Digital Footprint Health Check: Common Questions (2026)

A digital footprint check is a free, read-only privacy scan. You upload your X archive, the tool parses every tweet on your own device, flags phone numbers, addresses, locations, and sensitive topics, and gives a 0-100 health score. These are the questions people ask most.

If you have never run one, the result is usually a surprise. Most people find at least a few old posts with a phone number or a home address they forgot they ever posted. The score is not a judgment. It is a map of where your past self left the door open. Running it takes a few minutes and costs nothing, which is why there is little reason to delay.

Is it free, and does it delete my tweets?

Yes, it is free, and it is read-only. The check never touches your content. Deletion is optional, priced per tweet, and pauseable or refundable. You can run the check as many times as you like and delete nothing.

Does it upload my data to a server?

No. Processing is 100% on-device. The archive is parsed and stored encrypted locally, and X write API is only called when you explicitly choose to delete. Your data never leaves your computer.

How often should I run it?

If you are job hunting, switching jobs, getting married, or just had an account incident, run one now. As a routine, once a quarter lines up with X archive download cycle. For how the score is weighted, read how the health score is weighted.

I found high-risk tweets. What next?

Read the score and labels, then clean in priority order: phone or address first, then location, then sensitive stances. For the actual deletion steps, see the complete 2026 guide to deleting old tweets. Back on the digital-footprint-health.shop home page, start a free check.