How to reset your X (Twitter) algorithm
X has no button that resets its algorithm, but you can retrain your For you feed: mark posts “Not interested”, mute and unfollow, edit the interests X has guessed for you, and clear your search history. Or step around it with the Following tab. Here’s each step.
Updated November 2, 20261. Switch to the Following tab
At the top of Home there are two main tabs: For you, which X’s algorithm picks, and Following, which shows posts from accounts you follow. Following is the quickest way out of a feed that has gone wrong, because it doesn’t depend on what X thinks you like.
Some accounts get a choice between Popular and Recent on the Following tab. Pick Recent if you want the newest posts first. On a computer, X sometimes opens on For you again, so check which tab you’re on.
2. Tell X what you’re not interested in
On a post in For you, click or tap the three dots (⋯) and choose Not interested in this post. X shows fewer posts like it over time.
It works gradually and one post at a time, so do it every time something unwanted shows up, especially in the first few days.
3. Unfollow, and mute what you can’t unfollow
Who you follow shapes both tabs. Go through your Following list and unfollow accounts you followed on a whim.
For accounts you’d rather not unfollow, mute them instead: open the three dots on one of their posts and choose Mute. They aren’t told. See how to mute someone on X.
For whole topics, add muted words in Settings and privacy, then Privacy and safety, then Mute and block, then Muted words. Our guide to muting words on X has the steps.
4. Edit the interests X has guessed
X keeps a list of interests it has inferred from what you do. On a computer:
- Click More in the menu on the left, then Settings and privacy.
- Open Privacy and safety, then Content you see.
- Open Interests and untick anything you don’t want.
In the app, the same list is in Settings and privacy, though on some phones it sits with your ad and data settings instead. X can add interests back as it learns from what you do next.
5. Clear your search history
What you search for feeds recommendations too. On a computer, click the search box: your recent searches appear, with Clear all at the top. In the app, open Search and tap the search box to see the same list. The app and the website can keep separate histories, so clear both.
6. If you pay for Premium: snooze a topic
In April 2026, X started letting Premium subscribers snooze a topic, such as politics or sports, on the For you tab for 24 hours, beginning on the web and iPhone. It helps for a bad news week, but it wears off after a day.
What a “reset” can’t do
- There’s no blank slate. X still has your follows, likes and everything you’ve stopped to read. Only a new account starts from nothing.
- “Not interested” is slow. It turns a topic down, one post at a time. It never turns it off.
- Muted words match exact words. Posts about the same thing in other words, screenshots and videos all get through.
- Replies bring in strangers. Open any popular post and the replies come from accounts you never chose.
If politics is what you’re trying to escape, see how to see less politics on X.
Keep topics out while X relearns
Remedy is a Chrome extension that filters X as you scroll. Tell it, in your own words, what you’re done seeing, like “no crypto hype” or “nothing about the election”, and it removes those posts from your timeline, search results and replies, whatever words they use. Built-in filters for Political and Rage-bait posts are a click away.
It doesn’t depend on X’s algorithm, so it works from the first scroll, and the popup lists everything it took out. On Plus, it checks images and videos too. It works on a computer, in Chrome, and on Reddit, YouTube, Instagram and other sites as well.
Questions
Is there a way to reset the X algorithm?
Not with one button. You can retrain it with “Not interested”, muting, unfollowing, editing your interests and clearing your search history, or skip it by reading the Following tab.
Can I turn off the For you tab on X?
No. You can switch to the Following tab, which shows posts from accounts you follow, but X doesn’t let you remove For you.
Why does X keep showing me the same things after I said “Not interested”?
“Not interested” makes X show fewer posts like that one, gradually, not none. Similar posts from other accounts keep coming until X has had many signals from you.