highly suggested and recommended for downloading Twitch videos, but it is only available for Windows computers.
- To download your own videos, you will see an option to Download under each video you have on Twitch in the Video Manager.
- Click the ".exe" file and click Run when prompted. Follow the on-screen prompts to finish the installation process.
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Go to the Twitch video you want to download in a web browser. You can use any web browser for this step because you're only getting the video link.
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Right-click on the video. A menu will pop up.
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Click Copy Link, Copy Link Location, or Copy link address. Each browser uses different wording, but you want to copy the video's link.
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Open Twitch Leecher. You'll find this in your Start Menu.
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Click Search. You'll see this at the top of the application window. I
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Click the URLs tab. You'll see a large white text box appear.
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Paste the copied video link into the white text box. You can press Ctrl+V or right-click in the box and click Paste.
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Click Search. You'll see this under the white text box. The video will load as a search result.
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Click Download. You'll see this under the video and to the right.
- You can change the default downloading options for the quality, download location, downloaded filename, and the start and end times of the video.^{[3]
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Click Download. You'll see this in the bottom left corner of the page. The video will download to the location specified in the previous step.