A few weeks ago you liked a post with a great thread on it. Today you open your Likes tab to find it, and it's not there. You didn't unlike it. You scroll down twice to be sure. Still nothing.
If you've been asking yourself why are my likes disappearing on X, the answer usually has nothing to do with you. A like on X is attached to someone else's post, not stored as a copy in your account. When that post goes away, your like goes with it.
That's the part most people don't realize until it's too late. The author deletes the tweet, gets suspended, or locks their account, and a post you deliberately saved by liking it is gone from your list without any warning.
With Circleboom's Delete My Last Likes feature, you can load up to your latest 3,200 liked posts and export the list as a CSV file. Doing that regularly gives you a record of your likes that stays with you even after the original posts disappear from X.
What Is Circleboom Twitter?
Circleboom is an Official X Enterprise Developer that works directly with X's official APIs. Every action on Circleboom Twitter runs fully compliant with X's API policies, with no scraping and no credential sharing. That matters here, because your like history is personal data and it should only be accessed through X's own infrastructure.
- Load up to your 3,200 most recent liked posts in a single table without uploading a Twitter archive
- Export your liked posts list as a CSV file with the Export button
- Filter likes by date range, keyword, username, hashtag, language, media, and engagement counts
- Open any liked post on X directly from the table to review it
- Remove selected likes in bulk when you want to clean up recent activity
If you want to understand why likes vanish on X and keep a copy of them before they do, the Delete My Last Likes feature with Circleboom is the simplest place to start.
How to Export Your Likes on X with Circleboom Twitter
Exporting takes only a few steps, and you can repeat the same flow every time you want a fresh backup.
Step 1: Connect your X account. Go to Circleboom and sign in with your X account. The connection runs through X's official API, so you never share your password with a third party.
Step 2: Open the Delete My Last Likes feature. Find it under the Delete Likes tools, or go straight to the Delete My Last Likes feature. Circleboom loads up to your 3,200 most recent liked posts and shows the total count at the top of the page.
Step 3: Review your liked posts. Your likes appear in a table with Impressions, Likes, Retweets, Quotes, Bookmarks, Replies, and Created At columns. Click the external link icon on any row to open that post on X.
Step 4: Narrow the list with filters if you need to. Click Filter Options to limit the list by date range, keyword, username, hashtag, language, media, post type, or engagement counts. Skip this step if you want a backup of all your recent likes.
Step 5: Click Export. The Export button shows your remaining tokens. Click it to download your liked posts list as a CSV file, then save it somewhere you'll find it again, like a dated folder or Google Sheets.
⚠️ All likes are selected by default on this page. When your goal is only to back them up, click Export and don't use Delete All or Delete Selected, because removing a like can't be undone.
📌 Set a reminder to repeat these steps every month, or every week if you like a lot of posts. Each new CSV captures likes that might not be there next time.
Why Are My Likes Disappearing on X? The Real Reasons
Your Likes tab isn't a folder of saved posts. It's a live list of posts you've interacted with, and it only shows what X can still display to you. When something changes on the other side, the list changes too.
The post was deleted. This is the most common reason by far. When the author deletes a tweet, every like on it disappears, including yours. There's no trace left in your Likes tab, and X doesn't notify you. If you ever wondered how to see deleted tweets, you already know how hard it is to get them back once they're gone. Even a deleted tweet finder can't restore the likes that were attached to them.
The account was suspended. When X suspends an account, its posts stop showing up across the platform. Likes on those posts drop out of your list. If the account is later reinstated, the likes can come back, but you can't count on that.
The account was deactivated. Someone deactivating their profile has the same effect. Their posts vanish, and so do your likes on them. Here's more on whether deactivating Twitter deletes tweets and what happens during the reactivation window.
The account went private. If an author switches to a protected account and you don't follow them, their posts are no longer visible to you. The like technically existed, but you can't see the post it belongs to. The same thing can happen when someone blocks you, so it's worth knowing how to check if someone blocked you on Twitter.
You unliked it by accident. A double tap on a post you already liked removes the like. The same heart icon is used to unlike tweets on iPhone, so one extra tap is all it takes. On mobile this happens more often than people think, especially while scrolling quickly.
A connected app did it. Old third-party apps with write access to your account can remove likes. Check Settings, then Security and account access, then Apps and sessions, and revoke anything you don't recognize.
📌 X made likes private in 2024. Other people can no longer browse your Likes tab, but you can still see your own. So if your likes look "gone" when someone else checks your profile, that's expected. If they're gone for you, one of the reasons above is behind it.
Why Are My Likes Disappearing on X for Good? Back Them Up
Most people use likes as a lazy bookmark. You see something useful, tap the heart, and move on, assuming it'll be there later. That habit works until the day it doesn't.
⚠️ Once a post is deleted, the like is gone for good. Neither X nor any tool can bring it back. The only way to keep a record is to export your likes before the post disappears, which is why doing it on a regular schedule matters.
Deleted tweets take your research with them. A liked thread full of sources, a product recommendation, a job post, a tutorial. When the author deletes it, your only pointer to that information is gone. If you've ever tried to find the oldest tweet you liked, you know the Likes tab isn't built for digging through history either.
Bookmarks aren't safe from this either. Moving everything to bookmarks doesn't solve the problem, because a deleted post disappears from bookmarks too. People run into the same issue with deleted Twitter bookmarks, and many end up asking whether they can recover deleted bookmarks on Twitter. That's also why the Export Bookmarks feature exists alongside likes export.
A monthly export is enough for most people. You don't need to export every day. Pick a rhythm that matches how much you like. Heavy users may want to export weekly, while casual users can do it once a month. Each export captures what's still there at that moment.
Your recent likes are the ones at risk. The export covers your latest 3,200 likes, and those are exactly the posts you're most likely to want again soon. For a full guide to downloading Twitter likes, including older history, that article goes deeper.
What Happens If You Don't Export Your Likes
Nothing dramatic happens right away. That's the problem. Likes disappear quietly, one at a time, and you only notice when you go looking for something specific.
You lose saved references without knowing it. A post you liked six months ago as a reminder can be gone today, and there's no list of what went missing.
You can't tell what was there. Without an export, there's no way to compare your likes list over time. You won't know whether a post was deleted, hidden, or never liked in the first place.
Your own content isn't protected either. Likes aren't the only thing that can vanish, and your most liked tweets are part of your history too. If you care about keeping a record of your posts too, the Export Tweets feature saves them as a CSV, and there's a walkthrough on how to export all tweets to Excel or CSV.
Cleanup becomes riskier. At some point you might want to clear old likes to reset your For You feed. With Circleboom, you can export first and then remove likes, so nothing useful is lost. For a complete history reset, the Delete All Likes feature works with your Twitter archive, the Delete My Last Tweets feature handles your own posts, and this guide covers the fastest way to unlike every tweet you've ever liked.
Spreadsheets make likes searchable. A CSV file opens in Excel or Google Sheets, where you can sort and search in ways the Likes tab never allowed. If you like working that way, see how to export your Twitter data and save it on Google Sheets.
FAQ
Why are my likes disappearing on X?
Usually because the post you liked was deleted, or its author was suspended, deactivated, went private, or blocked you. A like is tied to the original post, so when X stops showing that post to you, the like disappears from your list too. Accidental unlikes and connected third-party apps are less common causes.
Can I recover a like after the tweet was deleted?
No. When a tweet is deleted, the likes on it are removed along with it, and there's no way to restore them. The only protection is to export your likes regularly so you have a record before anything is deleted.
Why can't other people see my likes anymore?
X made likes private in 2024. Only you can see which posts you liked. People visiting your profile no longer see a public Likes tab. There's more on this in why you can't see Twitter likes.
How many likes can I export with Circleboom?
The Delete My Last Likes feature loads up to your 3,200 most recent liked posts through the X API. You can export that list as a CSV file using the Export button. Export is token-based, and the remaining token count is shown on the button.
How often should I export my likes on X?
Once a month works for most people. If you like a lot of posts or rely on likes to save research, weekly exports are safer. The goal is to capture your likes before the original posts have a chance to disappear.
Do suspended accounts' likes come back?
They can. If a suspended or deactivated account is restored, its posts usually become visible again, and your likes on them return to your list. Posts that were deleted don't come back.
Final Thoughts
So why are my likes disappearing on X? Because every like depends on a post that someone else controls. You can't stop authors from deleting tweets, but you can make sure their deletions don't erase your record. With Circleboom's Delete My Last Likes feature, you can export your latest likes as a CSV file in a few clicks. Make it a habit, and the next time a liked post vanishes, you'll still know what it was.
Export your likes on X here: https://circleboom.com/twitter-management-tool/unlike-delete-all-twitter-likes
