How to block spoilers, curse words and eggplant emoji on Twitter
Finally, some peace and quiet on social media.
Twitter rolled out some new muting options today, which will allow Android and web users to hide selected words, phrases, hashtags and even emoji from their timelines and notifications for preset amounts of time. (iOS users, for now, will have to settle for blocking things from their notifications.)
- 2 min
- iPhone
- Twitter App
Step 1: Step 1
Go to your Notifications tab.
Step 2: Step 2
Tap the Gear icon.
Step 3: Step 3
Tap Muted words.
Step 4: Step 4
Tap + Add Muted word or phrase.
Step 5: Step 5
Type in the words or hashtags you'd like to mute.
Step 6: Step 6
Tap Save.
Step 7: Step 7
Tap Done.
Step 8: Step 8
You will see the mute icon next to each entered word or hashtag.
The feature was first teased last October and expanded upon earlier this month.
Twitter has allowed its users to mute individual profiles and notifications for a while now — but the new individual word blockage can keep everything from annoying TV spoilers to offensive or triggering language off your timeline. We're not as sure why you'd ever want to hide a emoji — wait, that's fair if you never want to see 🍆🍆🍆 ever again.
Let's take a closer look at how you can enable the targeted muting. It's a simple process — and if you're sick of feeling sick after a scroll through your timeline, you'll be glad you did it.
iOS
Twitter's iOS app still doesn't offer the super-targeted options for muting words like timeline, users or timespan. It's easy to control your muted words, phrases, hashtags and emoji, though — just press on the mute icon to bring it back into your life.
Twitter hasn't set an exact date for when the new features will be available for iOS users, but a company rep told us via email it's coming soon.
Android
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It's as easy as that. Now, when you're waiting to catch up on Game of Thrones or feeling sick to your stomach about the state of the world, you'll still be able to stay connected to the Twitterverse — well, the parts of it that don't suck, anyway — without completely ruining your day.
Brett Williams is a Tech Reporter at Mashable. He writes about tech news, trends and other tangentially related topics with a particular interest in wearables and exercise tech. Prior to Mashable, he wrote for Inked Magazine and Thrillist. Brett's work has also appeared on Fusion and AskMen, to name a few. You can follow Brett on Twitter @bdwilliams910.
