How to Tweet
A Tweet may contain photos, GIFs, videos, links, and text.
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How to post a Tweet via text message (SMS)
Connect your phone with your Twitter account, then simply send your Tweet as a text message to your appropriate Twitter short code the same way you'd send any other text message.
Deleting Tweets
- Read about how to delete a Tweet.
- Note that you can only delete your own Tweets.
- You cannot delete Tweets which were posted by other accounts. Instead, you can unfollow, block or mute accounts whose Tweets you do not want to receive.
- Read about how to delete or undo a Retweet.
Keyboard shortcuts
The following are a list of keyboard shortcuts to use on twitter.com.
Actions
- n = new Tweet
- l = like
- r = reply
- t = Retweet
- m = Direct Message
- u = mute account
- b = block account
- enter = open Tweet details
- o = expand photo
- / = search
- cmd-enter | ctrl-enter = send Tweet
Navigation
- ? = full keyboard menu
- j = next Tweet
- k = previous Tweet
- space = page down
- . = load new Tweets
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