Twitter is one of the most microblogging and social media platforms worldwide. Not only does it allow people to express their opinions online, but it also creates a space for people to reach out to others or for organizations to communicate with their customers. Twitter has a massive user base, and each user has a feed where they can see what their followers have posted or the accounts they follow. The feed also includes suggested tweets, so in case you want to clean up your Twitter feed and stop seeing tweets that you don’t like, here’s what you can do.
There are a few methods by which you can clean and customize your Twitter feed. You can mute an account, a tweet, words, or hashtags. Mute will remove tweets from your notifications tab, push notifications, SMS, email notifications, startup timeline, and tweet replies. You can customize your interests or topics that interest you. You can also block an account that will restrict that specific account from communicating with you. You won’t see your tweets, and you won’t be able to follow them.
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How to mute a tweet or Twitter account
- Muting a tweet or account is pretty much the same in the app or on the desktop. Navigate to a tweet and tap the three-point menu icon.
- You should see both mute options here: mute the conversation or mute the account.
- Touch any of the options to mute the tweet or account.
Muting an account will not cause you to unfollow that account. They can still send you direct messages, but you won’t get push or SMS notifications from those muted accounts.
How to mute a word/hashtag on Twitter
- In the Twitter app, tap your profile icon. On the desktop, select More from the options on the left on the Twitter home screen.
- Please select Settings and privacy.
- Please select Privacy & Security.
- On the desktop, select Mute and lock. In the app, you should see Muted Accounts and Muted Words options here.
- Please select Silenced words.
- Select the ‘+‘to add words (one word, phrase, @username, or hashtag at a time) that you want to mute.
- Once done, select Save money at the bottom (desktop) or the top right (app).
You can then select where you want to mute these words or phrases by checking the Start timeline and Notifications options. By default, these will be muted forever. This will keep you away from any tweets that carry the muted words or phrases by not showing you the tweet that carries the word/phrase, and you will also not receive notifications of these tweets.
How to personalize the Content you see on Twitter.
- This can only be done through the browser. Please select More from the left panel of the Twitter home screen.
- Please select Settings and privacy.
- Please select Privacy & Security.
- Please select the Content you see.
- Here you will see Topics and interests. Please select Topics.
- You can select the topics that interest you, and Twitter will display Content related to these topics in your feed.
- On the previous screen, select Interests.
- You will see a list of interests that Twitter has chosen for you based on your profile, activity, and the topics you follow.
- Deselect any interests that you would not like to see in your feed.
How to block a tweet or Twitter account
- Blocking a tweet or an account is pretty much the same in the app or on the desktop. Navigate to a tweet and tap the three-point menu icon.
- You should see a Block @accountname option here.
- Please select it, and the account will be locked.
The blocked account will not receive a blocking notification. You will not be followed from that account and vice versa. You will not receive notifications for accounts that you block.