Delete saved searches

The easy way to delete your saved Twitter searches.

Please note — sometimes you have to wait up to 24 hours for your list of saved searches on twitter.com to be updated, due to the way twitter seems to cache it.

Do you have saved searches that you can't get rid of?

Then sign in with Twitter to delete them with this easy-to-use application.

The bookmarklet

To get rid of searches that have been deleted, but remain in your list, you need the bookmarklet. It only removes them temporarily - if you reload the page they'll be back… but at least you can create some new searches.

The bookmarklet: Delete saved searches

To use the bookmarklet just drag the Delete saved searches button to your Bookmarks Bar, and click it when you're on your Twitter page. The Bookmarks Bar is also known as the Favourites Bar or the Bookmarks Toolbar. In some browsers you may need to go to your View menu to choose to show it.

Tell your friends

If you find this app useful, then spread the word and follow @savedsearches.

Your questions answered

What's the point?

If you use the Twitter website, you can only save 10 searches. Unfortunately there's a bug which means that you can't delete a search if there are no results for it. Maybe they didn't test that bit.

Screenshot showing a search with a 'Remove this saved search' link.
Here's what you see if there are some results for your search. Click the 'Remove this saved search' link and your search is deleted. Simple as that.

Screenshot showing a search with no results.
Here's what you see if there are no results for your search. Notice the lack of the 'Remove this saved search' link.

How does it work?

You log in via Twitter and connect to the application so that we can display your saved searches. Then you delete them. It's that easy.

Why can I still see the search that I just deleted?

The list of searches on the Twitter site seems to be cached, which means that even if you've deleted it from their system, it will still be listed. This is doubly annoying, because while it's being displayed it still counts towards the limit of 10 searches.
Any changes can take up to 24 hours to show up... so check back later.

Is it safe?

Yes, very. You log in via Twitter, and we don't store any of your data. You can remove this application any time (just go to Settings » Connections and revoke access for Delete saved searches).

Who made it?

This app was made by Derek Ahmedzai at Sharpshooter Digital (@derekahmedzai).