How to See Old Tweets on PC or Mac

This wikiHow teaches you how to view older tweets from a specific time frame when using Twitter on a computer.

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    Go to https://www.twitter.com in a web browser. You can access Twitter from any mainstream browser, such as Safari or Chrome. If you’re not already signed in to your account, click Log in to do so now.
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    Click the search bar. It’s at the top-right corner of the page.
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    Enter the username and timeframe. Use the following format: from:username since:yyyy-mm-dd until:yyyy-mm-dd.
    • Replace “username” with the username of the person whose tweets you want to see.
    • To search your own tweets, type your own username.
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    Click the magnifying glass. It’s to the right of the search bar. Twitter will return a list of tweets from the time period you’ve searched.
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About This Article

Nicole Levine, MFA
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Nicole Levine, MFA
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This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 2,835 times.
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1. Sign in to Twitter.
2. Click the search bar.
3. Enter the search format username since:yyyy-mm-dd until:yyyy-mm-dd
4. Click the magnifying glass.

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