My Twitter feed used to be infested with spammy weight loss messages from apps and unwanted tweets from games. Worse, I’ve noticed that some applications caused unwanted behavior on my account, like following other users and retweeting on my behalf.
For its part, Twitter lets users select which apps are allowed to post on the service on their behalf. It’s actually incredibly easy to stop unwanted apps from spamming you on Twitter with just a few clicks, let me show you how.
The primary source of these unwanted tweets on your Twitter timeline are third-party apps that you’ve authorized to use your Twitter account. A game, for example, might ask your permission to use your Twitter account for elevated social experience.
An app like Foursquare, for instance, might ask permission to use your Twitter account in order to help you connect with your Twitter friends who also happen to use Foursquare. Thankfully, Twitter has provided a central place to manage permissions for apps that use your Twitter account.
How to stop apps from spamming you on Twitter
1) In your desktop browser, log in to twitter.com.2) Click your profile image in the top right corner and choose Settings in the menu.
3) In the lefthand column, click Apps. You can also access this page directly at twitter.com/settings/applications.
4) In the Applications section on the right, you’ll see a list of the applications you’ve authorized to post to your account.
5) Identify an application that has been posting unwanted tweets in your timeline on your behalf, and then click the Revoke Access button next to that app.
