How to Search Tweets from a Specific User

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Are you trying to find a particular tweet from someone on Twitter but don't want to scroll through their entire profile? Searching for tweets by a specific Twitter user is easy, and you can even search by date and keyword. To learn how to search through someone's tweets in the Twitter mobile app or on Twitter.com, read on!

Things You Should Know

Go to "Advanced Search" on Twitter and enter the Twitter handle you want to search into the "From these accounts" field. Add any other parameters you'd like and click "Search".
On mobile, the "Advanced Search" function is found in the menu, indicated by the button with the 3 dots.
Use search operators in advanced search. Search from:wikiHow. Replace wikiHow with your Twitter user of choice.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Using Advanced Search on a Computer

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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.
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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.

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Click Advanced search. You'll see this in the rightmost column under the "Search filters" header. This opens the advanced search form.
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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.
- For example, if you wanted to search @wikiHow's tweets, you'd type wikiHow here.
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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. This section is great when you need to find tweets referencing certain subjects—for example, if you wanted to search all of @wikihow's tweets for mentions of pizza, you could type pizza into the "All of these words" field. Or, for broader results about Italian food, you could type pizza pasta marinara into the "Any of these words" field. And if you didn't want any of those results to include the word "lasagna," you could add lasagna to the "None of these words" field.
- 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.
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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.

Method 2

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Using Advanced Search on a Phone or Tablet

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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.
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Tap the magnifying glass icon. It's the second icon at the bottom of the page. This opens the Search form.
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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.
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Tap the three-dot icon. It's at the top-right corner of the page. A menu will expand.
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Tap Advanced search on the menu. This opens the Advanced version of the Search form.
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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.
- For example, if you wanted to search @wikiHow's tweets, you'd type wikiHow here.
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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. This section is useful if you're looking for tweets referencing certain topics—for example, if you wanted to see all of @wikihow's tweets about COVID-19, you could type covid-19 into the "All of these words" field. Or, for more results, you could type covid-19 coronavirus into the "Any of these words" field. And if you didn't want any of those results to include the word "Beyoncé," you could add beyonce to the "None of these words" field.
- 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.
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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.

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Method 3 of 3:

Using Search Operators

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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.
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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.
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Type from:wikiHow into the search bar. Replace wikiHow with the handle of the Twitter user whose tweets you want to search.
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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.^{[1]
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  - 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.
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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.