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How to Block Words (and People) on Twitter to Clean Up Your Timeline

. 5 min read

What could happen if you use a wrong word on Twitter? For example, it may cause unwanted accounts to find and follow you. A suspicious word may cause bots to start following you!

Bots started following me!

If you have bot followers, in a while, you will get labeled!

Temporary label

Temporary label on Twitter restricts your reach on the platform and your impressions and engagement will eventually decrease.

Even though I’ve built a carefully curated following list on Twitter, my “For You” section often feels like it belongs to someone else. Every time there’s a trending topic—even ones I couldn’t care less about—it somehow ends up in front of me. And it doesn’t stop. Same tweets. Same discussions. Same drama. Over and over again.

At some point, I realized I was getting mentally exhausted just scrolling. So, I started doing something about it.

I started blocking words—and it changed everything.


Step 1: Block Specific Words or Phrases on Twitter

Blocking words is the easiest way to avoid tweets about topics you don’t want to see. Whether it’s a celebrity name, a political term, or a specific phrase that keeps popping up, muting those words keeps your timeline clean and focused.

Here’s how to block (or "mute") words on Twitter:

1. Click on your profile icon and go to Settings and Privacy.

2. Head to Privacy and Safety > Mute and block.

3. Select Muted words.

Add muted word

4. Click the plus (+) icon to add a new word or phrase.

5. Choose where to mute it—your timeline, notifications, or both.

6. Choose for how long (Forever, 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days).

7. Hit Save.

💡 Pro Tip: Add different variations of the same word. For example:

  • trendname
  • #TrendName
  • TRENDNAME

Once I started muting words like these, my feed immediately felt calmer. But there was another problem...


Step 2: Block Overactive Accounts That Flood Your Feed

Sometimes the issue isn’t what people are saying—it’s how often they’re saying it.

Even after muting specific words, I noticed some accounts were still taking over my timeline by tweeting way too frequently. These overactive users—though not harmful—just weren’t adding value to my feed.

So I started blocking some of them too.

How to Block Someone on Twitter:

1. Visit the profile of the user.

2. Tap the three dots in the top-right corner.

3. Select Block @username.

Block

4. Confirm.

Once you block someone, their tweets will disappear from your feed, and they won’t see yours either.

But here’s the tricky part: Twitter doesn’t show you which accounts are overactive. You can’t search by “tweets too much.” And manually checking dozens or hundreds of accounts? No thanks.


💡
If you don’t want to block someone but still need peace of mind, muting is the perfect middle ground. Here’s how to mute someone on Twitter. ⬇️
How to Mute Someone on Twitter!
Muting is a quick, non-permanent way to stop seeing tweets from an account without unfollowing them.

Step 3: Use Circleboom to Find and Unfollow Overactive Accounts Automatically

That’s where Circleboom Twitter saved me.

The Tool That Helped Me: Circleboom Twitter

Circleboom is an official enterprise partner of Twitter (X)—which means it works safely within Twitter’s API limits and rules.

Official X Partner

What sets it apart is how deeply it analyzes your account. Circleboom categorizes your followers and followings into:

➡️ Fake/Bot accounts

➡️ Inactive accounts

➡️ Overactive accounts (users who tweet way too frequently)

➡️ High-quality and low-quality users

I used it to scan my following list and quickly find overactive accounts that were flooding my feed. Instead of blocking them, I chose to simply unfollow the ones that didn’t offer value anymore.

How to Use Circleboom to Unfollow Overactive Twitter Accounts:

Step #1: Go to the “Overactive Following” Section

From your Circleboom dashboard, open the sidebar menu and click on the Following Management icon.

Then, under the "Following" dropdown, select "Overactive Following (High engagement users)".
This will show you the accounts you follow who tweet too frequently.

Go to the “Overactive Following” Section

Step #2: Review and Select Overactive Accounts

You’ll now see a full list of overactive accounts, including useful metrics like:

  • Total tweets
  • Follower/following ratio
  • Join date
  • Activity level

You can scroll through the list and manually select the accounts you no longer want to follow. You can also select up to 100 accounts at once.

Review and Select Overactive Accounts

Step #3: Unfollow the Selected Accounts

Once you've made your selection, click the red “Unfollow (X selected)” button at the top.

A confirmation popup will appear asking if you want to proceed.
Click “Unfollow selected profiles” to complete the action.

Unfollow the Selected Accounts
💡 Bonus: You can also explore inactive accounts, bots, or low-quality users and clean up your feed further.

Final Thoughts: Take Control of Your Timeline

You don’t have to tolerate topics you don’t care about—or tweets that exhaust you.
Twitter may push content your way, but you can push back.

By blocking words and cutting out overactive accounts, my Twitter feed became calmer, cleaner, and more aligned with what I actually want to see.

So if your feed is stressing you out, don’t wait.
Take back control.

❇️ Want to quickly spot and block overactive, fake, or spammy accounts? Try Circleboom Twitter today and clean up your feed in minutes.


Arif Akdogan

Passionate digital marketer helping grow through innovative strategies, data-driven insights, and creative content. [email protected]