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Learn to add a Twitter link to your Facebook profile or coordinate your accounts with third-party tools
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Wondering if you can link your Facebook and Twitter accounts to easily share posts across both platforms? Unfortunately, Facebook and Twitter have both disabled the ability to link your accounts. However, you can still add a simple link to Twitter and other social accounts on your Facebook profile. We’ll also discuss some third-party workarounds you can try if you want to coordinate posts across multiple accounts.
Things You Should Know
- While there are workarounds available, you can no longer directly connect your Facebook account to Twitter.
- You can still add a Twitter link to your Facebook profile.
- If you want to easily coordinate posts between Facebook and Twitter, sign up for a third-party social media management platform.
Steps
Section 2 of 3:
Adding a Twitter Link to Your Facebook Bio
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Open the Facebook app or go to https://www.facebook.com . Although you can’t easily cross-post between Facebook and Twitter anymore, it’s still pretty simple to add a Twitter link and any other social media links you want to your Facebook profile. To get started, open the Facebook mobile app or navigate to the Facebook website in a browser.- If you haven’t already done so, log in to your Facebook account .
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Tap or click your profile picture. In the app, tap your profile picture at the top of your feed next to the words What’s on your mind? . If you’re using the Facebook website, click your profile picture at the top of the left menu pane. -
Select Edit profile . You’ll see this gray button near the top of your profile in both the app and web versions of Facebook. -
Scroll down to Links and tap Edit . In the web version of Facebook, scroll down and click Edit your About info instead. Then, click Contact and basic info in the lefthand menu in the About tab. -
Tap Add Social Link . If you’re using the app, you’ll see this at the top of the Edit Links screen. On the website, you’ll see this under the Websites and social links header in the Contact and basic info screen.- If you’ve added social media links to your profile before, you might not see the Add Social Link
button on the website. Instead, you’ll need to click the Edit button next to one of your pre-existing links.
- Once you do this, you’ll see the option to edit your links or + Add a social link .
- If you’ve added social media links to your profile before, you might not see the Add Social Link
button on the website. Instead, you’ll need to click the
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Select Twitter from the Platform menu. Tap or click this button next to the text field for your social link. It will open a drop-down menu with a list of social media platforms to choose from. Tap or click Twitter in the list. -
Type in your username. Enter your Twitter username in the field that says Username and tap done or hit the Enter key. -
Tap or click Save . You’ll see this button at the top of the Edit Links screen in the mobile app, or at the bottom of the Websites and social links section on the website.- You can always tap Remove
under any of your social links to delete it from your profile in the app. In the web version, click the Edit
button next to the link and then delete your username from the text box.
- Tap or click Save when you’re done.
- If you want your social links to be visible to the public, make sure you select Public
from the privacy options at the top of the Social Links
section in the app. On the website, click the privacy icon next to each individual link to change your privacy settings.
- You can also change the privacy settings for the entire Websites and social links section on the website if you click the Edit button next to one of the links. You’ll see a button with your current privacy selection at the bottom of the section next to the Cancel and Save buttons.
- You can always tap Remove
under any of your social links to delete it from your profile in the app. In the web version, click the Edit
button next to the link and then delete your username from the text box.
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QuestionWhat happens when I link Twitter to Facebook? Does a Facebook entry get automatically turned into a tweet? If so, what if the Facebook post exceeds Twitter's character limitation?Community AnswerThe limits are the same for a tweet that originated on Twitter. If you exceed it, the rest will be parsed.
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QuestionMy Facebook and Twitter accounts are linked. If I edit a published post in Facebook, will those edits be reflected in Twitter? Or do I manually need to make those changes to the tweet?Community AnswerIt's worse than you think - your edits on Facebook not only don't make it to Twitter, but you can't edit the tweets because they didn't originate in your Twitter account, but on Facebook.
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QuestionIs it possible to share my post on Twitter with my Facebook page and not with my profile?Community AnswerYes, tag Facebook post and Twitter post together, or just copy your post on Facebook or Twitter.
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1. Go to https://www.facebook.com/twitter
2. Click Link to Twitter
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3. Enter your Twitter username and password.
4. Click Authorize app
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