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# [Find Social Media Accounts in 5 Minutes with Sherlock](https://suhailkakar.com/find-social-media-accounts-in-5-minutes-with-sherlock?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks

Jul 27, 2021 · 2 min read · suhailkakar.com  
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## Written by

[Suhail Kakar](https://hashnode.com/@suhailkakar)

@suhailkakar · Afghanistan → India

  
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Suhail is a software developer specializing in full-stack web and mobile application development. He is interested in contributing to open source and building Web3 applications.

## Responses 3

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[sara adel](https://hashnode.com/@sara600)

[Aug 13, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/find-social-media-accounts-in-5-minutes-with-sherlock/60ff8413fa408f0c89bd3f6a/comment/64d963126203e95780d6294c)

hi

[Balwant Bansal](https://hashnode.com/@balwantbansal)

[May 24, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/find-social-media-accounts-in-5-minutes-with-sherlock/60ff8413fa408f0c89bd3f6a/comment/646dddf89098493346f6ff94)

it says Could not open requirements file: \[Errno 2\] No such file or directory: 'requirements.txt'

[Alex Kimeu](https://hashnode.com/@alexkimeu)

[Jul 27, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/find-social-media-accounts-in-5-minutes-with-sherlock/60ff8413fa408f0c89bd3f6a/comment/60ffd6651be2da0c4ab78edb)

Awesome! Tested it out with my usernames and it returned all my accounts.

[Suhail Kakar](https://hashnode.com/@suhailkakar)

[Jul 27, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/find-social-media-accounts-in-5-minutes-with-sherlock/60ff8413fa408f0c89bd3f6a/comment/60ffd6651be2da0c4ab78edb#reply-61002710d3dd5634ae906061)

Thanks, Glad you like it 😃