TweetArchiveGuide
My X archive is several GB and won’t open on Windows
On Windows you do not have to extract a multi-gigabyte X archive. Open TweetArchive in Chrome or Edge and choose the ZIP: it reads the ZIP’s index and pulls out only the files it needs, one at a time, so you skip the disk-hungry “Extract All” step. Nothing is uploaded.
Step by step
Use Chrome or Edge on the laptop
Close heavy tabs to free memory.
Choose the ZIP from where it is
Downloads folder is fine. You do not need to move or extract it.
Wait for the progress bar
Large tweets.js or direct-messages.js files can take a while to parse.
Export what you need
Offline HTML, CSV/JSON, or dated photos.
Open my ZIP in the browser
TweetArchive reads your X archive on your device. Nothing is uploaded. Free preview; $19 once for everything.
Open my archive ZIPHonest limitations
- There is no official public specification of the archive format that we could read; TweetArchive follows what several independent parsers document and discovers file names instead of assuming one layout.
- Some archives omit @usernames for DM partners; those people appear as a numeric user ID.
- TweetArchive is not affiliated with X Corp. and does not log in to X for you.
- We have not benchmarked every machine. A single data file larger than about 500 MB cannot be read as text by browsers; TweetArchive will tell you if that happens.
- Very large media exports need free disk space for the downloaded ZIP.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Extract All fail or take forever?
Extracting writes every file to disk, which needs time and free space roughly equal to the archive size. TweetArchive avoids that.
Does it need a lot of RAM?
It reads files one at a time and loads media only when shown, but big tweets.js files still need memory to parse.
Is the ZIP uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser on your PC.
What if my archive is split into several ZIPs?
Choose all parts at once.
Related
- How to download your official X archive
- Privacy: what TweetArchive does and doesn’t see
- How do I open my X (Twitter) archive ZIP?
- Your archive.html is not loading
- How do I view DMs in my X archive?
- How do I search X archive DMs as evidence?
- How do I export X archive photos with the real date?
- How do I export my X archive to PDF?
- I deleted my X account and only have the archive
- X archive media dates are wrong
- Is it safe to upload my X archive to a website?
- How do I download my official X archive?
- What is tweets.js and why isn’t it JSON?
- How do I convert my X archive to CSV or JSON?
- How do I view threads in my X archive?