Kick
Download a clip or replay from Kick
Paste the link to a Kick clip or a past broadcast. No account, no extension.
Kick deletes past broadcasts on a schedule — 7 days for most channels, 30 for verified ones. Far more Kick links fail because the replay expired than for any other reason, so if a link is more than a week old, expect it to be gone.
Clip, replay, or live stream?
Kick uses three different words for three different things, and the link shape differs for each.
A clip
A short highlight someone cut from a stream, usually well under a minute. Clips stay up indefinitely and are the most reliable thing to save.
A replay (VOD)
The full past broadcast, often many hours. These expire — 7 days on most channels, 30 on verified ones — after which the link is dead for everyone.
A stream in progress
A live broadcast has no end yet, so there is no finished file to hand you. Wait for the replay, or clip the moment inside Kick while it airs.
Which Kick link do you have?
Kick shows several URL shapes and they are easy to confuse. Only some point at something downloadable.
| Link looks like | What it is | Usable here |
|---|---|---|
| kick.com/channel/clips/clip_01ABC… | A clipThe most reliable shape. | Yes |
| kick.com/channel?clip=clip_01ABC… | The same clip, shared from the playerAlso fine — Kick hands out both forms. | Yes |
| kick.com/channel/videos/5c697a87-… | A past broadcastWorks while the replay still exists. | Yes |
| kick.com/channel | The channel itselfPoints at whatever is live now, which is not a finished file. | No |
| kick.com/video/5c697a87-… | A short video linkOpen it in Kick and copy the address from the player instead. | No |
| kick.com/channel/clips | A channel's list of clipsOpen one clip and copy its own link. | No |
What can and cannot be saved
The expiry rules do most of the work here, so they are worth knowing before you go hunting for a tool that does not exist.
| What you are after | Here | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| A clip | Yes | Paste the link above. |
| A replay that is still up | Yes | Paste the link above, and do not wait — see the expiry rules. |
| A replay past its expiry | No | Kick has deleted it. Nothing can bring it back, including us. |
| A stream airing right now | No | Wait for the replay, or make a clip inside Kick while it is live. |
| Subscriber-only content | No | Requires a signed-in subscribed account, which a server does not have. |
| Something the streamer deleted | No | Gone. Deletion on Kick is immediate and final. |
About quality and file size
Kick serves streams as HLS — the video arrives in hundreds or thousands of small fragments rather than one file, which are stitched back together for you. That is why a long replay takes a while even on a fast connection: the work is in the number of pieces, not the megabytes.
The resolution you get is whatever the streamer broadcast. A quality menu cannot invent detail that was never streamed, and for a multi-hour replay the difference between a good and a poor source is decided at broadcast time, not download time.
Full replays are genuinely large — a several-hour broadcast can run to multiple gigabytes. Clips are trivial by comparison, which is another reason to prefer clipping the moment you actually want.
If it is your own stream
Streamers do not need any of this.
- Kick lets you download your own past broadcasts from your creator dashboard, at the original quality and without a third party in the middle.
- Anyone watching can create a clip inside Kick while a stream is live. That is the reliable way to keep a moment from a broadcast that will later expire.
When a Kick link does not work
Symptom first, then the likely cause.
| What you see | Usually means |
|---|---|
| Nothing found at a replay link | The replay passed its 7 or 30 day limit and Kick removed it. This is the most common Kick failure by a wide margin. |
| It says the channel is not live | You pasted the channel address rather than a clip or replay. A channel link only points at a broadcast in progress. |
| The link is not recognised | It is a channel page, a clips list, or a shortened share link. Open the specific clip or replay and copy the address from there. |
| A replay is taking a very long time | Normal for HLS: a multi-hour broadcast is thousands of fragments. Keep the tab open. |
| It says access is required | Subscriber-only or otherwise restricted content, which no external service can reach. |
Before you download
A clip or replay belongs to the streamer who made it. Saving something for your own viewing is one thing; re-uploading it, monetising it, or passing it off as your own is another, and it is the kind of thing that gets channels struck. Kick's terms and the streamer's wishes are your responsibility.
Questions people actually ask
- How long do Kick replays stay up?
- 7 days for most channels and 30 days for verified ones, after which Kick deletes them. There is no archive to recover them from.
- Can I download a stream while it is still live?
- No. A live broadcast has no finished file yet. Make a clip inside Kick instead, or wait for the replay.
- Why did my replay link work yesterday and not today?
- Almost certainly expiry. Kick removes replays on a fixed schedule and the link dies the moment it does.
- Can I save a whole channel's clips at once?
- One link at a time here. Bulk grabbing means a tool acting as your own account, with the rate limits and account risk that brings.
- Can I get subscriber-only content?
- No. It needs a signed-in subscribed account, and a server does not have one. Any site claiming otherwise is not telling the truth.
- Why is a replay so slow to download?
- Kick serves HLS, so a long broadcast is thousands of small fragments that have to be fetched and joined. The count matters more than the file size.
- Can I pick 1080p?
- Only if the streamer broadcast at 1080p. Nothing can add detail that was never streamed.
- I am the streamer — is there a better way?
- Yes. Download your own broadcasts from your Kick creator dashboard and skip third-party tools entirely.
- Does the streamer know I saved a clip?
- No. Kick sends no notification for downloads.