Free tool

X Time Machine: One Year Ago Today

Type a username. We search public posts for this day last year (UTC) and draw a card you can download.

Type a public username. We go back exactly one year and bring back the post that account wrote on this day, ready to share.

Go back one year

Example

Exact day · or closest within 30

365

Days back

Mode Exact

How it works

1
Enter a public username

Yours or anyone’s. Private accounts cannot be read.
2
Go back one year

We search for posts on today’s date last year (UTC). On 29 Feb we use 28 Feb.
3
Download the card

Pick a colour and post or story size, then export a PNG.

It searches the account’s public posts by date and keeps only posts written by that exact account ID, not reposts, on the target day.

When there are several that day, the card shows the most viewed, preferring originals and quotes over replies. The page lists the others.

Closest post within 30 days, stamped early or late.

Missing poster if nothing for a month either side.

Day one / birth certificate if the account did not exist yet.

Public posts only. Deleted posts and private accounts are invisible.
Profile photo, name, and counts are today’s values. The post text and media are from then.
If nothing that day, we show the closest post within 30 days, or a missing poster.
Depends on FxTwitter search. When search is down, the time machine is too.

Do I need to log in to X?

No. X Time Machine only reads public account information.

What if they posted nothing that day?

We land on the closest post within 30 days and stamp how early or late it is. If there is nothing for a month either side, you get a missing poster.

Why are likes from today?

X keeps current engagement counts and the current profile photo. The post text and media are from a year ago.