How to use the Teams feature on TweetDeck
TweetDeck’s teams feature allows multiple people to share a Twitter account without having to share the password.
When a team member logs in to TweetDeck with their own Twitter account, they will see the shared account in their Accounts tab, and in their New Tweet panel. Team members can enable login verification on their own accounts, which will keep their account secure (as well as any additional accounts in their TweetDeck).
With the teams feature, an account owner can grant individuals account access, without having to share their password with other people:
Owner
- Can manage password, phone number, and login verification settings.
- Can invite others to access the account as admins or contributors.
- Can take action on behalf of the team account (Tweet, Retweet, Direct Message, like, etc.), schedule Tweets, create lists, and build collections.
Admin
- Can invite others to access the account as admins or contributors.
- Can take action on behalf of the team account (Tweet, Retweet, Direct Message, like, etc.), schedule Tweets, create lists, and build collections.
Contributor
- Can take action on behalf of the team account (Tweet, Retweet, Direct Message, like, etc.), schedule Tweets, create lists, and build collections.
Account actions vary slightly by client. For instructions on how to get started via TweetDeck and the Twitter for iOS or Android apps, check out the following articles:
Note: Account owners are responsible for the content posted to their accounts by authorized admins and contributors.
Sharing access to an account
To set up your team:
- Log in to TweetDeck with the account you wish to share access to.
- Click Accounts in the navigation bar.
- Select the account you’d like to share access to and click the Manage team button.
- Type the name or @username of the person you’d like to invite in the Add a team member field.
- Click Authorize. Once you have authorized someone, they’ll receive an email, an invitation in the Accounts panel of their TweetDeck, and a push notification.
- The new team member will need to accept the invitation to begin using the shared account.
Note: You might want to add your own Twitter account as an admin so that you can manage the team from your own TweetDeck. You can add up to 200 team members.
Managing a team
Only the owner of the shared account manages the password, phone number, and login verification settings.
Both owners and admins can manage the team.
To change a role or remove a team member via TweetDeck:
- Click Accounts in the navigation bar.
- Select the account you’d like to manage.
- Click Manage team to open the list of team members.
- Find the person whose role you’d like to change and click Change role.
- Select Contributor, Admin or Remove from team.
- Confirm your selection.
Note: Contributors do not have the ability to manage team accounts. Only admins can manage the team.
Removing yourself from a team
If you no longer wish to be on a team you can remove yourself from that team.
To remove yourself from a team via TweetDeck:
- Click Accounts in the navigation bar.
- Select the account for which you wish to remove yourself from the team.
- Click Leave team.
- Confirm your selection by clicking Leave.
You can change your settings to adjust who can invite you to a team on Twitter for teams section of your Privacy and safety settings on twitter.com.
Your list of team members shows everyone who currently has access to this account in TweetDeck, including those who have historically been given the password, as well as those who have been added as Contributors or Admins.
If there is a person showing in the list who should not have access, click Change role next to the person and select Remove from team. This will revoke access for that person in TweetDeck. For extra security, change your password and review which apps are authorized to access your account at twitter.com/settings/applications.
Using the teams feature means that your team members log in to TweetDeck with their Twitter account. They can enable login verification for the account they use to log into TweetDeck to help keep all shared accounts secure.
Twitter sends an email notification when you are invited to join a team account and when someone is invited to be on the team for one of your accounts. We think that this is an important notification about your team, so there is no unsubscribe option for them. If you wish to stop receiving “you’ve been invited” email notifications, you can change your settings to adjust who can invite you to a team by visiting your Privacy and safety settings on twitter.com.
The person may have privacy settings enabled that prevents them from being added to a team. Talk to the team member to check whether this is the case. They can temporarily disable the setting in the Twitter for teams section of their Privacy and safety settings page on twitter.com to accept a new invitation.
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