This article was co-authored by Ben Whitehair and by wikiHow staff writer, Ellie Salyers. Ben Whitehair is a Social Media Expert and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of TSMA Consulting. With over a decade of experience in the social media space, he specializes in leveraging social media for business and building relationships. He also focuses on social media’s impact on the entertainment industry. Ben graduated summa cum laude from The University of Colorado at Boulder with BAs in Theatre and Political Science as well as a Leadership Certificate. In addition to his work as CIO, Ben is a certified business and mindset coach and National Board Member of SAG-AFTRA. He is also a successful entrepreneur as the Co-Founder of Working.Actor, the premier business academy and coaching community for actors.
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Have you ever wanted to search for a tweet from a specific date? With the Twitter mobile app, you can either sort them or search tweets a specific user and date range. In this article, we’ll teach you how to use these two methods.
Steps
Searching Tweets by Date Range
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1Tap on the Search button in the Twitter app. This looks like a magnifying glass icon, and it's located in the bottom toolbar.
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2Type the user and dates into the search bar. Use this format to customize your search: from:[user name] since:YYYY-MM-DD until:YYYY-MM-DD.
- For example, you could search wikiHow's tweets from the past month by typing "from:wikiHow since:2021-11-03 until:2021-12-03."
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3Tap Search. It's at the bottom-right of your keypad. This displays all tweets from that user during the selected date range.
Sorting Tweets in Order
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1Tap on the Search button in the Twitter app. This looks like a magnifying glass icon, and it's located in the bottom toolbar.
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2Type your search in the search bar. Tap the search bar at the top of the screen and type in keywords for the tweets you want to search.
- For example, if you want to see tweets of inspirational quotes, you might type in “inspirational words” or “quote of the day.”
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3Tap Latest to show search results in date order. Under the search bar, you can choose from different tabs to sort your results. To organize them starting from the most recent, tap Latest.
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1. Open the app.
2. Tap on the magnifying glass icon.
3. Type the user and dates into the search bar.
4. Tap Search.
