How to share a Tweet

Sharing a Tweet privately is easy. You have the option to share via Direct Message with your followers, or through an SMS or email to your contacts from your phone’s address book.

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To share a Tweet via Direct Message

  1. Tap on the share icon  from a Tweet on your Home timeline or from a Tweet detail.
    Note: A protected Tweet cannot be shared through a Direct Message.
  2. Tap Send via Direct Message from the menu.
  3. Select an account from the suggested list, or tap the Search for people and groups text box to type in the account(s) you wish to send a message to. 
  4. You have the option to Add a comment to your message.
  5. Tap Send.

To share a Tweet via Direct Message

  1. Tap on the share icon  from a Tweet on your Home timeline or from a Tweet detail.
    Note: A protected Tweet cannot be shared through a Direct Message.
  2. Tap Send via Direct Message from the menu.
  3. Select an account from the suggested list, or tap the Search for people and groups text box to type in the account(s) you wish to send a message to. 
  4. You have the option to Add a note to your message.
  5. Tap Send.

To share a Tweet via Direct Message

  1. Click on the message icon  from a Tweet on your Home timeline or from a Tweet detail.
    Note: A protected Tweet cannot be shared through a Direct Message.
  2. From the pop-up menu, Enter a name of the person you wish to send the message to or choose from the suggested account list.
  3. Click the Next button.
  4. You have the option to Add a comment to your message.
  5. Click Send.

Note: Your own Tweets on your profile page will not display the share icon. Click the  icon to send one of your Tweets via Direct Message from your profile. Learn more about Direct Messages.

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To share a Tweet via SMS or email

  1. Tap the share icon  from a Tweet on your Home timeline or from a Tweet detail.
  2. From the pop-up menu, select Share Tweet via…
    • To send via SMS, select your SMS application and add the contacts you wish to send the Tweet to.
    • To send via email, select your email client and enter the email address(es) of the people you wish to email the Tweet to.
  3. You can choose to add a comment to the SMS or email.
  4. Tap Send.

To share a Tweet via SMS or email

  1. Tap the share icon  from a Tweet on your Home timeline or from a Tweet detail.
  2. From the pop-up menu, select Share Tweet via…
    • To send via SMS, select your SMS application and add the contacts you wish to send the Tweet to.
    • To send via email, select your email client and enter the email address(es) of the people you wish to email the Tweet to.
  3. You can choose to add a comment to the SMS or email.
  4. Tap Send.

To share a Tweet via SMS or email

  1. Click the  icon located within the Tweet.
  2. From the pop-up menu, select Copy link to Tweet.
  3. The URL will be copied to your clipboard.
  4. Once you have opened your email client, you can paste the URL into the email you compose.

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