This wikiHow teaches you how to find a user's old tweets using Twitter's Advanced Search on iPhone or iPad. Unless they have been deleted, made private, and you have not been blocked by that user, you can easily find all the tweets they have posted in a specific time frame.
Steps
Step 1. Find out when the user joined Twitter
To find the oldest tweets in an account, you need to find out the month and year it was created. Here's how to do it:
- You open Twitter (look for the blue icon with a white bird which is usually found on the main screen of your device);
- Go to the profile of the user you are interested in by clicking on their username or on the photo next to one of their tweets;
- Find the registration date next to "Registered by" at the top of the profile (under the name and geographic location);
- Return to the main screen once this information is noted or stored.
Step 2. Go to this page with Safari
Since Twitter Advanced Search is not part of the social network's official app, you need to use a browser to search for old tweets.
The Safari icon features a blue, red, and white compass. You can usually find it on the main screen
Step 3. Log in with your Twitter account
If you haven't already, press Log in in the top right corner, enter your username and password, then press again Log in.
A Twitter search page will appear, but this is not yet Advanced Search
Step 4. Scroll down the page to view the toolbar
It is a gray bar with blue icons at the bottom of the screen.
Step 5. Press the Share icon
You will see it in the center of the toolbar.
Step 6. Swipe left along the bottom row of icons and hit Request Desktop Site
You will see this option in the middle of the row. The website will be updated and "Advanced Search" will appear at the top.
- If your iPhone has a small screen, you will probably need to zoom in to see the text and fields.
- To zoom in, place two fingers on the part of the screen you want to see better, then spread your fingers apart. To narrow your view, pinch your two fingers together on the screen.
Step 7. Type the username of the profile you are interested in in the "From these accounts" field
This is the first option under the "People" heading.
- Do not include the ″ @ ″ symbol. For example, if you want to search for old @wikiHow tweets, just type wikihow in the text field.
- To find your old tweets, enter your username.
Step 8. Enter the time range in which to search for the tweets you are interested in
Scroll down to the "Date" heading, then specify the start and end days of the search. Here's how to do it:
- Press the first empty space next to "From this date" to open the calendar, press the arrow in the upper left corner until you reach the month and year in which the user signed up, press the first day of that month, then press Done;
- Press the second space (to the right of "A"), select the last date of the period in which you want to view the tweets, then press Done.
Step 9. Improve search results (optional)
If you want to view all tweets from a user in the indicated period, skip to the next step. If not, check out these sections to see if additional filters can help you narrow your search.
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Words:
in the top section of the page, you can decide to show only tweets that contain (or are missing) some words, phrases or hashtags.
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People:
to see only the tweets that the selected user has sent to another, write the second username in the "To these accounts" field (under the "People" heading).
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Places:
select a location if you want to see only tweets that were posted from a specific location.
Step 10. Press Search
You will see this pink button at the bottom left of the page. All the tweets of the selected user published in the period you indicated will appear.
