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This is how you can search and delete an old tweet

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The tweet you publish today can affect you tomorrow. If you don’t want a tweet to ruin your career or haunt you in your private life in the future, it’s best to delete it first.. Therefore, we will explain how to find and delete old tweets step by step. There are 2 ways to do it, we will show you each one so you can decide which one best suits you.

We know that Twitter is now X, but most of us still refer to it as Twitter, as well as the action of publishing content, such as “tweeting”. Because of this, in this guide on how to find and delete old tweets, we will talk about Twitter, tweeting and tweets, not posts. On the other hand, apart from teaching you how to find and delete tweets, we will give you other tips to improve your privacy, we will also explain how to protect your account so that no one can see its content.

Way 1: Search them from Twitter archive

One of the best ways to find and delete old tweets is to track them from the Twitter archive. It consists of downloading a file from the social network with all your published tweets, from where you can access each one, to eliminate those you want. It is possible to download it from the computer version or the mobile version. Below we will indicate the steps to do it in each version, which is very similar and in both you must confirm your identity via SMS.

On mobile

1. Open the application Twitter.
2. Click on your profile picturein the top left-hand corner.
3. Choose Settings and privacy.
4. Tap on Your account.
5. Click on Download a file with your data.

Download the Twitter archive with all your tweets from the app

on computer

1. Enter the Twitter website.
2. Tap on the 3 menu itemslocated on the left.
3. Choose Configuration and support.
4. Click on Settings and privacy.
5. Tap on Your account.
6. Choose Download a file with your data.

This is how you can download the Twitter file from your computer

The preparation of the file will take one hour. When you are ready, you will receive a notice on Twitter to send you an email which will include the file. You just have to download it and unzip it, since it is sent in ZIP format. When you have extracted it, you will find a section called index.html, open it and choose the web browser with which to access it. From here you will be able to see all the tweets you have published since you created the account.

Regardless of what it may seem, it does not have an archaic appearance that makes navigation difficult, but rather it has an intuitive design through which you can browse by dates or use its search bar. In addition, when you click on a tweet, you will directly access it.where you can delete it.

As for how to delete a tweet. In both the PC version and the app you will see 3 dots in the upper right corner of the tweet. When you touch them, the option will appear Delete Tweet, click on it to delete the post permanently. This action is permanent, it is impossible to recover a deleted tweet, something contrary to deleting the Twitter account, which is a gradual process.

Way 2: Search tweets from Twitter

Another way to find and delete old tweets is to search for them from Twitter. The social network’s search engine is complete and allows you to find tweets with keywords or published on certain dates. For example, you can see all your tweets that contain the word “punch.” It is only possible from the websince from your mobile it is possible to search for certain parameters, but not in as advanced a way as from a PC.

This form is the fastest to find tweets that contain a wordalthough it does not allow you to sort the tweets by date**, since all the tweets from the time interval you choose appear, but they are not displayed in order, but rather listed randomly.

This is how to do an advanced search on Twitter:

1. Enter the Twitter website.
2. Tap on the magnifying glass iconlocated in the menu on the left.
3. Search anything from the top barregardless of whether it is related to the advanced search that we will perform later.
4. Once you have searched for anything, tap on the 3 points from the upper right corner and select Advanced search.
5. Configure your search (we will explain how below).

Setting up your search consists of choose the words, phrases, dates, hashtags or accounts that will appear in it. The filters are added in order to carry out a search that is as sharp as possible. For example, we can start by searching for all the tweets that we have published between January 1, 2022 and February 25, 2022, and then it is possible to perform that same search, but only those that contain the word “movie” appear.. Then we can add hashtags or the accounts that we mention, in this way it also allows us to check the interactions between profiles.

When we want to delete one of the tweets that appear, we will only have to do the same as before. Tap on the 3 dots in the upper right corner that appear on all tweets and select the Delete Tweet option.

How to increase your privacy on Twitter

Twitter is surely the most anonymous social network. It allows us to create a profile in which we can call ourselves whatever we want and protect it, so that only the people we want can read our tweets. That said, anonymity is relative, you can take more or less steps to be more or less anonymous. Next We will give you some tips so that only those people you want can know your identity and read you..

Protect your tweets

On Twitter there are public and private profiles. The former can be accessed by any user, viewing their tweets, likes or multimedia content. Meanwhile, the private ones can only be accessed by people who follow you. A private profile ensures that no strangers, only those you allow to follow you, can see your content.

How to make the profile private on Twitter from the application

1. Open the application.
2. Tap on your profile picture.
3. Choose Configuration and support.
4. Tap on Settings and privacy.
5. Go into Privacy & Security.
6. Click on Audience and tags.
7. Check the box Protect your Tweets.

This is how you can protect your tweets from the application

How to put a private profile on Twitter from a computer

1. Enter the Twitter website.
2. Click on the 3 menu items on the right.
3. Choose Configuration and support.
4. Click on Settings and privacy.
5. Go into Privacy & Security.
6. Click on Audience, media and tags.
7. Check the box Protect posts.

Check the box so that no one you do not accept can see your tweets

Decide who can find you

When you create a Twitter profile, you must choose between using an email or a mobile number to register. People who have one of these contact channels can find you on the social network, but you can choose not to do this. To do this you will have to uncheck the boxes Allow others to find you by your email and Allow others to find you by your phone number. We also advise you to uncheck the Synchronize Address Book Contacts box.

Decide who can find you on Twitter from the app

1. Open the application.
2. Tap on your profile picture.
3. Choose Configuration and support.
4. Tap on Settings and privacy.
5. Go into Privacy & Security.
6. Click on Visibility and contacts.
7. Check the boxes that interest you.

If you uncheck the boxes, people who have your email or mobile number will not be able to find you

Decide who can find you on Twitter from your computer

1. Enter the Twitter website.
2. Click on the 3 menu items on the right.
3. Choose Configuration and support.
4. Click on Settings and privacy.
5. Go into Privacy & Security.
6. Click on Visibility and contacts.
7. Check the boxes that interest you.

Prevent people who have your mobile number or email from following you on Twitter

Other tips to maintain privacy on Twitter

We previously emphasized that the level of privacy depends on how you configure your account. It’s not just about making it private or public, but about how you act on the social network. Here are some actions that will increase your privacyit is you who decides whether you are compensated or not:

• Do not use your real name in your username or profile.
• Do not use a profile photo where you are recognized.
• Do not show the location you tweet from.
• Do not follow accounts that may relate to you.
• Do not let acquaintance accounts follow you.
• Do not respond to certain people or profiles.
• Do not link your Twitter account to your other social networks.

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