How to Download a Twitter/X Space Recording (and Convert It to MP3)

X Spaces can be some of the best audio on the platform — and some of the most fragile. Even when a host records a Space, the replay typically only stays available for about 30 days before it expires. If a conversation is worth keeping, you have a limited window to save it.

Can every Space be downloaded?

Only recorded ones. If the host enabled recording, the replay can be saved any time before it expires. A live, in-progress Space can be captured too, but the file will only be complete up to the moment you grab it — so for a clean full copy, wait until the Space has ended.

How to save a Space

Copy the link to the Space and paste it into the Spaces downloader. It pulls the recorded audio and hands it back as a file you can keep offline — no account, no recording software running in the background.

Turn it into an MP3 to keep or clip

Saving as an MP3 makes the audio universal — it plays on any device, and it's easy to trim down to the best few minutes. If you grabbed a video clip with audio elsewhere, the same MP3 extractor handles that too.

Transcribe it for searchable notes

Once you have the audio file, you can run it through any transcription tool to get a searchable text version — useful for journalists, researchers, or anyone who wants to quote a Space accurately rather than from memory.

Don't wait — the 30-day clock is real

Because recordings expire, treat a Space you care about like anything else worth keeping: save it now. The same logic applies to archiving X videos before they disappear, and to live broadcast replays.

Got a Space worth keeping? Paste its link into xfetchy before the window closes.