Planning to leave Twitter but don’t want to lose your tweets? Well, this news is just for you. You can archive and download your account data on the micro-blogging platform. According to a Twitter help page, you can download information such as your profile information, Tweets, Direct Messages, Moments, media (images, videos, and GIFs you’ve attached to Tweets, Direct Messages, or Moments), a list of your followers, a list of accounts that you are following, your address book, Lists that you’ve created, are a member of, or follow, interest and demographic information about you, and information about ads that you’ve seen or engaged with on Twitter. Customers of Twitter can download a machine-readable archive of data related to their accounts in HTML and JSON format. Here’s how to get your Twitter data:
On the internet:
- Sign in to your Twitter account on your computer.
- Go to the main menu on the left side of your screen and select ‘More.’
- Choose Settings and Privacy right here.
- Select Your account here.
- After that, select Download an archive of your data.
- Confirm your password before selecting the Request archive.
On the smartphone:
- Keep in mind that the steps are the same for Android and iOS devices.
- Launch the Twitter app on your smartphone.
- Click the navigation menu icon to open the main menu.
- Next, tap on the Settings and Privacy option.
- Choose your account right here.
- Under Data and permissions, tap on your Twitter data.
- Confirm your password before tapping Request archive. When your archive is complete, Twitter will send you an email and an in-app notification. It usually takes about 24 hours for the platform to share the data. The download will include a file called “Your archive,” which will allow you to view your data in a desktop web browser.
