How to save your tweets and download your Twitter archive in case the app goes down
WIth rumours circulating about the platform’s imminent demise, here’s how you can save an archive of your life on Twitter.
The future of Twitter appears up in the air for now as Elon Musk pulled in a small band of employees for a late night coding session on Friday.
Musk is under pressure to make the changes he wants quickly or the short-staffed company could face functionality issues very soon. With vast digital histories on the line, many users are opting to download all of their Twitter content to archive the information.
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Fortunately, it’s not too difficult to do…
How to archive all tweets
Your Twitter archive is essentially a frozen-in-time snapshot of your life on Twitter to date, starting with your maiden tweet. Here’s how to download your Twitter archive:
1. In the navigation bar above the blue ‘draft new tweet’ icon, select the ‘More’ icon.
2. From there go to ‘Settings and Support’, then to ‘Settings and privacy’, before selecting “Your account”.
3. Select ‘Download an archive of your date’ and entered you password when prompted.
4. Verify your identity with a code sent to your email or phone number, which will then take you back to an ‘Account information’ page to enter the information.
5. Once you’ve validated your identity, click ‘Request archive’.
6. Twitter will then send an email with a .zip file of your entire Twitter archive. If you have the app downloaded on your device you will get a notification informing you that the file is ready to be downloaded. Alternatively if you head back to the ‘Settings’ area on the Twitter app you will be given the option to ‘Download data’ in the Download data section.