Sunday, December 16, 2012

Twitter rolls out option to download tweet archive





Twitter has apparently begun rolling out a promised feature that allows users to download their entire archive of tweets.




Twitter users began tweeting last night about the appearance on a new settings feature that allows users to "Request your archive." A brief note under the new button informs users that, "You can request a file containing your information, starting with your first tweet. A link will be emailed to you when the file is ready for download."




Twitter has finally provided the option to download all your tweets - twitter.com/nspeaks/status...




— Navjot Singh (@nspeaks) December 16, 2012

The new feature does not appear to be part of a wide rollout at this time; it was unavailable to this user. CNET has contacted Twitter for more information on the feature and will update this report when we learn more. (Image below shows what some users have reported seeing.)




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