Adding your location to a Tweet

If you choose to add location to your Tweets using Twitter for Android, Twitter for iOS or other mobile applications, you attach your specific location to your Tweets. When you tweet from twitter.com, you can choose to attach a general location (such as a city or neighborhood).

How to enable tweeting with your location on the web:

Tweeting with your location is disabled by default for everyone. You must enable this feature to add location data to your Tweets.

1. Click on the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of your screen and select Settings from the drop down menu.
2. Go to your Security and privacy settings.
3. At the bottom of the page, check the box next to Add a location to my Tweets.
4. You will be prompted to enter your password; click Save to confirm the change.

How to choose your location on the web:

After you've enabled Tweet location in your settings, you'll see a location field below the "What's happening?" box on your homepage.

1. Click the location icon to see the drop down menu from which you can select your location.
2. Your selected location will show up with a green check mark.
3. Click any location listed, or you can Search for a neighborhood or city by using the search field the top of the menu.
4. If you no longer want include location on your Tweets, simply click the x next to Turn off location; this turns location off on a per-Tweet basis.

How to tweet with location on Twitter for iOS or Android:

• Once location services are enabled on your device, compose a Tweet as you normally would. If you have never previously attached a location to your Tweets, you may see a prompt asking you if your current location is correct. Tap the prompt to see a map with a pin of your location. If you'd like to tweet with this location, tap the compose box to hide the map.
• Now, when you compose a Tweet, your location information will automatically be associated with your Tweet. Tap the location icon at any time to see a map with a pin that displays the latitude and longitude of the location associated with your Tweet.
• If you no longer wish to tweet with your location, you can tap the location icon and then select Turn off location.

How to enable/disable the location feature on mobile.twitter.com:

(For browsers supporting HTML5 and geolocation.)

1. Login to mobile.twitter.com from your mobile device.
2. Tap the Me tab, then tap the gear icon.
3. Select Settings.
4. Tap Edit next to Account & privacy.
5. Check the box next to Add location information to my Tweets to enable the setting. Disable location information by unchecking the box.
6. Enter your password and tap Save.
7. Compose a Tweet and tap the location icon to add or remove your location from appearing in your Tweet.

Different mobile browsers have different methods of controlling location access for a specific websites such as mobile.twitter.com. Please consult your browser settings.

How to disable location services on the web

If you have already enabled tweeting with your location, you can disable it the same way you enabled it:

1. Click on the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of your screen and select Settings from the drop down menu.
2. Go to your Security and privacy settings.
3. At the bottom of the page, uncheck the box next to Add a location to my Tweets.
4. You will be prompted to enter your password; click Save to confirm the change.

Making this change only alters your settings going forward.

How to remove location data (web only)

To remove your location data from all of your previous Tweets, including Tweets posted from mobile devices, you’ll need to delete all location information. Here's how:

1. Delete the Tweet with the location data attached.
2. Remove all location data from all of your Tweets by clicking on Delete all location information in your Security and privacy settings; this can take up to 30 minutes, but it will scrub all location information from prior Tweets.

Having trouble?

Check out our Tweet & DM Troubleshooting section for solutions to common problems.