How to block words and phrases on Twitter

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If you’re tired of seeing certain topics on Twitter or wish to avoid spoilers, muting words and phrases is an excellent way to curate your feed.

You even have some control over how long blocking occurs for each entry, which means you don’t need to jump back into your settings once you’ve seen the thing you didn’t want spoiled.

The feature is one of Twitter’s buried treasures, and it’s worth digging up. Let’s discuss how to block words and phrases on the desktop site and mobile app.

Mute words and phrases on Twitter desktop site

If you prefer using your computer, here’s how you mute words and phrases on the Twitter desktop site:

The word or phrase will now be absent from your feed for the amount of time specified. If you want to unblock an entry, you can do so from the same location by clicking the unmute button.

In addition, you can unblock a word or phrase from the same location by tapping the entry and selecting Delete word.

Be careful what you block on Twitter

Twitter’s ability to mute conversations is a fine feature. But if you block too many topics, you run the risk of forging a fantasy world in which certain things don’t exist and—that actually sounds quite nice.

Perhaps you should mute and continue muting until your feed perfectly matches your vision of reality.

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