How to Make Twitter Public

Uncheck the Protect My Tweets box to make your account public.

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When your Twitter account is set to private, only your followers can see your tweets. To make your account public, change the Protect My Tweets setting in the Security & Privacy section of your Twitter account's settings panel.

Step 1

Your Profile icon is your Twitter profile picture.

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Click the Profile icon in the top corner of any Twitter page and select Settings on the drop-down menu to load your Settings panel.

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Step 2

Open the Security and Privacy panel.

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Click the Security and Privacy tab on the left of the screen.

Step 3

Uncheck the Protect My Tweets check box.

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Scroll down to the Privacy section, if necessary, and remove the check mark from the Protect My Tweets check box.

Step 4

Save your changes.

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Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Save Changes button. You may be prompted to enter your account password before Twitter will save your changes.

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