Learn how to restrict replies by choosing who can reply to a tweet when composing it or after it has already been published.
Anyone can reply to your tweets made from your public Twitter account. This even includes people who do not follow you.
But if you have the option to limit replies to your tweets. This way, you can prevent unwanted comments under your posts and have a meaningful, focused conversation with a smaller set of people.
Remember that even if you limit the replies, people can still Quote tweet you.
Limit tweet replies on Twitter
You can restrict who can reply to a tweet before posting it or after it has gone live.
Before posting
1) Open the official X app or access the web interface at twitter.com.
2) Start creating a new tweet from scratch.
3) Tap Everyone can reply.
4) Choose who can reply to a tweet by selecting one of the available options:
- Everyone: This is Twitter’s default setting, and it lets anyone post replies. For public accounts, it means everyone will continue to be able to reply. If your tweets are protected, the setting means that only people who follow you will continue to be able to reply.
- Verified accounts: Only people who are verified on Twitter or have subscribed to X Premium can reply.
- Accounts you follow: Only accounts that you follow, as well as anyone you mention in your published tweet, will be allowed to post replies.
- Only accounts you mention: Only people mentioned in the tweet will be able to reply.
Now, when you hit the Tweet button, the published post will honor your audience choice.
After the post is live
You can also adjust the audience for a tweet after the post has been published on Twitter.
1) Open the official X app or access twitter.com in a web browser.
2) Navigate to a posted tweet on your profile.
3) Tap the three dots icon for that tweet and choose Change who can reply.
4) Now, select from Everyone, Verified accounts, Accounts you follow, or Only accounts you mention.
Twitter will change the visibility settings of the published post according to your choice.
What to know about changing conversation participants
Other Twitter users can easily see that you have limited who can reply to a post.
People outside your tweet audience will see a grayed-out reply icon indicating they’re not allowed to reply but can still view, retweet, retweet with comments, and like the post.
If you restrict replies to followers, those who don’t follow you will see the icon. And if you’re not included in a tweet’s audience, you’ll see a message saying, “You can’t reply to this.”
Replies and retweets of your tweet will inherit the restrictions you placed on the root tweet, unlike retweets with comments that won’t inherit the tweet’s underlying restrictions.
Check out next: How to create Twitter lists on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the web