Learn how to use the X search feature to sift through all of the posts from a specific account and find the ones that match your search phrase.
X has an option that restricts your search scope to a specific account. This makes it easy to find what a person or account has posted about a specific topic.
For instance, you can use this to find wallpaper posts from iDB. Similarly, if you need to see all the posts from SpaceX about their Starship, you can do that by searching specifically for it.
Search on X to find posts from a specific user
The X app and its website (x.com) have a dedicated search tab. To find posts from a specific user, type from:TheirUsername Your search word. So, if we go by our above example, it will be from:iDownloadBlog: wallpapers or from:SpaceX Starship.
Use the search option on the profile page
You can perform account-specific searches quicker simply by hitting a search button found on every user profile. Doing so will basically add a “from:Username” part to the query to restrict your search to that particular account.
This is a faster way to search an account’s posts if you’re already on the account’s profile page. It may also be a better way to search tweets across a specific account when the account in question has a complex username that’s difficult to type out.
- Open the official X app on your iPhone or Android phone or visit its website at x.com.
- Head to the profile page of the specific user, like @iDownloadBlog or @SpaceX.
- Tap the search button there.
- Enter one or more words you’re looking for, then hit the enter/return/search key. You will be presented with posts from that account that match your search phrase.
Can I search tweets across my own X account?
In a word, yes!
Simply visit your own profile page in the X app or website, then hit that magnifying glass search icon, type out your search term, and hit return/enter. And just like that, you can find posts you’ve sent that match your search criteria.
So, you can dig into not only others’ tweet history with this search feature but also your own.
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