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Looking for information on how to Tweet at someone? Check out our article about how to post replies and mentions on Twitter. View instructions for: How to Tweet Tap the Tweet compose icon  Compose your message (up to 280 characters) and tap Tweet. How to Tweet Tap on the Tweet compose icon  Enter your message (up to 280 characters), and then tap Tweet. A notification will appear in the status bar on your device and will go away once the Tweet successfully sends. How to Tweet Type your Tweet (up to 280 characters) into the compose box at the top of your Home timeline, or click the Tweet button in the navigation bar. You can include up to 4 photos, a GIF, or a video in your Tweet. Click the Tweet button to post the Tweet to your profile. To save a draft of your Tweet, click the X icon in the top left corner of the compose box, then click Save. To schedule your Tweet to be sent at a later date/time, click on the calendar icon at the bottom of the compose box and make your schedule selections, then click Confirm. To access your drafts and scheduled Tweets, click on Unsent Tweets from the Tweet compose box.   Tweet source labels Tweet source labels help you better understand how a Tweet was posted. This additional information provides context about the Tweet and its author. If you don’t recognize the source, you may want to learn more to determine how much you trust the content.   Click on a Tweet to go to the Tweet details page. At the bottom of the Tweet, you’ll see the label for the source of the account’s Tweet. For example, Twitter for iPhone, Twitter for Android, or Twitter for Web. Tweets containing the Twitter for Advertisers label indicate they are created through the Twitter Ads Composer and not whether they are paid content or not. Paid content contains a Promoted badge across all ad formats. In some cases you may see a third-party client name, which indicates the Tweet came from a non-Twitter application. Authors sometimes use third-party client applications to manage their Tweets, manage marketing campaigns, measure advertising performance, provide customer support, and to target certain groups of people to advertise to. Third-party clients are software tools used by authors and therefore are not affiliated with, nor do they reflect the views of, the Tweet content. Tweets and campaigns can be directly created by humans or, in some circumstances, automated by an application. Visit our partners page for a list of common third-party sources. Deleting Tweets Read about how to delete a Tweet. Note that you can only delete your own Tweets. You cannot delete Tweets which were posted by other accounts. Instead, you can unfollow, block or mute accounts whose Tweets you do not want to receive. Read about how to delete or undo a Retweet. Keyboard shortcuts  The following are a list of keyboard shortcuts to use on twitter.com. Actions n  =  new Tweet l  =  like r  =  reply t  =  Retweet m  =  Direct Message u  =  mute account b  =  block account enter  =  open Tweet details o   =  expand photo /  =  search cmd-enter | ctrl-enter  =  send Tweet Navigation ?  =  full keyboard menu j  =  next Tweet k  =  previous Tweet space  =  page down .  =  load new Tweets Timelines g and h  =  Home timeline g and o  =  Moments g and n  =  Notifications tab g and r  =  Mentions g and p  =  profile  g and l  =  likes tab g and i  =  lists tab g and m  =  Direct Messages g and s  =  Settings and privacy g and u  =  go to someone’s profile Bookmark or share this article Scroll to top Twitter platform Twitter.com Status Card validator Privacy Center Transparency Center Twitter, Inc. 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