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How Do I Recover All of My Deleted Tweets on Twitter?

In a nutshell: If you deleted some of your old tweets on X and realized later that you shouldn't have done that, you're probably wondering if there is any way to recover your deleted tweets. You're probably especially eager to find out how to do that if your account was hacked and all of your tweets were deleted. Fortunately, there is an easy way you can go about recovering them: by downloading your X data archive, the record of all the data X has stored for you.

Introduction

If you deleted some of your old tweets on X and realized later that you shouldn't have done that, you're probably wondering if there is any way to recover your deleted tweets. You're probably especially eager to find out how to do that if your account was hacked and all of your tweets were deleted. Fortunately, there is an easy way you can go about recovering them: by downloading your X data archive, the record of all the data X has stored for you.

What You'll Need

If you do not have an email address or phone number on file with the company when you try to download your data archive, you will be taken to the Account Information page to provide one.One you have requested your X data archive, it can take the people at X hours or even days to get it ready for you to download.You will receive your archived data in a zip file that you will have to unzip yourself before you can access the files. There are many free tools on the web for unzipping zip files if your computer doesn't have one already.It is best to download the files on a computer rather than over the phone using the app, as the files could be very large and take forever to download via your phone.If you cannot recover your deleted tweets via the X data archive for some reason, you may still be able to find them on the Wayback Machine website. Just enter your X profile link into the Wayback Machine's search bar and look for archived snapshots of your tweets. This trick only works if your X profile is set to "Public."

Go to the X home page.

X home page

Click the Sign In button to sign in to your X account.

Click on the three dots icon in the navigation bar.

A drop down menu will appear.

Click on the "Your account" option from the menu.

Click the "Download an archive of your data" link.

Enter your X password in the text field provided.

Click the Confirm button.

Click on "Send code."

X will send a confirmation code to the phone number or email address you have on file with the company.

Check the email address and phone you have registered with your X account for the confirmation code.

Enter the code in the space provided.

Click on the Request Data button.

X will gather together all of the data archived about your X account. This will include your past tweets, including your deleted tweets.

Check the email address associate with your X account and/or the X app.

When your archive is ready, X will send an email to your email address and a push notification to your app.
Once you receive this notification, continue on with the next step.

Log back in to your X account.

Go to your Settings page.

Scroll down until you find the Download Data section.

Click on the Download Data button.

You will receive a zip file of your downloaded X data, which should include your deleted tweets.

Conclusion

If you have any difficulty in requesting or downloading your X data archive, contact an X customer support representative. X does not provide customer support services over the phone, but you can contact them online.

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