How To Post a Tweet

Twitter updates, often called Tweets, are 140 characters or fewer, and share interesting information with the world.  If you'd like to share something, here's how!

To Post Your Tweet via the Web:

1. Log in to your Twitter account
2. Type your Tweet into the box at the top of your screen (shown in image 1, below), OR click the blue compose new Tweet button at the top of your screen - it looks like this: 
3. Make sure your update is fewer than 140 characters. We'll count the characters for you! Remaining characters show up as a number below the box. (Image 2, below)
4. Click the Tweet button to post the Tweet to your profile. 
5. You will immediately see your Tweet in the timeline on your homepage, as shown below. (Image 3)

Image 1: one way to post a Tweet

Image 2: Tweet box and character counter

Image 3: Tweet in Timeline

To Post Your Tweet via Text Message:

Another way (some say the best way!) to post updates is from your cell phone. First, set up your phone to link to your Twitter account, then simply send your message as a text to your appropriate Twitter short code.

To Delete Your Tweet:

• To delete a Tweet that you have posted, please read this article.
• Note that you may only delete Tweets which you posted yourself from your account.
• You may not delete Tweets which were posted by other accounts. Instead, you can unfollow or block users whose tweets you do not want to receive.
• If you are trying to delete a Retweet you can read this article to learn more about undoing Retweets. 

Having Trouble?

Check out our Tweet & DM Troubleshooting section for solutions to common problems.