How to Search Tweets from a Specific User

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Are you trying to find a particular tweet from someone on X (formerly known as Twitter) but don't want to scroll through their entire profile? Searching for tweets by a specific X user is easy, and you can even filter the results by date and keyword. To learn how to search through someone's tweets in the X mobile app or on Twitter.com, read on!

Things You Should Know

To use the Advanced Search form, go to https://twitter.com/search-advanced and enter the person's username under "From these accounts."
The Advanced Search feature is not in the X mobile app, but you can use it in your phone or tablet's web browser.
You can also use search operators from the search bar. Search from:wikiHow to see tweets from @wikihow. Replace wikiHow with your user of choice.

Using Advanced Search

Go to https://twitter.com/search-advanced in your web browser. If you're logged in to our Twitter/X account, this will take you directly to the Advanced Search form. If you're not signed in, you'll be prompted to log in now. The Advanced Search form isn't available in the X mobile app. But don't worry—if you're using an Android, iPhone, or iPad, you can still use this method to access the form in your mobile web browser. If you're using a mobile web browser, you may not see the Advanced Search form right after signing in. If you're brought to your feed instead, go to https://twitter.com/search-advanced again to pull up the form.

Enter the person's username into the "From these accounts field." You'll likely have to scroll down to find it—it's under the "Accounts" header. For example, if you wanted to search @wikiHow's tweets, you'd type wikiHow here. It's no longer possible to search for tweets without signing in to a Twitter/X account. However, there are still ways to view Twitter without an account.

Choose other parameters for your search. The other fields in the advanced search form can help you find your desired tweets. The "Words" section at the top lets you search for tweets from that user that include (or don't include) certain words and phrases. This section is great when you need to find tweets about certain subjects. For example, if you wanted to search all of @wikiHow's tweets for mentions of pizza, you could type pizza into the "All of these words" field. Or, you could type pizza pasta marinara into the "Any of these words" field to find any of @wikiHow's tweets that contain any of those words. And if you didn't want any of those results to include the word "lasagna," you could add lasagna to the "None of these words" field. The "Filters" section lets you choose whether to include replies in addition to original posts, as well as tweets with links. The "Engagements" section lets you choose whether to see tweets with specific amounts of likes, replies, and retweets. Use the "Dates" section to view tweets from a specific date range.

Click the Search button. It's at the top-right corner of the search form. You'll now see tweets from the user you searched for. Click the Latest tab at the top of the page to view the results chronologically. The most recent tweet matching your search criteria will appear first in the list.

Using Search Operators

Log into your X account. Launch the X app or visit https://twitter.com in your web browser. If you're not already signed in to your account, you should do so now. Search operators are special codes that refine your search results. If you're searching for tweets from a particular X user, you can use these codes to specify the results you want.

Click or tap the magnifying glass. On a computer, you'll see this in the left panel. In the mobile app, it'll be at the bottom of the app.

Type from:wikiHow into the search bar. Replace wikiHow with the handle of the X user whose tweets you want to search.

Enter additional search operators. If you just want to see all tweets from that user and not specify other parameters, you can skip this step. But if you do want to refine your results, here are some options: from:wikiHow hello This displays all tweets from the user "@wikiHow" that contains the word "hello." from:wikiHow how to do anything Since there are no quotes around the words, this will search for all tweets from user "wikiHow" that contain all of those words in a single tweet. You can enter as many words as you want and even use hashtags. from:wikiHow "how to do anything" Now that you've added quotes, this searches for all tweets by the user "wikiHow" containing the exact phrase "how to do anything." from:wikiHow how -to do anything The minus sign before the word "to" means that this searches for tweets containing the words "how," "do," and "anything" and not the word "to." from:wikiHow :) The smiley face will return all tweets from the user that indicate a positive attitude. Replace the smiley with a sad face :( to see just the tweets that X thinks indicate a negative attitude.

Press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return. If you're using a phone or tablet, you may need to tap Search instead. This displays all tweets from the selected user that match your entered criteria. Click the Latest tab at the top of the page to view the results chronologically. The most recent tweet matching your search criteria will appear first in the list.