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How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone

Oct 30, 2013 08:06 PM
Two smartphones displaying Twitter feeds on wooden surface.

Twitter is now forcing you to look at pictures that you might now even want to look at with their newly implemented Image Preview feature, which automatically displays image and Vine video thumbnails directly in your timeline on the updated Android and iPhone apps.

Two smartphones displaying Twitter feeds on a wooden surface.

That photo of your friend's baby that you don't want to see? It's there.That video of a stupid cat doing something stupid? That's also there.

While many have uproariously chided in with complaints, there's no reason to get your panties in a bunch. You can get rid of those annoying image previews by changing one little setting.

Disabling Image Previews on iOS Devices

For the Twitter app on your iPhone, just tap on theGear icon, tap Settings, and turn off Image Previews.

How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
Settings menu showing options for notifications, security, image quality, and image previews on a mobile device.
How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
Settings menu showing options for notifications, security, image quality, and image previews on a mobile device.

Below, you can see Twitter with image previews on the left, and without image previews on the right (just like you like them).

How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone

Disabling Image Previews on Android Devices

On Android, it's basically the same exact thing, except that the interface is a bit different. Tap on the Gear icon, press Settings, and uncheck Image Previews.

How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
Twitter settings menu with options for sound effects, font size, privacy, location, image previews, and version information.
How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
Twitter settings menu with options for sound effects, font size, privacy, location, image previews, and version information.

Again, here's a before an after of Twitter with and without the previews.

How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone
How to Remove Those Annoying Image Previews on the Updated Twitter Apps for Android & iPhone

Pretty simple, right? Only why do they can enabling features we don't want? Sure, they could have added it and left it up to us to turn on, but that's not how Twitter rolls. They force it down our throats in hopes that we like it—but we don't. We almost never do.

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