How to hide trending topics on Twitter and X

Remove the What’s happening and trending topics rail from X, understand what else disappears with it, and keep a focused central timeline.

Trends are designed to change your reading plan

You can open X intending to read three people and leave twenty minutes later knowing about a controversy you never asked to see. The trends rail is effective because it is always present, not because every topic is useful.

Hiding trends is less drastic than leaving X or unfollowing accounts. It removes the invitation at the edge of the page while preserving direct links, search, Explore, Lists, and the timeline itself.

X groups trends with the rest of the right rail

On desktop, trending topics usually live inside the right-hand column with search, “Who to follow”, live events, subscription prompts, and footer links. The contents vary by account and viewport. Removing only one nested card is fragile; removing the rail is more stable and also creates useful horizontal space.

Remove the trends rail

01Install and open XFeed ProOpen the extension while viewing x.com. The seven-day trial begins at installation.
02Enable Hide right railThe right column disappears immediately, including its current trends and follow modules.
03Choose a feed widthUse the newly available space to widen the central column rather than leaving the page visually unbalanced.
04Keep Explore availableThe Explore route still works when you deliberately want trends; XFeed removes the persistent rail, not the destination.

Why this mostly matters on desktop

The narrow mobile layout already omits the desktop right rail. A browser extension also needs a supported desktop browser to run. If you arrive on this guide from a phone, save or send the page to your desktop and install there.

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