How to Search Tweets from a Specific User

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Are you trying to find a particular tweet from someone on Twitter but don't want to scroll through their entire profile? This wikiHow teaches you how to search for tweets from a particular Twitter user. The easiest way to do this is to use Twitter's Advanced Search form, which lets you filter your searches by user, as well as specify all kinds of search parameters. If you're using Twitter on a phone or tablet, you'll need to access Twitter.com using a mobile web browser, as Advanced Search isn't available in the mobile app. Another option, which is a little trickier, is to use special search operators directly from the search bar.

Using Advanced Search on a Phone or Tablet

Go to https://www.twitter.com in a web browser. Even if you're using the Twitter app on a phone or tablet, you'll need a web browser to use Twitter's Advanced Search tool.
- If you're not already signed in to your account, you'll want to do so now.
Tap the magnifying glass icon. It's the second icon at the bottom of the page. This opens the Search form.
Type anything into the search bar and press ↵ Enter or Search. This can really be anything, including the word anything. A list of results will appear.
Tap the three-dot icon. It's at the top-right corner of the page. A menu will expand.
Tap Advanced search on the menu. This opens the Advanced version of the Search form.
Type the person's Twitter name into the "From these accounts" field. You'll need to scroll down a little bit to find this field, which is the first one below the "Accounts" header.
Choose other parameters for your search. The other fields in the advanced search form can help you find exactly which tweets you're looking for.
- The "Words" section lets you choose to see tweets that include (or don't include) certain words and phrases.
- The "Filters" section lets you choose whether to include replies in your search results, as well as tweets with links.
- The "Engagements" section lets you choose whether to see tweets with certain amounts of likes, replies, and retweets.
- Use the "Dates" section to view tweets from a specific date range.
Scroll up and tap the Search button. It's the blue button at the top-right corner of the page. This displays the top tweets from the selected account.
- Tap the Latest tab at the top of the page to view the results in chronological order. The most recent tweet matching your search criteria will appear first in the list.

Using Advanced Search on a Computer

Go to https://www.twitter.com in a web browser. If you're not already signed in, enter your login details into the blanks, and then click or tap Log in.
Type anything into the search bar and press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return. This can really be anything, including the word anything. You'll need to do this to open up the screen that displays search results.
Click Advanced search. You'll see this in the rightmost column under the "Search filters" header. This opens the advanced search form.
Enter the person's Twitter name into the "From these accounts" field. It's the first field under the "Accounts" header on the form, and you may have to scroll down to find it.
Choose other parameters for your search. The other fields in the advanced search form can help you find exactly which tweets you're looking for.
- The "Words" section lets you choose to see tweets that include (or don't include) certain words and phrases.
- The "Filters" section lets you choose whether to include replies in your search results, as well as tweets with links.
- The "Engagements" section lets you choose whether to see tweets with certain amounts of likes, replies, and retweets.
- Use the "Dates" section to view tweets from a specific date range.
Click the Search button. It's at the top-right corner of the search form.
- Click the Latest tab at the top of the page to view the results in chronological order. The most recent tweet matching your search criteria will appear first in the list.

Using Search Operators

Log into your Twitter account. Launch the Twitter app or visit https://twitter.com in your web browser. If you're not already signed in to your account, you should do so now.
- Search operators are special codes that refine your search results. If you're searching for tweets from a particular Twitter user, you can use these codes to specify which types of results you'd like to receive.
Tap the magnifying glass to open the Search bar (mobile only). This step is not necessary if you're using Twitter in a web browser on your computer.
Type from:wikiHow into the search bar. Replace wikiHow with the handle of the Twitter user whose tweets you want to search.
Enter additional search operators. If you just want to see all tweets from that user and not specify other parameters, you can skip this step. But if you do want to refine your results, here are some options:
- from:wikiHow hello This displays all tweets from the user "wikiHow" that contains the word "hello."
- from:wikiHow how to do anything Since there are no quotes around the words, this will search for all tweets from user "wikiHow" that contain all of those words in a single tweet.
  - You can enter as many words as you want, and even use hashtags.
- from:wikiHow "how to do anything" Now that you've added quotes, this searches for all tweets by the user "wikiHow" containing the exact phrase "how to do anything."
- from:wikiHow how -to do anything The minus sign before the word "to" means that this searches for all tweets containing the words "how," "do," and "anything" that do not include the word "to."
- from:wikiHow :) The smiley face will return all tweets from the user that indicate a positive attitude. Replace the smiley with a sad face :( to see just the tweets that Twitter thinks indicate a negative attitude.
- For a full list of search operators, visit https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/rules-and-filtering/search-operators.
Press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return. If you're using a phone or tablet, you may need to tap Search instead. This displays all tweets from the selected user that match the criteria you entered.
- Click the Latest tab at the top of the page to view the results in chronological order. The most recent tweet matching your search criteria will appear first in the list.