It can take up to 24 hours for the file to be ready, at which point you will receive either a push notification on the mobile app or an email to your connected account. Wait to receive a notification for when the ZIP file of your Twitter archive is ready for download. Click or tap 'Request archive.' Hit the 'Request archive' button to finalize your request. Once you've received the verification code via your chosen method, enter it and click or tap 'Next.' Choose which way you'd like to verify your identity. Twitter will then ask whether it should send a verification code to your email address or phone number. Enter it and click or tap 'Next.' Verify your password to continue the request. Twitter will ask you to verify your password. Click or tap on 'Download an archive of your data.' Tap this button to activate the process of downloading your data. Click or tap on 'Your account.' Tap 'your account' to access the download option.

Find 'Settings and privacy' in the dropdown menu. Click or tap on 'Settings and privacy' in the navigation bar. Find this in the sidebar on the Twitter desktop app. If you're on mobile, open the navigation bar by tapping on your profile picture in the top left corner. If you're on desktop, click on 'More…' in the navigation bar on the left to reveal more options. Here's how to download your tweet archive: 1. Twitter lets you download an archive of your data, meaning you can keep a record of all your old posts for your own private joy and amusement even after you leave. You worked hard on those jokes, after all.įortunately, leaving Twitter doesn't mean you have to delete all your tweets for good. Yet even considering the sustained psychic damage this wretched hellsite continues to inflict upon us, it's difficult to simply let go and wipe away years of memes and hot takes.

The idea of deleting Twitter and absconding into the woods continues to grow in appeal with each passing day.

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