The recent release of the Twitter Fleets has been a success, but not all users agree with it and therefore there is a way to deactivate the Twitter Fleets to stop seeing them. Next, we show you how to do it.
Fleets the alternative that Twitter has created to try to compete with Instagram Stories, WhatsApp Status or the forgotten Snapchat app. If you don’t like them, you can deactivate them, although not in an “official” way.
Mute Fleets
If we normally use the official Twitter app, we can silence the fleets, that is, make the fleets of some users not appear, as is possible on Instagram and WhatsApp.
- To do this, you will only have to press and hold on the Fleet that you want to silence.
- A window will appear asking if you want to mute the user or view their profile. We select mute the profile.
- Now in the next window, you will have to select “Silence Fleets”, as two options will appear.
Using the web version
One of the ways to deactivate, or in this case not to see, the Twitter Fleets is using the web version. In this way, you can continue watching Twitter and use it as you have done so far, but without the use of Fleets.
You can access the web version both from a computer and from your mobile and thus avoid Twitter fleets. Although you should know that in this way they are not deactivated, but simply the web version of Twitter does not support Fleets.
Use unofficial clients
Using unofficial Twitter clients is completely legal and sometimes even such unofficial clients offer better features than the official application.
In our case, we have used Fenix for Twitter, a lightweight and powerful client for Twitter with which you can use your account without having the Fleets activated.
There are many other clients for Twitter, among them the most recommended are:
- Fenix 2.
- Owly.
- Heel.
- Storm It.
- Hootsuite.
We have the last option that allows us not to show our own fleets to others, but in itself, it is not a way to deactivate them. You will only have to protect the account (make it private) and therefore your Fleets will also be protected in this way, only the people who follow you will be able to see them just like your Fleets.
Twitter Lite version
The Twitter Lite app, which is configured and optimized for devices with few resources, is designed not to contain the Fleets so if we download Twitter Lite we can have our normal Twitter, but in this case, apparently, the Fleets are deactivated for said app.
Remember that this application is not compatible with any device, so you will have to have a compatible mobile to install the lighter Twitter app.
Download Twitter Lite for Android
Use an old version of Twitter
Another option is to download a version of the older Twitter app which can be downloaded from sites like APK Mirror, the update that contains the Twitter Fleets, in this way, we can have Twitter without Fleets, although we must emphasize that They are not deactivated, but in our case using an older version we have the possibility of not seeing them.
If you have decided that you do not like Fleets, like many users, we have explained how you can deactivate Twitter’s Fleets, despite the fact that the social network does not officially give us this option.