How to clean up your Twitter feed without muting everyone

First, separate feed noise from interface noise

A noisy Twitter feed is usually treated as a following problem: unfollow more people, mute more words, build more lists. Those tools help when the posts themselves are the problem. They do nothing about the interface surrounding the posts.

X adds a second layer of noise: the trends rail, follow suggestions, Grok actions, the message drawer, promoted posts, composer blocks, news inserts, and repeated prompts. None of those came from an account you chose to follow. Cleaning the interface is therefore a different task from curating the people in your timeline.

Start with the interface. It is reversible, it does not change who you follow, and it makes the remaining content easier to evaluate.

What you can already do inside X

These settings are worth doing, but X does not offer a native switch for most of its page furniture. You cannot permanently remove the entire right rail, widen the central column, or hide every injected recommendation module from one settings screen.

• Switch from the For you timeline to Following when you want a more predictable feed.
• Use Lists for a small, topic-specific reading queue.
• Mute recurring words, phrases, event names, or accounts you do not want to see.
• Turn off non-essential notifications so the tab does not keep pulling you back.
• Close the message drawer when you are reading rather than chatting.

A five-minute cleanup with XFeed Pro

1. 01Install the extensionInstall XFeed Pro from your browser’s extension store. The full seven-day trial begins immediately; no account or payment card is required.
2. 02Open x.com and pin the extensionPin XFeed Pro if you want quick access. Open its popup while you are on X so you can see each change as you make it.
3. 03Remove the outer railsTurn off the right rail first. If you already navigate with keyboard shortcuts or bookmarks, hide the left navigation too.
4. 04Remove interruptions inside the timelineHide promoted posts and inline modules. This removes interface inserts while leaving ordinary posts from accounts and recommendations intact.
5. 05Tune the reading columnChoose a wider feed, comfortable text size, and enough spacing between posts. Auto-expand long posts if repeated “Show more” clicks interrupt your reading.

Do not remove useful friction by accident

A cleaner interface is not automatically a healthier one. An infinitely smooth feed can make it easier to scroll for longer. Keep the controls that help you stop: browser time limits, a deliberate reading window, or a small List with a natural end.

Likewise, hiding the composer is useful when you are reading, but inconvenient when X is part of your work. Treat XFeed as a set of situational controls, not a single ideal configuration. The popup keeps each setting independent for that reason.

A note about language and X experiments

X changes its page structure frequently and sometimes serves different interfaces to different accounts. Text-based modules also vary by language. If one element remains visible, note your X interface language, browser, and the exact label you see, then send it through the contact page. That is more useful than a generic “it does not work” report.

XFeed works locally in the browser. It does not read or send the text of the posts in your timeline. Technical events such as the extension version, license state, and enabled settings may be used to diagnose compatibility problems; the privacy policy describes those categories in detail.