How to View Twitter Without an Account

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View tweets, trends, and users without signing into an account

Co-authored by Megaera Lorenz, PhD Reviewed by Anyah Le Gilmore-Jones

Last Updated: December 16, 2024 Fact Checked

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Can I view X/Twitter without an account?

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Creating a Burner Account

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Using Google to Search X/Twitter

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Using Third-Party Websites

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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.

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Can I view X/Twitter without an account?

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You can view limited content on X/Twitter without an account. As of December 2024, you can view some tweets without having an account or being signed in on X. For instance, you can view tweets on a public profile, but you can’t see comments, reposts, or quotes without logging in.
- If you want access to comments and other restricted features, your best bet is to create a burner account.
- It is currently possible to view some X tweets and user profiles by searching for them on Google.
- One of the most reliable ways to view public tweets is to generate an RSS feed for a user, hashtag, or search term using a free tool like RSS.app.
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Embedded tweets are visible even if you aren’t logged in. In 2023, X briefly disabled the ability to display previews of embedded tweets on other platforms. That feature has since been restored.
- You can use https://publish.twitter.com/# to create embed codes for specific tweets or user profiles, and even browse X in a limited way, even if you don’t have an account.

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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.
You can use any name you'd like.
If you don't have an extra email address handy, you can easily create a disposable one.
This can be any date of birth, as long as the age is over 13 years old.
This is the blue button.
A code will be sent to the email address you provided. Enter the code into the field, and click Next.
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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.
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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.
  - You might not be able to see the account’s most recent tweets using this method.
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").
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).
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.
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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Using Third-Party Websites

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Generate an X/Twitter RSS feed. This tool from RSS.app allows you to create feeds of public tweets using a username, hashtag, or keyword. Generate your own feed by entering a URL or search terms into one of the search fields, or check out one of the popular suggested feeds listed on the site.
- For example, searching for the user “wikihow” generates this feed of recent posts on the wikiHow X account.
- The feed will display text-only previews of tweets. Click on a tweet in the feed to view the full tweet, including any images or other media, on the X website.
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Search for X trends. A few third-party websites keep track of what's trending on X. You can use these websites to track what's happening on X without signing into an account. Most of these websites allow you to select a country to view trends in your local area and worldwide. The following are a few websites where you can view X trends:

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The popular Nitter website, which used to display X/Twitter posts, is currently down. It may become available again at some point in the future.

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