How to See Bookmarks on X (and Why Some Disappear)

How to See Bookmarks on X, and Keep Them From Disappearing

On desktop, Bookmarks is an item in the left navigation, sometimes tucked under More. On mobile, tap your profile picture to open the side menu, then Bookmarks; newer builds put it under History. The ones that vanished are a different story: an X bookmark is only a pointer to a post on X's servers, so if the original goes, the bookmark can go with it.

Where are bookmarks on X?

X keeps all your bookmarks in one list called Bookmarks. Here is how to open it:

On the web (desktop): click Bookmarks in the left menu. You can also go straight to x.com/i/bookmarks.
In the iPhone or Android app: tap your profile picture to open the menu, then tap Bookmarks.

If you pay for X Premium, the list opens on your folders. Tap All Bookmarks to see every saved post in one place.

Can't see your bookmarks on X?

Work through these checks before you assume they are gone:

Check the account. Bookmarks belong to one account. If you switch between accounts, open the one you saved from.
Check another device. Open x.com/i/bookmarks in a browser. If the list shows there but not in the app, the app is the problem. Update it or log out and back in.
Check the post itself. If only some bookmarks are missing, the posts were probably deleted, made protected or removed. The next section explains each case.
Scroll to the bottom. A very long list can stop loading older posts. See the limit section below.

Why bookmarks disappear

Post deletion: the original is removed from X; the bookmark may vanish without a recovered-items folder or notification. X's help center lists a deleted post, a protected account and a deactivated account among the reasons a post becomes unavailable to view: notices on X.
Protected or deactivated accounts: switching an account to protected can hide previously public posts; deactivation removes access.
Account suspension: bookmarks may show a generic suspended-account placeholder instead of the content.
A very long list: X does not publish a bookmark cap for the app, but people with thousands of bookmarks report that the oldest ones stop loading. More on this below.

X says Premium allows unlimited bookmarks and private bookmark folders. That helps you sort the list. It does not protect against deletion: a deleted post can still take its bookmark with it.

Is there a bookmark limit on X?

X does not list a bookmark limit in its help center, and its Premium help page says Premium allows an unlimited number of bookmarks. The limit people run into is about viewing, not saving. X's developer API returns only your 800 most recent bookmarks, which X staff confirmed on its developer forum, and many export tools rely on that API. Users with long lists also report that the app stops loading the oldest ones.

If older bookmarks stopped showing up, do not delete recent ones in the hope of making room. Request your X archive first, so you have a copy of the whole list, then sort out the rest.

Can X suspend your account for bookmarks?

Bookmarking a post is private, and it is not listed as a reason for suspension in X's help center. X says it suspends accounts that break the X Rules, for example for abuse, or when an account looks hacked. It can also lock an account after reports of spammy behavior, so be careful with tools that act on your account in bulk.

What you may see instead is a notice on a bookmarked post, saying the post violated the X Rules, or that the account is suspended. That label is about the author's post or account, not about you. The post is hidden, and your bookmark now points to the notice.

Three export paths

1. Official X data archive

Go to Settings → Your Account → Download an archive of your data. X generally emails a ZIP after a stated 24–48-hour wait. In data/bookmark.js, each object contains a tweetId and bookmarkedAt, not the post text. Reconstruct URLs as https://x.com/i/web/status/{tweetId}. If a post was already deleted, the ID may be all you receive. See X’s archive documentation.

2. Circleboom

The source article lists Circleboom’s bookmark export at $24.99/month. Its CSV can include URL, text when still available, author, creation time, and bookmark time. It works with free X accounts, but cannot recover content that was already unavailable.

3. Dewey

Dewey's pricing page lists Pro at $10/month and a one-time Export Pass at $50, valid for 48 hours (checked October 2026). For live posts it captures full text; it may sometimes retrieve a recently deleted cached copy, but this is not guaranteed. See Dewey pricing.

If the library matters, the article recommends exporting weekly because later exports may contain fewer recoverable posts.

Which tools preserve content after deletion?

The decisive question is whether the tool stores the post body and image at save time or re-fetches them from X later.

Pointer-oriented options: X bookmarks, X’s official archive of IDs, and default URL-only saving. When the source dies, the content may die with it.

Snapshot-oriented options described in the source: Raindrop’s full-page Pro capture, Readwise Reader, Dewey, and dEssence. These aim to retain post text and related content outside X.

The source comparison gives these details:

Circleboom: bulk API export; metadata or URLs may survive, but not necessarily deleted content; listed at $24.99/month.
Dewey: bulk text snapshot; desktop/browser-oriented; Pro at $10/month or a $50 Export Pass for 48 hours.
X archive: entire history as IDs; free; 24–48-hour stated wait and manual URL reconstruction.
Raindrop: page-render snapshot, with fuller capture through Pro; manual saving or CSV import; free or $3/month Pro in the source.
Readwise Reader: captures post text, thread context, and images; listed at $9.99/month.
dEssence: described as capturing full text, image, and your comment, with CSV upload from Circleboom or Dewey; there is a free plan.

Make old bookmarks searchable by topic

X’s search is described as keyword-oriented. If you remember a topic but not the exact wording, three approaches remain:

Premium folders: useful for a small weekly volume and clear categories, but require manual filing.
Tags in Raindrop or Pinboard: flexible but still demand maintenance; automatic tags often follow surface words.
Meaning search: index saved content by what it is about, then ask naturally—for example, “the thread about why senior engineers are leaving FAANG.”

A tagging system only works while you maintain it. If you will not, choose a system whose default capture and retrieval behavior matches that reality.

Moving posts elsewhere solves only half the problem if the destination becomes another forgotten list. The archive should also help you rescue useful ideas from Twitter bookmarks.

Cheapest paths for a large backlog

One-time rescue for about $50: Dewey's 48-hour Export Pass plus the free X archive as backup. Export the CSV, store it in Dropbox or Google Drive, and treat it as the durable copy.

Ongoing capture under $5/month: request the free X archive monthly and use Raindrop Free, which the source lists as supporting 10,000 saves. Diff successive exports and directly snapshot important posts.

Zero-budget DIY: keep the X archive alone. This retains timestamps and IDs but not text from already deleted posts.

For active reference material: the source points to Readwise Reader at $9.99/month for snapshots, highlights, and full-text search, or dEssence for meaning-based retrieval, which has a free plan.

Stop new bookmarks from disappearing

The export fixes the past; capture behavior fixes the future.

Use the X share sheet on mobile to send a post to an external saver.
Use a browser extension on desktop instead of X’s bookmark button.
Forward links through a supported messaging bot when that is the lowest-friction mobile route.

No post you genuinely need should live only inside X. If “where else is this saved?” has no answer, one deletion can remove it. The same question applies to photos you keep inside an app: here is how to back up Snapchat Memories before they disappear.

FAQ

How do I see my bookmarks on X on mobile?

Tap your profile picture in the X app, then tap Bookmarks. With Premium, tap All Bookmarks to see everything, or open a folder.

Are bookmarks on X private?

Yes. X says your bookmarks are only visible to you. Other people can see how many times a post was bookmarked, but not who bookmarked it.

Did X get rid of bookmarks?

No. Bookmarks is still in the X menu on the web and in the app. If yours look empty, check that you are logged in to the right account and try x.com/i/bookmarks in a browser.

Why did my X bookmarks disappear?

Usually because the original post was deleted, the author made the account protected, or the account was deactivated or suspended. A bookmark only points to the post, so it cannot show what X no longer shows.

How do I delete all my bookmarks on X?

Open Bookmarks, tap the more menu at the top of the list and choose to clear all bookmarks. To remove one, tap the bookmark icon on that post again.