How to Use Twitter Advanced Search: The Ultimate Guide (2024)

How to Use Twitter’s Advanced Search Features Effectively

Note: You can use multiple filters at once while doing an advanced search on Twitter.

1. Search Using Words and Phrases

Twitter has five ways to search for tweets using specific words and phrases. Here’s how they work.

All of these words: You can enter single or multiple words in this search box. Twitter will show all the tweets containing that word.

This exact phrase: Here, you can enter a phrase or a statement. This option will only search tweets with the exact mentioned phrase.

Any of these words: When you enter two or more words in this filter, you will be able to see tweets that mention either one or multiple words from the query.

None of these words: This will exclude all the tweets that contain the words entered in this filter.

Hashtags: As the name says, this filter will show you all the tweets with the hashtag you mentioned. However, if you simply want to search for hashtags, you can directly enter them in the search bar, without using advanced search.

2. Search Tweets From a Specific Language

You can use this filter to search for tweets made in a specific language. Although most languages are supported here, there are chances that you may not find some regional languages in this filter.

3. Search for Tweets From Specific Accounts

This filter can be used for searching tweets from specific accounts. You can use this filter in 3 ways.

• From these accounts: This option will show you all the tweets made from the handle mentioned in the filter. It will include replies, quote tweets, and media as well.
• To these accounts: This filter will only show all the replies made to the mentioned handle.
• Mentioning these accounts: When you enter a Twitter handle in this filter, it will show all the tweets made by other users mentioning this handle. It will include both normal tweets and replies.

4. Search for Replies Only

You can use this filter to only search for tweets that are replies only. By default, Twitter shows both original tweets and replies. This filter can be used to include or exclude replies from your search query.

5. Search Tweets Containing or Excluding Links

As the name suggests, this filter can include or exclude tweets containing any type of link.

6. Search for Tweets Based on Engagement

This filter will search for tweets based on engagement levels like likes, retweets, and replies. For example, when you enter 10 in the Replies section, it will show you tweets that have at least 10 replies or higher. The same applies to Likes and Retweets as well.

7. Search for Tweets by Date

You can use this option to filter out tweets from a specific time period. You can use this filter in 3 ways.

• View tweets before a particular date – Enter the date in the To section.
• View tweets after a particular date – Enter the date in the From section.
• View tweets between two specific dates – Enter dates in both the To and From sections.

This filter comes in handy when you want to find old tweets on a certain topic or even from a specific account.

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How to Use Twitter’s Advanced Search on Android and iOS

Twitter’s advanced search is not available on the Android and iOS applications. But worry not, as we will show you a method using which you will be able to use this feature on your mobile phone as well.

You can use search operators to use the advanced search on the Twitter mobile app. Enter your search term normally in the search bar, and follow it with a respective operator from the table below.

Here’s an example of how to enter a search operator in the Twitter app.

Note: You can use multiple search operators at once to apply multiple filters while searching on Twitter Android and iOS apps.

How to Save a Twitter Advanced Search

Once you have made a query using the Twitter advanced search option, you can save these filters to use them again later. Here’s how.

Step 1: After conducting an advanced search on your Twitter account, click on the three-dots icon.

Step 2: Now, click on Save search. This will save all the filters from that advanced search.

If you want to access your saved searches, simply open the search bar on Twitter, where you will be prompted with your saved searches.

By using a variety of filters ranging from specific keywords, phrases, date ranges, media, etc., you can narrow down your search results.