How to find old X (Twitter) posts by date
Log in on x.com and open advanced search. Put the account in the People section, pick a start and an end date under Dates, and run the search: the results are that account's posts from those days. To see the post an account wrote exactly one month ago, without logging in, X Time Machine finds it and turns it into a card.
A post from a particular day is easy to remember and hard to find. Scrolling down a profile works for last week; for anything older, you need the dates.
By Filippo PelloiaReviewed
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Search by date with X advanced search
X has an advanced search for people who are logged in. Two of its sections do the work here: People, to keep only the posts from one account, and Dates, to keep only the posts written between two days.
- Log in on x.com and search for anything, for example the username.
- On the results page, open Advanced search, under the search filters.
- In People, enter the username in the field for posts from an account.
- In Dates, pick the first day in the start date and the last day in the end date. Either one alone works too: only a start date for everything after it, only an end date for everything before it.
- Run the search, then switch to the Latest tab to see the results by time rather than by popularity.
The date range can go back to the first posts on X. Leave a day of room on each side of the day you want: X counts days on its own clock, so a post written late in the evening where you live can appear under the next day, and one written early in the morning under the day before.
What search will not find
- Deleted posts. Once a post is gone, it is gone from search too.
- Private accounts. Their posts are shown only to approved followers.
- Anything without an X account. Advanced search needs you to be logged in.
- The old numbers. Likes, reposts and views are today's totals, and the name and photo are the current ones. X does not keep how a post or a profile looked back then.
Search is not a complete archive either: X does not promise that every post shows up in it. A post missing from the results is not proof that it never existed.
See the post from exactly one month ago
For one date in particular there is a shortcut that needs no login: the same day last month. X Time Machine goes there for any public account and draws what it finds as a card to share.
- Open X Time Machine. There is no sign up and no login.
- Type a username in X username, with or without the @, or paste the profile address. Press Go back one month.
- Wait a few seconds while it finds the account, travels back one month and looks around that day. Stop cancels it.
- Read the card. When there was a post that day, That day on X next to the card lists every post the account wrote that day, with the time and a link to each.
- Pick Post 3:4 for a post on X or Story 9:16 for a story, and a colour: Navy, Gold, Violet or Pink.
- Press PNG to download the card, Post on X to open a post with it, or Copy share link to send the result as a link.
The day is today's date one calendar month back, on your calendar. When last month is shorter, it takes that month's last day: on 31 March it looks at the end of February. When the account posted more than once that day, the card shows the most viewed post, putting posts and quotes ahead of replies.
It always goes back exactly one month. It does not go back a year and does not take a date of your choice: for that, use advanced search as above.
When the account posted nothing that day
Plenty of accounts skip a day. The time machine does not invent a post; it tells you what it found instead, with one of three cards:
| Card | When | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Missed it by… | A post within 30 days | The closest post, stamped with how many days early or late it is. |
| Off the grid | Nothing for 30 days either side | A missing poster with the last time the account was seen posting. |
| Not born yet | The account joined X after that day | Its very first post, stamped Day one, or a birth certificate if it has none. |
Why the likes and the photo are from today
The post, its text and its picture are the ones from a month ago. The like, repost and view counts are what that post has gathered since, and the profile photo is the account's current one. X keeps only the latest numbers and the latest photo, so no tool can show the old ones.
Where the data goes
The username you type is sent from your browser to FxTwitter, an independent unofficial service that reads public X posts. If it returns no profile or profile photo, the browser asks vxTwitter, another independent unofficial service. The card is drawn in your browser and is not saved by CutNoodle. Nothing is stored unless you press Copy share link: then the result is kept for 7 days, and the link stops working after that. The details are in the privacy policy.
Common questions
Can I find posts from one exact day on X?
Yes, if you are logged in. In X advanced search, put the account in the People section and pick the start and end dates under Dates. Leave a day of room on each side, because X can file a late-evening post under the next day.
Can X Time Machine go back a year, or to a date I choose?
No. It always goes back exactly one calendar month from today. For any other date, use X advanced search while logged in.
Is X Time Machine free?
Yes. There is no account to create and nothing to pay, and it asks for no X password. Both card formats, the PNG download and the share link are free.
Why can't I find an old post I remember?
It may have been deleted, the account may now be private, or the post may sit on the day before or after on X's clock. Posts stay with the account when it changes its username, so search for the current username.
Does the account find out that I looked?
No. Searching on X and running X Time Machine only read public posts. Nobody is notified, and nothing appears on X unless you publish a post yourself.
See any account's post from one month ago with X Time Machine. Free, no login.