The idea of deleting Twitter and escaping into the woods continues to become more appealing with each passing day. However, even considering the ongoing psychic damage this wretched place of hell continues to cause us, it’s hard to just give up and erase years of memes and hot takes. After all, you worked hard for those jokes.
Fortunately, leaving Twitter doesn’t mean you have to delete all your tweets for good. Twitter allows you to download an archive of your data, which means you can keep a record of all your old posts for your private enjoyment and entertainment even after you leave.
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Here’s how to download your tweet archive:
1. Open Twitter.
2. If you are on desktop, click on “More…” in the left navigation bar to reveal more options.
If you’re on mobile, open the navigation bar by tapping your profile picture in the top left corner.
Find this in the sidebar on the Twitter desktop app.
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3. Click or tap Settings & Privacy in the navigation bar.
Find “Settings and privacy” in the drop-down menu.
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4. Click or tap “Your Account”.
Tap “Your Account” to access the download option.
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5. Click or tap “Download an archive of your data”.
Tap this button to activate the download process of your data.
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6. Twitter will ask you to verify your password. Enter it and click or tap Next.
Verify your password to continue the request.
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7. Twitter will then ask if it should send a verification code to your email address or phone number.
Choose whichever one you prefer. Once you’ve received the verification code with your chosen method, enter it and click or tap Next.
Choose how you want to verify your identity.
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8. Click or tap Search Archive.
Press the “Request Archive” button to finalize your request.
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9. Wait for a notification when your Twitter archive ZIP file is ready for download.
It may take up to 24 hours for the file to be ready, at which point you will receive either a push notification in the mobile app or an email to your linked account. Of course, downloading your Twitter data archive will not delete your account – you must do this separately. But it can make the decision to do so feel a little easier.
What you can expect to see when your data is ready for download.
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