# Tweets on Twitter: stored for how long?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-on-twitter-stored-for-how-long/751275>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 5, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-on-twitter-stored-for-how-long/751275 "2016-04-05T18:01:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![nansbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nansbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nansbread)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-on-twitter-stored-for-how-long/751275/1 "2016-04-05T18:01:15Z")

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Will they be stored for perpetuity or have the company mentioned their tweet destruction policy?

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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-on-twitter-stored-for-how-long/751275/2 "2016-04-05T18:55:47Z")

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in 2010 the Library of Congress announced plans to archive and make available every tweet, but according to [this article](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/library-of-congress-twitter-archive-119698.html) the project has apparently stalled.