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How to Post

A post may contain photos, GIFs, videos, links, and text.

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How to Post
Step 1

Select the post compose icon 

Step 2

You can include up to 4 types of photos, a GIF, or a video (and up to 4 total media items, e.g. 2 photos, 1 GIF, and 1 video) in your post. 

Step 3

Compose your message (up to 280 characters) and select Post.

Step 1

Select the post compose icon 

Step 2

You can include up to 4 types of photos, a GIF, or a video (and up to 4 total media items, e.g. 2 photos, 1 GIF, and 1 video) in your post. 

Step 3

Enter your message (up to 280 characters), and then select Post.

Step 4

A notification will appear in the status bar on your device and will go away once the post successfully sends.

Step 1

Type your post (up to 280 characters) into the compose box at the top of your Home timeline, or select the Post button in the navigation bar.

Step 2

You can include up to 4 photos, a GIF, or a video in your post. 

Step 3

Select the Post button to post the Tweet to your profile.

To save a draft of your post, select the X icon in the top left corner of the compose box, then select Save. To schedule your post to be sent at a later date/time, select the calendar icon at the bottom of the compose box and make your schedule selections, then select Confirm. To access your drafts and scheduled posts, select Unsent posts from the post compose box.
How to create a longer post
Longer posts are an X Premium feature that can be created the same way a regular post would be
Step 1

Select the post compose icon 

Step 2

You can include photos, a GIF, or a video (and up to 4 total media items, e.g. 2 photos, 1 GIF, and 1 video) in your post.

Step 3

Compose your message. When you reach 280 characters, the word count will switch from tracking your progress around the perimeter of the circle icon to filling it

Step 4

Once you’ve finished writing (up to 4,000 characters), select post.

You can learn more about X Premium here.
Longer posts are an X Premium feature that can be created the same way a regular post would be
Step 1

Select the post compose icon 

Step 2

You can include photos, a GIF, or a video (and up to 4 total media items, e.g. 2 photos, 1 GIF, and 1 video) in your post

Step 3

Compose your message. When you reach 280 characters, the word count will switch from tracking your progress around the perimeter of the circle icon to filling it

Step 4

Once you’ve finished writing (up to 4,000 characters), select post

Step 5

A notification will appear in the status bar on your device and will go away once the post successfully sends

You can learn more about X Premium here.
Longer posts are an X Premium feature that can be created the same way a regular post would be
Step 1

Type your post (up to 25,000 characters) into the compose box at the top of your Home timeline, or select the Post button in the navigation bar

Step 2

When you reach 280 characters, the word count will switch from tracking your progress around the perimeter of the circle icon to filling it

Step 3

You can include up to 4 photos, a GIF, or a video in your post

Step 4

Select the Post button to post the post to your profile

You can learn more about X Premium here.
 
Post source labels

Post source labels help you better understand how a post was posted. This additional information provides context about the post and its author. If you don’t recognize the source, you may want to learn more to determine how much you trust the content.

 

  1. Click on a post to go to the post details page.
  2. At the bottom of the post, you’ll see the label for the source of the account’s post. For example, X for iPhone, X for Android, or X for Web.
  3. posts containing the X for Advertisers label indicate they are created through the X Ads Composer and not whether they are paid content or not. Paid content contains a Promoted badge across all ad formats.
  4. In some cases you may see a third-party client name, which indicates the post came from a non-X application. Authors sometimes use third-party client applications to manage their posts, manage marketing campaigns, measure advertising performance, provide customer support, and to target certain groups of people to advertise to. Third-party clients are software tools used by authors and therefore are not affiliated with, nor do they reflect the views of, the post content. Posts and campaigns can be directly created by humans or, in some circumstances, automated by an application. Visit our partners page for a list of common third-party sources.


Deleting posts

 

  • Read about how to delete a post.
  • Note that you can only delete your own posts.
  • You cannot delete posts which were posted by other accounts. Instead, you can unfollow, block or mute accounts whose posts you do not want to receive.
  • Read about how to delete or undo a repost.
     

Keyboard shortcuts 

 

The following are a list of keyboard shortcuts to use on x.com.
 

Actions

  • n  =  new post
  • l  =  like
  • r  =  reply
  • t  =  repost
  • m  =  Direct Message
  • u  =  mute account
  • b  =  block account
  • enter  =  open post details
  • o   =  expand photo
  • /  =  search
  • cmd-enter | ctrl-enter  =  send post
     

Navigation

  • ?  =  full keyboard menu
  • j  =  next post
  • k  =  previous post
  • space  =  page down
  • .  =  load new posts
     

Timelines
 

  • g and h  =  Home timeline
  • g and o  =  Moments
  • g and n  =  Notifications tab
  • g and r  =  Mentions
  • g and p  =  profile 
  • g and l  =  likes tab
  • g and i  =  lists tab
  • g and m  =  Direct Messages
  • g and s  =  Settings and privacy
  • g and u  =  go to someone’s profile

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