Adding your location to a Tweet

How to enable tweeting with your location

Tweeting with your location is disabled by default for everyone. You must enable this feature to add location data to your Tweets.

On the web:

1. Click on the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of your screen and select Settings from the drop down menu. 
2. Go to your Account settings.
3. At the bottom of the page, check the box next to Add a location to your Tweets.
4. You will be prompted to enter your password, click Save to confirm the change.

On Twitter for iOS:

1. Go to your iPhone or iPad's Settings app.
2. Tap Location Services.
3. Tap the on/off switch for the Twitter app.

On Twitter for Android:

1. Go to your Android phone's Settings.
2. Select Location or Location & security from the menu.
3. Make sure that GPS location services and/or Use wireless networks is enabled.
4. The Twitter for Android app will then automatically have access to your location. To turn this off you will have to disable your phone's GPS services.

On mobile.twitter.com:

(For browsers supporting HTML5 and geolocation.)

1. Log in to mobile.twitter.com from your mobile phone.
2. Tap the Tweet button. 
3. You will be see a pop-up that says: https://mobile.twitter.com would like to use your current location (pictured below). 
4. Select OK. (Selecting Don't Allow, means you do not want your location to be seen by your followers, and will prevent you from being able to use the feature.)
5. Once you've selected OK, you will see your location just below the box where you type your Tweet.
6. You can turn the location feature on and off by tapping the location button on the bottom of the Tweet box (also pictured below). The button will be highlighted when the feature is enabled and gray when disabled.

How to choose your location (web only)

After you've enabled Tweet location in your settings, you'll see a location field below the "What's happening?" box on your homepage.

1. Click the location icon to see the drop down menu from which you can select your location.
2. Your selected location will show up with a green check mark.
3. Click any location listed, or you can Search for a neighborhood or city by using the search field the top of the menu.
4. If you no longer want include location on your Tweets, simply click the x next to Turn off location. This turns location off on a per-Tweet basis.

How to remove location data (web only)

If you have already enabled tweeting with your location, you can disable it the same way you enabled it:

1. Click on the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of your screen and select Settings from the drop down menu. 
2. Go to your Account settings.
3. At the bottom of the page, uncheck the box next to Add a location to your Tweets.
4. You will be prompted to enter your password, click Save to confirm the change.

Making this change only alters your settings going forward. To remove your location data from all of your previous Tweets, you’ll need to delete all location information. Here's how:

1. Delete the Tweet with the location data attached.
2. Remove all location data from all of your Tweets by clicking on Delete all location information in your Account settings. This can take up to 30 minutes, but it will scrub all location information from prior Tweets.

Having trouble?

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