The files in your X archive, explained
When you download your data from X, you get a ZIP with a data folder of about 70 JavaScript files, one per kind of data, plus your photos and videos. Each file is a JSON array behind a window.YTD... = line. These are the ones people most often need, and what is in each.
- like.jsYour likes
- bookmark.jsYour bookmarks
- tweets.jsYour own posts
- tweet-headers.jsPost index
- deleted-tweets.jsRecently deleted posts
- direct-messages.jsYour direct messages
- direct-messages-group.jsYour group chats
- follower.jsYour followers
- following.jsAccounts you follow
- account.jsAccount details
- personalization.jsWhat X infers about you
- ad-impressions.jsAds you were shown
- ip-audit.jsLogin IP history
Other files you may see
| File | What it holds |
|---|---|
| profile.js | Your bio, website, location, and links to your avatar and header images. |
| community_tweet.js | Posts you made inside Communities that you have not deleted. |
| deleted-tweet-headers.js | IDs, creation and deletion times of recently deleted posts. |
| direct-message-headers.js | One-to-one DM metadata (IDs, sender, recipient, time) without the text. |
| block.js | Accounts you currently block, as account IDs with profile links. |
| mute.js | Accounts you currently mute, as account IDs with profile links. |
| lists-created.js | Links to the Lists you created. |
| lists-member.js | Links to the Lists other people added you to. |
| lists-subscribed.js | Links to the Lists you subscribe to. |
| saved-search.js | Your saved searches and the query text of each. |
| screen-name-change.js | Every @handle change, with the date and the old and new names. |
| email-address-change.js | Email address changes, with dates and old and new addresses. |
| connected-application.js | Third-party apps you authorized, with permissions and dates. |
| ad-engagements.js | Promoted posts you interacted with, and how. |
| ageinfo.js | The date of birth you gave X and your resulting age. |
| contact.js | Emails and phone numbers of contacts you imported into X. |
| spaces-metadata.js | Spaces you hosted or spoke in, with times and participant counts. |
| tweetdeck.js | Your TweetDeck decks and the columns and searches in each. |
The rest cover niche features such as Periscope, Shop and ad conversions. Every archive includes a README.txt that describes all of its files.
Want to read your likes, bookmarks and posts?
Open the archive ZIP in the free viewer. It runs in your browser and exports CSV or Markdown.
Open the X Archive Viewer