How to post photos or GIFs on Twitter
Advanced photo options
Editing a photo
If you are Tweeting from the Twitter for iOS or Twitter for Android app, you can enhance, apply a filter, crop an image, and add stickers to a photo once you select it.
Adding a sticker to a photo
If you are Tweeting from the Twitter for iOS or Twitter for Android app, you can add up to 25 stickers to a photo, once you take or select an image. To add a sticker to an image:
- Tap the Tweet icon ( on iOS, on Android).
- Tap the photo icon to take a photo or to select one from your camera roll.
- Tap the sticker icon from the selected photo to launch a library of stickers to choose from. Tap your selected sticker(s). Once placed on your photo, hold and drag the sticker with your finger to move to your desired position.
- To tilt, enlarge, or shrink a sticker: Place two fingers on either side of the sticker and turn the sticker clockwise or counterclockwise to rotate, or slide your fingers apart or together to resize.
- If you’d like to remove a sticker from a photo, press and hold on the sticker, then drag it to the bottom of your screen until the delete icon appears.
Note: Once you have Tweeted your photo with stickers, you cannot edit the image. Additionally, you cannot edit stickers when Retweeting someone else’s photo.
Tagging people in a photo
Tap Who’s in this photo? to tag people. Type in a full name or an username and then tap Done.
Note: Tags cannot be applied to animated GIFs.
Tagging location
When you select a photo or GIF, you may see Add location and a list of suggested locations under the image. To tag your photo or GIF with a location, tap Add location to select a location from a list, or tap one of the locations suggested based on your current location or the location where you took the photo. You can also search for a location by tapping the location marker icon or by tapping Search locations.
Note: To remove the image file you selected, click or tap the x on the image thumbnail (or next to the file name). To remove a tag, tap the tag and then the backspace or delete button. You can only do this before you Tweet the photo. You can’t remove tags from a photo once it is Tweeted.
- Photos can be up to 5MB; animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile, and up to 15MB on web.
- We accept GIF, JPEG, and PNG files.
- We DO NOT accept BMP or TIFF files.
- Your photo will be automatically scaled for display in your expanded Tweet and in your gallery.
If using the Twitter for iOS app, it is possible to copy and paste images, emojis, and GIFs to Tweets and Direct Messages from 3rd party keyboard apps.
To add an image, emoji, or GIF on iOS:
- When composing your Tweet or Direct Message, tap on the text field to bring up your iOS keyboard.
- Tap and hold the globe icon on your device and select the 3rd party keyboard you wish to access.
- Tap and press the image, emoji, or GIF you’d like to use. When prompted that the image has been copied, tap and hold on the text field.
- Tap Paste to add the image.
If your Tweets are protected, only your followers will be able to see your photos in your Tweets. Please note that your followers may download or re-share links to photos that you share in protected Tweets. Links to photos shared on Twitter are not protected. Anyone with the link will be able to view the content. If you don't want anyone to see your photos on Twitter, we suggest you delete the Tweets containing those photos.
Tags appear on photos in Tweets, and mentions can appear in any type of Tweet.
From the Twitter for iOS or Twitter for Android app:
- Tap the icon located at the top of the Tweet you’re tagged in.
- Tap Remove tag from photo.
- Tap Delete to confirm.
Via twitter.com:
- Tap the icon located at the top of the Tweet you’re tagged in.
- Select Remove my tag from photo.
- Click OK to confirm.
You can change who can tag you in a photo by visiting your Privacy and safety settings via twitter.com and Twitter for iOS or Twitter for Android apps.
To change your settings using Twitter for iOS:
- In the top menu, tap your profile icon, then tap Settings and privacy.
- Tap Privacy and safety.
- Under Tweets, tap Photo tagging and drag the slider to enable or disable photo tagging.
- If you enable photo tagging, you can adjust your settings so that Anyone can tag you or only Only people you follow can tag you.
To change your settings using Twitter for Android:
- In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have, and select Settings and privacy.
- Tap Privacy and safety.
- Under Tweets, tap Photo tagging. You can select Off to disable photo tagging, or you can enable photo tagging by selecting Anyone can tag you or Only people you follow can tag you.
Note: Please allow up to 30 minutes for changes to your photo tagging settings to take place.
The ability to tag a photo with a location is only available in the Twitter app for iOS or Android. You must have location services enabled on your device before Twitter can suggest locations.
When your location service is enabled and you select to tag a location in your Tweet, Twitter refers to the Exif data of a photo to show suggested locations. Twitter retains Exif data only temporarily to process your photo. It is not available to those who view your photo on Twitter.
Yes, it's easy to share and watch videos on Twitter.
Depending on your mobile connection, searching for a GIF may not be available from time to time. If you find you cannot search for a GIF through the media library, you can still upload a GIF that is saved to your phone’s photo library.
Yes, you can view search results of public photos featuring a sticker(s). When you see a photo with a sticker in a Tweet, click or tap on the photo to expand the image. Then, click or tap any sticker on the image to be redirected to search results of public photos featuring that particular sticker.
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