Finding Threads: How to Access Older Posts?

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To find older threads on the forum, users can access their profile page and click on 'information' to select 'find all threads by X'. Alternatively, navigating to "MY PF" and then "Your Content" will display all threads a user has participated in. For specific posts, utilizing the search function with keywords and authors is recommended. Additionally, the watched thread page can be accessed for users who have set their forum settings to watch all threads they post in. These methods provide efficient ways to locate past discussions without manually scrolling through the entire thread list.
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Hello!

It might sound really silly but I don't see how to find all my threads - I see only Alerts tab, but all alerts are deleted once read.
Please, advice how I can find my older threads, besides manually scrolling through the list of all posted threads in the forum.

Thank you very much!
 
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Go to your profile page, click on 'information', and then 'find all threads by X'.
 
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Go to your profile page, click on 'information', and then 'find all threads by X'.
Thank you very much! Found it. :-)
 
Or even simpler: go to "MY PF" and "Your Content" and see all threads you participated in. This will show you all your posts. In cases I look for certain posts, I use the search function (top right) under "More ..." and select keywords and authors.
 
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Another useful page is the watched thread page: https://www.physicsforums.com/watched/threads/all (which you can get to from the forums menu on the top of the page). If you have the forum settings configured to watch all threads you post in, this page will be pretty useful for finding old threads in which you participated.
 
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