How to Hide Sensitive Content on Twitter

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You can prevent Tweets with potentially sensitive content from displaying in your search results on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. Read how to enable this feature on X.

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Open twitter.com in your browser and sign in with your account.
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Open X Settings . Click on your profile icon at the top bar and select "Settings and privacy" from the drop-down list.

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Navigate to the privacy and safety settings . Click on the Privacy and safety from the side panel.
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Check the Hide sensitive content check box to prevent Tweets with potentially sensitive content from displaying in your search results.
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Just uncheck the Display media that may contain sensitive content box.
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Save your settings. Hit the Save changes button to finish. Done!
- Your settings will apply to searches on the web, in your iOS or Android app.

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Visit twitter.com in your browser and sign with your account.
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Move to the search box and type something to search and hit the enter button.
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Select Search settings from the list.
{"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/6\/61\/Hide-Sensitive-Content-on-Twitter-Step-10.jpg\/v4-460px-Hide-Sensitive-Content-on-Twitter-Step-10.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/6\/61\/Hide-Sensitive-Content-on-Twitter-Step-10.jpg\/aid9415497-v4-728px-Hide-Sensitive-Content-on-Twitter-Step-10.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fair_use\">Fair Use<\/a> (screenshot)<br>\n<\/p><\/div>"}

If you want to hide blocked and muted from your search results, also check the Remove blocked and muted box.
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Save your changes. Click on the Save changes button to hide sensitive content.
- Your settings will apply to searches on the web, in your iOS or Android app.

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