From the notifications tab left or your profile picture right. Tap the little dropdown arrow at the top of the tweet card. Feb 19, 2020 if youre using the twitter app on an iphone, its a quickandeasy process. If its just a phrase or hashtag you dont want to hear about, using one of these apps may serve your needs better than muting half a dozen users on twitter s web or mobile apps. On the twitter app for ios or android, tap unmute next to you have muted tweets from this account.
Muted accounts can follow you and you can follow muted accounts. How to mute instagram users on iphone without blocking them. The speakerphone plays a calls audio through the phones speaker. It was created by jack dorsey, noah glass, biz stone, and evan. For years, people have been using twitters mute button to silence individual.
The alarms volume is connected to your ringtone volume, so you can turn it down with the volume buttons but you cant mute it. When you mute someone on twitter, their tweets will stop showing up on your feed, but they wont be. In the meantime, for more details, visit our help center page. Next, if youre on the iphone app, in the mobile web app, or using twitter lite for android, select muted from the list under filters, then muted words. Muting words, phrases, tv shows, names, hashtags, and anything else is easy on the iphone or ipad, heres all. The new feature allows users to selectively turn off posts of.
May 12, 2014 twitter is adding a new mute feature to its ios app and web experience, allowing users to control the content they see in their twitter feeds by muting other twitter users. If you have audio devices connected to your phone such as bluetooth headphones, you will need to select the speaker from. First, open a particular tweet from the conversation you want to mute, then tap on the menu button. Oct 10, 2016 in this tutorial, ill be showing you how to mute and block someone on twitter. Much as i vowed that i wouldnt employ it, i have done in certain instances. This longpress option is apparently only available on the ios twitter app, according to the verge. A full list of text strings for your mute list can be found on github, enabling you to also block twitter highlights and moments how to mute twitters suggested tweets. The menu that appears has a new mute conversation option. It has a way more intuitive account switching feature. You can edit existing mute settings at any time, instructions are listed below. Muted accounts will not know that youve muted them and you can unmute them at any time.
Muting gets rid of their tweets from your timeline, but it does not inform the person about what happened. How to mute twitters suggested tweets on your timeline. Twitter today introduced a mute feature on its android and iphone apps, as well as. Muting a call turns off your microphone so you cant be heard by the other person but you can still hear them. Though the biggest gripe for most iphone 4s users has been an abnormally short battery life, an issue that could prove to be just as frustrating is. Ill still typically unfollow in preference to muting, because many accounts on twitter are unpredictable and prone to morphing into something else entirely. In the coming weeks, we will roll out the mute feature to everyone. You can turn alarms off by opening the clock app, selecting the alarms tab, and then toggling the alarm off. Theres some debate as to whether the official twitter mute function, which has been available in thirdparty twitter apps like tweetbot for the iphone and mac for sometime, is actually useful. Therefore, to answer your question, no, you cannot know if anyone muted you on twitter as long as they use no addons, and that is by design. You can use the mobile app for twitter also to mute or unmute keywords on twitter. Twitter finally rolls out keyword muting in notifications.
How to mute on twitter s official mobile apps iphone users can mute a user from one of their tweets by tapping on the dropdown arrow at the top right of the tweet. To access a list of accounts you have muted, visit your muted accounts settings on twitter. What happens when you mute someone on twitter, and how to do it. Mute is a feature that allows you to remove an accounts tweets from your timeline without unfollowing or blocking that account. How to mute users and keywords in twitter apps, website. Next, you will have to find the person whose stories you want to mute at the top of the instagram feed. How to use advanced muting options twitter help center. Twitter introduces mute feature on android, iphone, and web. Make sure youre running the latest version of twitter on your iphone or android phone. Twitter is adding a new mute feature to its ios app and web experience, allowing users to control the content they see in their twitter feeds by muting other twitter users. May, 2014 twitter recently rolled out the ability to mute accounts, letting you mute tweets from someone you follow. Today were beginning to introduce a new account feature called mute to people who use our iphone and android apps and. Mute for messages for messages or instagram direct, mute has. Putting your iphone on silent mode by using the switch will not affect any alarms you have set.
In this post, we tell you how to mute tweets and retweets from annoying users using the twitter ios app. In this tutorial, ill be showing you how to mute and block someone on twitter. Since the last upgrade and a few setting changes, my phone seems to have stopped muting itself. Aug 31, 2014 twitters mute function evokes some unexpected feelings. Using twitter on iphone is comfortable while you use twitter app. Though the screenshots are from android, the steps are the same for iphone as well. How to mute someone on twitter and why you would want to. Heres how to mute people on twitter so you can virtually gag those vociferous tweeters. Here is how to mute words and phrases on twitter from mobile. Once youve located a post on your feed by the person that youd like to mute, tap the ellipses to the right of their username. Open the app and go to the tweet you want to mute conversations for. How to get the most out of twitters mute feature wired. Twitters mute function evokes some unexpected feelings.
The official twitter app should sync up with the web version, though. This means you wont see any tweets from that account in your timeline. How to mute abusive words or phrases in twitter on iphone video. Were not sure why instagram is still missing out on a feature like this. Twitter announced a new mute feature this week that allows you to have more control of the content youre seeing in your stream on ios, android, and its native web interface.
How to mute twitter threads on iphone, android, and the web. Jan 25, 2017 muting on twitter on the twitter site, and in the official iphone and android apps, you can mute other twitter accounts. It will not make you stay away from drama if it exposes you. To download the app on your iphone, tap settings icon from your home screen. Download the twitter for ios app, if you havent already installed it. Twitter app updated with mute button, new ipad features. If you provided an email address while signing up, we will. Twitter announces the mute button for ios, web, and android. How to mute accounts on twitter twitter help center. If youre using the twitter app on an iphone, its a quickandeasy process. Sounds like you need to start muting specific words and hashtags. How to mute keywords and phrases on twitter and avoid spoilers. I have only had it call random people once and i restarted my phone. How to fix twitter by muting specific text strings the mac.
How to mute any word in twitter with a long press cult of mac. Call muting growing issue for iphone 4s users cnet. It had extensive muting features way before twitter. Twitter announces ability to mute users on ios, android and. How to mute keywords and filter people with default egg. If its just a phrase or hashtag you dont want to hear about, using one of these apps may serve your needs better than muting half a dozen users on twitters web or mobile apps. The twitter for ios app can be used on an iphone, ipad, or ipod touch device. Feb 21, 2014 using twitter on iphone is comfortable while you use twitter app. You also wont get push or text notifications from muted accounts. Muting and blocking someone on twitter is the best way to deal with pesky or trollish users. Twitter has officially announced a mute feature for its iphone, web, and android clients. Using the speakerphone and mute functions apple iphone 7 plus. To learn about muting notifications, read about our advanced muting options on twitter. Users send tweets to let people know what they are doing.
Twitter is a social networking site that was created in 2006. The move, which comes after a series of highprofile. On the twitter site, and in the official iphone and android apps, you can mute other twitter accounts. I dont mute people forever thats what unfollowing is for. Jan 04, 2012 call muting growing issue for iphone 4s users. If youre serious about your twitter, chances are you use tweetdeck on your mac, pc, or on the web click the gear icon in the bottom left corner and select.
Each new version may cost money, but the care and attention that goes into each revision is worth that money. Once youve entered a keyword, you can adjust the blocking options. Muting on twitter on the twitter site, and in the official iphone and android apps, you can mute other twitter accounts. Twitter today introduced a mute feature on its android and iphone apps, as well as twitter. Nov 17, 2016 make sure youre running the latest version of twitter on your iphone or android phone. Go to your primary profile page in twitter and then click on the gear icon and choose settings and privacy. My iphone 6 mutes while i am on calls and i am sure that i am not touching the screen with my cheek.
From the popup, select the mute this conversation option. That person is now muted and you wont see their tweets. As its name implies, the new option lets you silence other users on the service. Nov 15, 2016 after discussions that reportedly took more than a year, twitter is finally rolling out the ability to mute keywords in your notifications. How to use twitters new safety tools to mute keywords and filter people with default egg avatars posted by george tinari on mar 06, 2017 in iphone apps, twitter twitter is in the middle of rolling out important new safety features that give you more control over what you see. To access a list of accounts you have muted, visit your muted accounts settings on or your app settings on twitter for ios or android. How to mute or unmute stories in instagram on iphone and ipad. You can also mute words from the android twitter app or, for that matter, from the ios twitter app. Twitter has it as well as facebook and many other popular social apps. The benefit of using twitter s mute feature over similar appspecific features is that twitter s rules applies to all twitter apps, not just certain apps, including twitter for ios, twitter. I have only had it call random people once and i restarted. The benefit of using twitters mute feature over similar appspecific features is that twitters rules applies to all twitter apps, not just certain apps, including twitter for ios, twitter. When signing up, you will be guided through our sign up experience and prompted to enter information such as your name and email address. You can mute someone from their twitter profile or from one of their tweets from your computer, phone or tablet.
May, 2014 theres some debate as to whether the official twitter mute function, which has been available in thirdparty twitter apps like tweetbot for the iphone and mac for sometime, is actually useful. Jan 25, 2017 heres how to mute people on twitter so you can virtually gag those vociferous tweeters. Twitter recently rolled out the ability to mute accounts, letting you mute tweets from someone you follow. How to mute words on twitter for ipad and iphone osxdaily. How to mute people on instagram in 3 different ways. How to mute or unmute stories from instagram users on iphoneipad. Tap add at the bottom of the screen to mute another word or phrase. Muting words, phrases, tv shows, names, hashtags, and anything else is easy on the iphone or ipad, heres all you need to do. Tap on notifications tab at the bottom tap on the gear icon at the top left the corner. How to mute abusive words or phrases in twitter on iphone and ipad.
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