Control Panel for Twitter
Overview
Control Panel for Twitter is a Chrome extension developed by jbscript.
According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Control Panel for Twitter is 3.4.3, updated on 2023-04-22.
100,000+ users have installed this extension.
269 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .
Gives you more control over Twitter and adds missing features and UI improvements
Control Panel for Twitter is a browser extension for Twitter - its main goals are to reduce the amount of algorithmic content you see, give you more control over your timeline and make the UI less distracting.
By default, your Home timeline will be the reverse-chronological "Following" timeline, which will only contain tweets and quote tweets from the people you follow. The algorithmic "For you" timeline will be hidden, and Control Panel for Twitter will keep you on "Following" if Twitter tries to automatically take you off it. Everything is configurable, so start by opening the options popup and customizing to your liking. Changes you make in the options will be applied immediately.
Features:
Home timeline
• Defaults to the "Following" (chronological) timeline, automatically switching you back if Twitter tries to move you to the "For you" (algorithmic) timeline
• Hide the "For you" timeline tab (default setting)
• Move Retweets to a separate tab (default setting), or hide them entirely
• Move Quote Tweets and replies to them to a separate tab in the Home timeline, or hide them entirely
• Hide tweets quoting accounts you've blocked or muted
• Mute quoting of specific tweets - adds a "Mute this conversation" menu item to Quote Tweets in the Home and List timelines
• Hide "Who to follow", "Follow some Topics" etc. in the Home timeline and elsewhere
• Full-width timeline: hide the sidebar and let timeline content go full-width on Home, Lists and Communities
UI improvements
• Hide Views under tweets
• Hide the "Verified" tab on the Notifications page
• Replace Twitter Blue checkmarks with the Blue logo so they're not as easily mistaken for verified accounts, or hide them altogether
• Add "Add muted word" to the "More" menu
• Fast blocking - skips the confirm dialog when you try to block an account
• Toggle Retweets in Lists - adds a "Turn off Retweets" menu item to Lists
• Use the site's normal text font style in the primary navigation menu to make it less distracting
• Use normal font weight in dropdown menus - if everything's bold, nothing's bold
UI tweaks
• Disable use of the Chirp font if you don't like it
• Uninvert the Follow and Following buttons to make them less jarring
• Choice of monochrome or themed (classic) styling for uninverted buttons
• Default to "Latest" tab in Search
• When viewing a tweet's Quote Tweets, hide the quoted tweet to make more room for quotes
Remove algorithmic content
• Hide "What's happening", "Topics to follow" etc. in the sidebar
• Hide Explore page contents and use it only for searching
• Hide "Discover more" algorithmic tweets when viewing a tweet
Reduce "engagement"
• Hide metrics
• Reduced interaction mode: hide the action bar under tweets – replies are now the only means of interacting
• Disable the home timeline: find yourself wasting too much time on Twitter? Try preventing use of the home timeline, going to Notifications or Messages by default instead
Hide UI items you don't use
• Bookmark button under tweets
• Share button under tweets
• Analytics links under your own tweets
• Hide navigation items you don't use, and other distracting screen elements such as the account switcher and Messages drawer
• Hide items you don't use in the "More" menu
TWITTER, TWEET and RETWEET are trademarks of Twitter Inc. or its affiliates
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Isaac Rabinovitch
2022-05-13
Only one issue: the name. These aren't "tweaks." These are options to disable some of Twitter's most obnoxious, distracting, confusing, and stupid features. I particularly like being able to read my timeline chronologically, without the Holy Algorithm trying to tell me what I want to read. |
Deothius
2022-04-26
Very good extension. Hides the pesky ads and Topics (god I hate these tweets the most). Only thing I'd want more from this extension is if you can have an option to have "Media only tweets" also include retweets so I can view my follows artwork + retweets. |
JokerSpade1320
2022-04-25
Is it possible to add a hide "Media studio" button? It comes with twitter analytics apparently. |
Claire Crowles
2022-04-20
Absolutely great and very tweakable thanks to the many options. The only feature I wish it added too is the ability when quote-retweeting to choose with which logged-in account you want to retweet it. For example if I am on my main account and I see a tweet on the timeline, and I want to retweet it with my secondary account... right now the only option is to copy the tweet link, switch on my secondary account, paste the link and then hit retweet, which is quite tedious. From the phone app there is the useful feature of tapping the profile icon while quote-retweeting which allows you to choose the account with which to retweet it, but for whatever reason they never implemented it for desktop version. It would be amazing if this extension could add that feature too. |
Paul Coskun
2022-04-19
Removes that brainwashing 'what's happening' on the right hand side. Now i can get on with my life without being bombarded with negativity and brainwashing. |