# How to Use a Twitch Downloader: A Beginner's Guide (VODs, Clips, Live & More) > New to saving Twitch videos? This beginner's guide shows exactly how to use a Twitch downloader to save VODs, clips, live streams, audio and chat — free, in your browser, step by step. _Atualizado: 2026-07-06_ ## What is a Twitch downloader? A Twitch downloader is a tool that saves Twitch content — a past broadcast (VOD), a clip, or a live stream — onto your own device as a video file, usually an MP4. Twitch itself has no download button, and it deletes past broadcasts after 7 to 60 days, so a downloader is how you keep a permanent copy. There are two main kinds: desktop apps you install, and browser tools that run on a web page. This guide uses the browser kind, because it's the simplest for a beginner — there's nothing to install and no account to create. vodfetch is a free, open-source example. ## How to use a Twitch downloader: the basic steps The process is the same for almost any browser-based tool, and it takes under a minute. You find the Twitch content you want, copy its link, paste that link into the downloader, pick a quality, and download the file. That's the whole idea — no settings to get wrong. The step-by-step is below. Once you've done it once, every future download is the same four clicks. ## Downloading a VOD, a clip, or a live stream The three main things you can save work the same paste-a-link way, they just start from different URLs. A VOD (a past broadcast) opens at twitch.tv/videos/… — paste that to archive a full stream. A clip lives at clips.twitch.tv/… or twitch.tv//clip/… — paste that to save a short highlight with no watermark. A live stream is the channel URL while the streamer is on air — paste that to record it to MP4 as it happens. If you only remember the streamer's name and not the exact link, you can paste just the channel name and pick the video you want from their recent VODs and clips. ## Getting audio only, or the chat A downloader isn't only for video. If you just want the sound — a music set, or a podcast-style Just Chatting stream — you can save the audio only, as an M4A/AAC file, instead of the full video. And if you want the chat that scrolled alongside a VOD, you can export the whole chat replay as a timestamped text file, separately from the MP4. These are the same paste-a-link flow — after you analyze the video, you simply pick the audio-only quality, or click the chat export, instead of a normal download. ## Choosing quality (Source, 1080p60 and file size) When you download, you pick a quality. "Source" (up to 1080p60) is the original, best-looking file with no re-encode — choose it when you want the full quality. Lower options like 720p or 480p make smaller files, which is handy on a slow connection or a nearly-full drive. For very long VODs, you don't have to download the whole thing: trim to just the section you want before downloading, so a six-hour stream becomes only the minutes you care about. ## Como baixar um vídeo da Twitch 1. **Find the content and copy its link** — Open the VOD, clip or live channel on Twitch and copy the URL from the address bar (twitch.tv/videos/…, clips.twitch.tv/…, or twitch.tv/). 2. **Paste the link into the downloader** — Open a free browser tool like vodfetch and paste the link into the box. It reads the video right in your browser — no account or install. 3. **Pick a quality (and trim if you want)** — Choose Source for full quality, a lower option for a smaller file, or audio-only for sound. For long VODs, trim to just the part you need. 4. **Download the file** — Click download and the MP4 (or audio/chat) saves to your device — a permanent copy you own, independent of Twitch's schedule. ## Perguntas frequentes ### How do I use a Twitch downloader for the first time? Copy the Twitch link (VOD, clip or channel), paste it into a free browser tool like vodfetch, choose a quality, and download the MP4. There's no account and nothing to install — the whole thing takes under a minute. ### What's the difference between downloading a VOD, a clip and a live stream? A VOD (twitch.tv/videos/…) is a past broadcast; a clip (clips.twitch.tv/…) is a short highlight; a live stream is the channel URL while the streamer is on air. All three save the same paste-a-link way, just from different URLs. ### Do I need an account or to install anything? Not with a browser-based tool. vodfetch runs on a web page — no account, no app, no extension. You paste a link and download, on any device with a browser. ### What quality should I choose? Pick Source (up to 1080p60) for the best, original quality with no re-encode. Choose a lower resolution for a smaller file, or audio-only if you just want the sound.