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View tweets, trends, and users without signing into an account
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X, formerly known as Twitter , is an excellent source to stay up-to-date on what's going on in the world and with the people and causes you care about. But can you see tweets without an account? In 2023, X restricted most of its content to logged-in users. However, some of those restrictions have been lifted. We’ll explain the best options and workarounds for viewing tweets without an account.
Viewing Tweets Without an Account: Fast Facts
- You can view public X profiles and posts via Google search results, embedded tweets, and RSS feeds.
- You can’t explore comments, reposts, or other in-depth features without an account.
- Create a burner account to explore X without restrictions.
Steps
Section 2 of 4:
Creating a Burner Account
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Go to https://x.com/i/flow/signup or open the X app. If you want to view X, you can make a burner account with fake information.- This is the only reliable way to get full access to X while remaining anonymous.
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Click Create account . You can also select Sign up with Google or Sign up with Apple to login with those accounts instead.- Just keep in mind that if you sign up with Google or Apple, your X account will be linked to whichever of those accounts you use. For more anonymity, you might want to sign up for a completely new account using a burner email.
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Use any name. You can use any name you'd like. -
Enter an email address. If you don't have an extra email address handy, you can easily create a disposable one . -
Enter your date of birth. This can be any date of birth, as long as the age is over 13 years old. -
Click Sign up . This is the blue button. -
Verify your account. A code will be sent to the email address you provided. Enter the code into the field, and click Next . -
Create a password. Make sure the password is at least 8 characters. Click Next when you're finished.- You should be logged into your new X account. You can now view tweets as well as comments, quotes, and other features of X that are not available when browsing without an account.
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Using Google to Search X/Twitter
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Go to https://www.google.com/ in a web browser. Sometimes it's a little easier to use Google to search for Tweets on X. Go to Google's home page to begin a search on X using Google. -
Type site:x.com in the search field. This limits your search results to X and does not include search results from other websites or social media platforms.- This method will allow you to view public X profiles and tweets.
- You can also use site:twitter.com .
- While this method often works, it isn’t completely reliable. Sometimes a tweet or user profile will load correctly, and other times it will start to load, and then you will be redirected to a sign in page.
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Add the name of a X user you want to search for. If you know the username of the X user you want to search for, type "@" followed by the name of the user you want to search for (i.e., "@wikihow").- You can also view public profiles directly by typing x.com/[username]
into the address bar in your browser. For example, typing x.com/wikihow
will take you to the profile of the Wikihow X account
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- You might not be able to see the account’s most recent tweets using this method.
- You can also view public profiles directly by typing x.com/[username]
into the address bar in your browser. For example, typing x.com/wikihow
will take you to the profile of the Wikihow X account
.
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Add any words or phrases you want to search for. To search for Tweets containing specific words, add the words you want to search for in the search bar. If you want to search for a specific phrase, type your phrase in quotation marks in the search bar (i.e., "Taco Tuesday"). -
Add any hashtags you want to search for. If you want to search for Tweets with a specific hashtag, type "#" in the search bar, followed by the name of the hashtag you want to search for in the search bar (i.e., #TacoTuesday). -
Click or tapor Google Search . When you are ready to search X, click or tap the magnifying glass icon to the left of the search bar or click Google Search below the search bar. This will display a list of search results on Google.
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Click a search result to view the user profile or tweet. While they aren’t guaranteed to load correctly, in many cases you can view tweets or browse user profiles this way. You just won’t be able to follow any internal links without being redirected to the sign in page.
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X
1. Go to https://twitter.com/
in a web browser.
2. Click Trending
to view what is trending on Twitter.
3. Enter a word or phrase in the search bar to search for Tweets containing your word or phrase.
4. Enter "@username" (i.e, @wikiHow) in the search bar to search for a specific user.
5. Enter hashtags (i.e, #wikiHow) to search for Tweets containing a specific hashtag.
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