![]() ![]() We previously turned off the download Your Twitter Data feature for all accounts as a precaution. Indeed, Twitter suffered a high-profile hack only this summer, after which the download option was completely unavailable for six weeks: Why? To stop hackers immediately downloading account data following a successful hack. However 24 hours seems very neat, so I suspect this is instead a deliberate delay introduced by Twitter. I made my two requests on consecutive days, so the time taken may indicate a fairly consistent queue or backlog at Twitter's end. Given that the accounts were of different sizes but took exactly the same time, it doesn't feel as if the size of the account is the main factor in determining how long you have to wait. In each case I received an email notification almost exactly 24 hours later that the data was ready: In my case, I requested a data download for two accounts: an old but little used one, and a newer one with more data. In the mobile app, the option is in the same place but is called Your Twitter data and takes you out of the app to the website. The download option is available on desktop by logging into Twitter and then going to More > Settings and privacy > Your account > Download an archive of your data. I went through the download process myself recently - so how long did it take for me, and what did the data export contain when it was ready? Requesting your Twitter data The Twitter Help Centre does warn "It may take a few days for us to prepare the download of your Twitter archive." However many articles published elsewhere on the web say the timeframe is much quicker than that, giving times that range from a minute to a couple of hours. Twitter provides the option to 'download an archive of your data', giving you a ZIP file of (in Twitter's words) "the data we think is most important to you". 4 What's in the Twitter data export? Introduction
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