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Twitter Shortcuts Cheatsheet

By Megan Glosson
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The social media platform Twitter has evolved since its beginnings in 2006. Between timelines, threads, and direct messages, there are many things users can look at and do on the platform. You can quickly perform basic tasks using keyboard shortcuts when using Twitter on your laptop or desktop computer.

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Twitter

Many of these Twitter keyboard shortcuts use a single alphabet letter, making it easy to get to something quickly. Remember that these keyboard shortcuts don’t work in Twitter’s mobile app or the mobile browser site (mobile.twitter.com).

ShortcutFunction
Navigation
?Opens a pop-up list of keyboard shortcuts.
G + SView your settings.
G + DChange your display settings.
JView next tweet.
KView previous tweet.
Period (.)Load new tweets (moves you back to the top of the page).
SpaceMove down the page.
G + HGo to Twitter home and see your feed.
G + EGo to Explore page.
G + NView your Notifications.
G + LView your Likes.
G + RView your Mentions.
G + MView your Direct Messages.
G + IGo to your Lists.
G + BView your Bookmarks.
G + PView your own profile.
G + UGo to the Search bar to find a user.
G + BView your bookmarks.
Actions
NOpens up a dialog box to post a new tweet.
RReply to the selected tweet.
TRetweet the selected item.
OExpand the photo in a selected tweet.
MStart a new message.
IOpen/close the messages window.
Backslash (/)Takes you to the search box.
EnterOpen a tweet’s details.
UMute the selected account.
XBlock the selected account.
BAdd a tweet to your bookmarks.
SShare a tweet.

Twitter Glossary

Twitter isn’t exactly like every other social media platform. Therefore, you may need to learn some of these common terms used on Twitter.

TermDefinition
Hashtag (#)A way to group tweets. A topic of a tweet, like a label.
@Precedes a username on Twitter.
BlockPrevents someone from seeing your profile.
BioThe 160-character description that appears on a profile.
BookmarkA collection of your favorite tweets.
Direct messagesA private message sent from one user to another.
ExploreThe part of Twitter where you can view trends, events, and topics.
FollowSubscribe to another user’s profile.
LikesA display of appreciation of a tweet, symbolized by a heart.
ListA custom timeline made up of various accounts around a single topic.
MentionUsing @ to tag someone else in a tweet or reply.
Pinned tweetA marked tweet that appears at the top of your profile.
PromotedContent that Twitter sponsors.
RetweetSharing a user’s tweet on your timeline.
ReplyResponding to another user’s tweet.
ThreadA series of tweets a user links in succession.
TimelineTweets for you to look at, usually in chronological order.
TweetA 280-character post on Twitter.
VerifiedAn account of an important person, marked with a blue check.

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Megan Glosson is a freelance technology writer based in Nashville, TN. She has extensive experience working with everything from printers to smart home systems. Megan has created thousands of articles for online publications and company blogs, including How-To Geek, Clean Email, and Review Geek. In addition to her freelance work, Megan is the Senior Content Manager for a digital marketing agency. When she’s not writing, you will probably find Megan playing board games with her partner and two children or swimming in the pool. You can check out Megan’s entire portfolio on her website, https://www.meganglosson.com/.

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