How to Tweet

Co-authored by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: March 11, 2020 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to create a tweet on Twitter. You can use both the Twitter website on a computer and the Twitter app on a smartphone (or tablet) to create a tweet, though you must have a Twitter account before you can create your first tweet.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

On Desktop

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Open Twitter. Go to https://www.twitter.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open your Twitter feed if you're logged into your account.
- If you aren't logged into your account, enter your email address (or username) and password in the upper-right corner of the page, then click Log in.
2
Click Tweet. It's a button in the upper-right corner of the page. Doing so opens the Compose new Tweet box in the middle of the window.
3
Enter your tweet's text. Type in the message you want to tweet.
- You can type up to 280 characters' worth of text (including spaces) into the Compose new Tweet box.
4
Tag someone in your tweet if necessary. To tag another Twitter account, type the @ symbol and a few letters of their name or username; this will prompt a drop-down menu from which you can select the proper person.
- Tagging someone in a tweet will notify them once you post the tweet.
5
Use a hashtag. You can add a hashtag, which groups your tweet with other tweets that have used the same hashtag, by typing a pound (#) sign and then typing a word or phrase with no spaces or punctuation after the pound sign.
- For example, typing in "#yogurt" would add the "yogurt" hashtag to your tweet, allowing anyone who looks up the "yogurt" hashtag to potentially find your tweet.
- You can use as many different hashtags as your character limit will allow.
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Add a visual to your tweet if you like. You can add photos, a video, or a GIF to your tweet:
- Photo or Video — Click the mountain-shaped icon in the bottom-left corner of the Compose new Tweet box, then select up to four photos or one video from your computer and click Open.
- GIF — Click GIF at the bottom of the Compose new Tweet box, select a category of GIF (or type a word into the search box), and click the GIF you want to use to add it to your tweet.
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Add another tweet to create a thread if desired. If you run out of characters and want to add another tweet as an extension of your first one, click the ＋ icon in the lower-right corner of the Compose new Tweet box and then add your tweet's text, images, and tags as needed.
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Click Tweet. It's in the bottom-right corner of the Compose new Tweet box. Doing so will post your tweet to your profile.
- You can pin the tweet to the top of your profile by clicking the
  icon in the top-right corner of the tweet and then clicking Pin to your profile page in the resulting drop-down menu.
- This button will say Tweet all if you're tweeting more than one post at once.
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Tweet out a poll. If you want to create a poll to which your Twitter followers can respond, do the following:
- Click Tweet in the upper-right side of the page.
- Add your question to the tweet box's main text box.
- Click the bar graph-shaped "Poll" icon.
- Add poll choices in the "Choice 1" and "Choice 2" text fields. You can add more choices by clicking the Add a choice link.
- Set a time limit by clicking 1 day and then selecting your preferred time limit.
- Click Tweet.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

On Mobile

1
Open Twitter. Tap the Twitter app icon, which resembles a white bird on a light-blue background. Doing so opens your Twitter feed if you're logged in.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your Twitter username (or email address) and password before proceeding.
2
Tap the "Tweet" icon. It's a feather-shaped button that's in either the top-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the bottom-right corner of the screen (Android). Doing so brings up a tweet box and your on-screen keyboard.
3
Enter your tweet's text. Type in the message you want to tweet.
- You can type up to 280 characters' worth of text (including spaces) into the text box.
4
Tag someone in your tweet if necessary. To tag another Twitter account, type the @ symbol and a few letters of their name or username; this will prompt a drop-down menu from which you can select the proper person.
- Tagging someone in a tweet will notify them once you post the tweet.
5
Use a hashtag. You can add a hashtag, which groups your tweet with other tweets that have used the same hashtag, by typing a pound (#) sign and then typing a word or phrase with no spaces or punctuation after the pound sign.
- For example, typing in "#banana" would add the "banana" hashtag to your tweet, allowing anyone who looks up the "banana" hashtag to potentially find your tweet.
- You can use as many different hashtags as your character limit will allow.
6
Add a visual to your tweet if you like. You can add photos, a video, or a GIF to your tweet:
- Photo or Video — Tap the mountain-shaped icon in the bottom-left corner of the tweet box, then select up to four photos (or one video) and tap Add or DONE. On Android, you'll have to add photos one at a time.
- GIF — Tap GIF at the bottom of the tweet box, select a category of GIF (or type a word into the search box), and tap the GIF you want to use to add it to your tweet.
7
Add another tweet to create a thread if desired. If you run out of characters and want to add another tweet as an extension of your first one, tap the ＋ icon in the lower-right corner of the tweet box and then add your tweet's text, images, and tags as needed.
8
Tap Tweet. It's in the top-right corner of the screen. This will post the tweet to your profile.
- This button will say Tweet all if you're tweeting more than one post at once.
- You can pin the posted tweet by tapping the
  icon in the top-right corner of the tweet and then tapping Pin to your profile in the menu that appears.
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Tweet out a poll. If you want to create a poll to which your Twitter followers can respond, do the following:
- Tap the "Tweet" icon.
- Enter your question in the tweet box's text box.
- Add a choice text box by tapping the ＋ icon to the right of the "Choice 2" box. You can add one more by tapping ＋ next to "Choice 3" (optional).
- Type your choice titles into the choice text boxes.
- Set a poll length by tapping the 1 day option and then selecting a preferred poll length.
- Tap Tweet.

Warnings

You can't add two photos and a GIF, multiple GIFs, or multiple videos to one tweet.^{[1]
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