How to look at your own likes on X: Step by Step on X (Twitter), 2026

Why You Would Want to See Your Own Likes

I get asked this a lot. You remember liking a post weeks ago, you want to find it again, and you cannot work out where it has gone. It is a fair question because X has changed how it handles likes more than once.

On X (formerly Twitter), your own likes used to sit on a public tab on your profile. That has changed for most accounts, so the process is not as obvious as it once was. I will walk you through what still works and what does not.

If you have been struggling to find this, you are not alone. It trips up a lot of people who used X years ago and have not checked their settings since.

Where Your Likes Tab Used to Be

Previously, every profile had a row of tabs: Posts, Replies, Highlights, Media, and Likes. Tapping Likes showed everything that account had liked, in order, newest first.

That public Likes tab has been removed from most profiles, including your own, in the standard app view. You cannot assume it still sits there the way it used to.

This caught a lot of long-term users out. People would go looking for their own likes tab and find nothing, and assume something had broken rather than realising X had removed the feature from view.

Checking If Your Likes Tab Still Exists

Before trying anything else, check your own profile directly. Open your profile, look under your bio and follower counts, and see what tabs are showing.

1. Tap your profile picture or go to your handle
2. Look at the row of tabs below your bio
3. See if Likes appears alongside Posts and Replies

If you see a Likes tab, tap it and your liked posts will load in reverse chronological order. If you do not see it, the tab has been removed for your account, the same as it has for most others.

Using the Settings Menu Workaround

There is a method some users rely on, which involves checking your account settings rather than the profile tabs themselves. Go to your settings area and look under privacy and accessibility options related to your posts and likes.

This does not restore a visible likes feed in every case. What it sometimes gives you is a toggle for whether your likes are visible to others, which is a separate thing from whether you can view your own list.

I want to be straight with you here: this is not a guaranteed fix. If your account does not show a Likes tab, changing a privacy toggle will not necessarily bring it back.

Searching Through Your Own Activity Instead

If the tab is gone, search is your next best option. It is not perfect, but it can help you track down specific posts you remember liking.

1. Open the search bar on X
2. Type in keywords from the post you remember
3. Add the account name if you remember who posted it
4. Scroll through results and check which ones you have liked

This will not give you a full list of every like you have made. It only works if you remember roughly what the post said or who wrote it, so it is a patchwork solution rather than a right fix.

Checking Bookmarks as a Backup Habit

Given how unreliable the likes tab has become, I would recommend changing your habits going forward. Instead of relying on likes to mark something you want to find again, use bookmarks.

Bookmarks sit in their own section of the app, separate from likes, and they are built specifically so you can return to posts later. Tap the share icon under any post and choose the bookmark option.

This will not help with likes you have already made in the past. But it will stop you running into this same problem again in a few months.

What You Cannot Do Right Now

I need to say this plainly: there is currently no reliable, built in way to pull up a complete list of everything you have ever liked on X if your profile does not show a Likes tab. Third party tools that claim to do this should be treated with caution, since they often require you to hand over your login details, which is not something I would recommend.

If you are hoping to export a full archive of your likes, that is not something X offers through its standard settings. Do not expect to find a simple export button, because it does not exist in the app as it stands.

This is frustrating, and I understand why. But being clear about what cannot be done is more useful than sending you on a search for a feature that is not there.

A Simple Routine Going Forward

Given the limits here, I would suggest a short routine rather than trying to fight the platform.

1. Check your own profile first to see if your Likes tab still shows
2. If it does, use it straight away and bookmark anything important
3. If it does not, switch to bookmarking new posts you want to revisit
4. Use search with specific keywords when hunting for an old liked post

None of this restores old functionality. It simply gives you a way to work with what is available in 2026 rather than what used to be there.

Frequently asked questions

Can I still see a list of all my likes on X

Only if your profile still shows a Likes tab under your bio. Many accounts no longer have this visible, in which case there is no built in way to see a full list right now.

Why has my Likes tab disappeared

X removed the public Likes tab from most profiles. It is not something you have broken or changed yourself, it is a platform level change affecting many accounts.

Is there a way to export all my past likes

No. X does not currently offer an export feature for likes through its standard settings, so there is no simple file or list you can download.

What should I use instead of likes to save posts

Use bookmarks. Tap the share icon under a post and select bookmark. It keeps a dedicated list you can return to, separate from your likes.

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