Apple iOS devices like the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch will display the mobile version of Twitter if you try to visit the site using the Safari browser. To access all the features on Twitter and view the full website, you can follow these steps.
Note: There used to be an option on Twitter’s site to switch to a desktop version of the site. Twitter has removed it though.
First, just forget about accessing the desktop version of Twitter in the Safari web browser within iOS. There is no way to make it work without changing the User Agent String. It will redirect to mobile.twitter.com every time. Instead you will need to use the Chrome browser to successfully display the desktop version of Twitter on the iPhone or iPad.
- Download and install Google Chrome for iOS.
- Select the “Menu” button in the upper-right corner, then choose “New Incognito Tab“.
- In the Incognito Chrome tab, visit any other website other than Twitter.
- Select the “Menu” button in the upper-right corner, then choose “Request Desktop Site“.
- Now visit Twitter.com in the Incognito tab. The desktop version of Twitter should display.
Princess says
January 25, 2019 at 7:17 amThank you so much! 🙏🏾💯
Jax says
May 5, 2018 at 8:44 amSuch a simple solition, thank you. I needed to update my twitter e-mail settings (kept forgetting to do it at home) so they’d stop sending me a million e-mails about bs I really don’t care for. Finally, my inbox is free from twitter tyrany.
Roger Johnson says
May 16, 2017 at 1:21 pmI am having SAME identical problem!! I THOUGHT it was just me!!
Supreme says
March 18, 2017 at 1:17 pmIt worked 👌🏾💯🤗
Laura says
July 31, 2016 at 6:40 pmOn amazing it actually worked
Louisa Rowe says
June 15, 2016 at 10:12 amBrilliant, worked perfectly! Thanks!
Jane says
April 21, 2016 at 3:33 pmGot it to sort of work…doesn’t look like the Website orientation with “Home”, etc on the left side of the page. But…in Chrome, Twitter doesn’t work well, when I was typing a tweet the page just started to jump and wouldn’t stop. There’s no cure.
Sunshine08 says
January 24, 2016 at 1:46 pmMake sure you don’t have the Twitter app on your phone, iPad or etc.. Or it isn’t going to work
Nora Cserny says
January 24, 2016 at 12:56 amSuper helpful. Thanks!
Gamer says
January 18, 2016 at 4:41 pmMany thanks!! My account started to retwitte things without permission and i dont have desktop.. These steps allowed me to Revoke Spamming Apps… Thaaaaaaanks
Kedar Timalsina says
December 26, 2015 at 7:48 amI won’t download google Chrome just for twitter, Not worth, I better not use twitter. I love safari.
Teresa says
December 22, 2015 at 9:05 amThanks for the great tip. 😀
Patsy says
December 11, 2015 at 5:27 amThanks for the tip. Was getting fed up trying to get out of the mobile Twitter.
Priscilla says
November 27, 2015 at 5:10 pmThis didn’t work for me. Until yesterday I could access Twitter desktop through Google Chrome by opening Twitter & selecting “Request Desktop Version”
Anyone have any other solutions?
Today, I can’t. Maybe Twitter has just solved my addiction to Twitter problem!