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Can I check someone else's X account?
Yes — any public handle. Only publicly observable data is used; no login, DMs or private reports are involved.
Enter any handle without @. The scan reads public search, suggestions and replies. It never asks for your X password, cookies or OAuth token, and it cannot see direct messages, analytics, or X's internal Under the Hood report.
Protected, suspended or brand-new accounts do not behave like a normal public profile, so their results are easy to misread. Use the manual self-check guide when the account is unusual.
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These answers describe public observations, not X enforcement decisions. X does not publish an official shadowban status.