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Often the best connections on Twitter are with people you already know. In order to help you make those connections, we use your email address and phone number to make your account discoverable to others. You can control whether others can find you on Twitter by your email address or phone number by adjusting your discoverability privacy settings (instructions below). If you turn off the settings that let others find you by your email address or phone number, Twitter will also not use your address book contacts (if you have chosen to upload them) to suggest your account to others.

How would others find me by my email address or phone number?

If someone has your email address or phone number in their contacts, they may find your account when they upload those contacts to Twitter. Your account may also appear as a suggestion for others to follow if your email address or phone number is included in the contacts that others have uploaded. Learn more about account suggestions.

Instructions for:

To turn off the settings that let others find you by your email address or phone number
For Android:
Step 1
In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have.

Step 2
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.

Step 3
Under Discoverability and contacts, you can adjust your settings to Let others find you by your email and Let others find you by your phone.

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About your email and phone number discoverability privacy settings
About your email and phone number discoverability privacy settings

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Your email address and phone number

Often the best connections on Twitter are with people you already know. In order to help you make those connections, we use your email address and phone number to make your account discoverable to others. You can control whether others can find you on Twitter by your email address or phone number by adjusting your discoverability privacy settings (instructions below). If you turn off the settings that let others find you by your email address or phone number, Twitter will also not use your address book contacts (if you have chosen to upload them) to suggest your account to others.

How would others find me by my email address or phone number?

If someone has your email address or phone number in their contacts, they may find your account when they upload those contacts to Twitter. Your account may also appear as a suggestion for others to follow if your email address or phone number is included in the contacts that others have uploaded. Learn more about account suggestions.

Instructions for:

To turn off the settings that let others find you by your email address or phone number
For Android:
Step 1
In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have.

Step 2
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.

Step 3
Under Discoverability and contacts, you can adjust your settings to Let others find you by your email and Let others find you by your phone.

Will my email address or phone number be publicly displayed on Twitter?

No, your email address and phone number are not publicly displayed on Twitter, even if you have enabled the setting that lets others find you by your email address or phone number.


What if I have multiple Twitter accounts associated with the same phone number?

You can have multiple Twitter accounts associated with the same phone number. Each account has its own setting to control whether others can find you by your phone number. Others will be able to find all accounts associated with the same phone number that have this setting enabled.

How to find people on Twitter
How to find people by name

Type the person's name or username into the search box at the top of your twitter.com Home timeline, or tap the Explore tab through your Twitter for iOS or Android app to access the search box. Your results will be filtered by Trending, News, Sports, Fun, Entertainment, and more.

Twitter’s suggestions for Who to follow:


When you log in to twitter.com, Who to follow suggestions will appear next to your Home timeline, the Notifications tab, profile and search results pages, as well as other places on Twitter.

Suggestions via email:


Twitter will suggest accounts as follow suggestions via email notification.
Tip: You can control when and how often Twitter sends you emails in your notifications settings.
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About Twitter's account suggestions
How does Twitter find accounts to suggest?

Twitter’s account suggestions are based on algorithms that make personalized suggestions for you. You may see suggestions based on criterion such as:

If you’ve uploaded your contacts to Twitter, we’ll suggest you connect with those who already have Twitter accounts.
If someone has uploaded their contacts to Twitter, and your email address or phone number is included in their contacts, we may suggest you follow them.
Twitter may also make suggestions based on your location, such as the city or country you are in.
We may make suggestions based on your activity on Twitter, such as your Tweets, who you follow, and accounts and Tweets that you view or otherwise interact with.
If your settings permit, we may make personalized suggestions based on your visits to third-party websites that integrate Twitter content. Learn more.
Twitter may include Promoted Accounts as suggestions for accounts for you to follow. Read more about Promoted Accounts here.
Recommendations delivered to you via email or through Twitter will not suggest content that includes your muted words and hashtags. Learn more about advanced muting options here.

How do I control suggestions about my account?

Email or phone number discoverability

You can control whether we will suggest your account to someone else who has your email address or phone number in their contacts by adjusting your privacy settings. For more information and instructions about adjusting your settings, read this article.


Account suggestions based on imported contacts

When you upload your contacts to Twitter, these contacts may appear as suggested accounts for you to follow. Conversely, your account may appear as a suggestion for others to follow. You can control whether Twitter will use your address book to suggest your account to others by adjusting the privacy settings that let others find you by your email address or phone number.

You can also remove contacts you’ve previously uploaded. When you remove previously uploaded contacts, we will no longer make suggestions based on those contacts, but we may make similar suggestions based on who you already follow, and other factors. For more information and instructions for removing previously imported contacts, see this article.

Twitter is suggesting an account belonging to someone who is deceased

Please report the account information to Twitter. Learn how to contact Twitter about a deceased family member's account.

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How to upload and manage your contacts
How to upload and manage your contacts
When you upload your contacts to your account, we can help you find people you may know on Twitter. Then you’ll be able to find and follow contacts who have allowed other people to find them by their email address or phone number. We may also use your imported address book contacts to personalize content, such as making suggestions or showing user accounts and Tweets for you and other people. Learn more about how we use your uploaded contacts to make account suggestions and about other ways of finding people to follow on Twitter.

You can control whether Twitter will use your address book to suggest your account to others by adjusting the privacy settings that let others find you by your email address or phone number.


Instructions for:

Instructions for:

To find contacts on Twitter
Step 1
In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have and select Settings and privacy.

Step 2
Tap Privacy and safety.

Step 3
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.

Step 4
Tap Sync address book contacts. When you sync your contacts, contacts from your device’s address book will be uploaded to Twitter on an ongoing basis.

Step 5
The accounts of contacts from your address book who are already on Twitter will be shown.

To stop syncing address book contacts on Twitter for iOS or Android app
You can stop uploading your contacts to Twitter on an ongoing basis by adjusting the Sync address book contacts setting.

Using Twitter for iOS:

In the top menu, tap your profile icon.
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Next to Sync address book contacts, drag the slider to turn off.


Using Twitter for Android:

In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have.
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Next to Sync address book contacts, uncheck the box to turn off.
Note: When you turn off your Sync address book contacts setting on a given device, this will stop syncing contacts to Twitter from that device only. If you want to stop syncing your contacts from other devices, you will need to adjust your settings on those devices or remove all contacts from Twitter. Twitter will continue to store and use the contacts you’ve previously uploaded unless you remove all contacts.

To remove contacts on your Twitter for iOS or Android app

In the top menu, tap your profile icon (iOS) or a navigation menu icon or your profile icon (Android).
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Tap Remove all contacts. You’ll need to confirm the removal of all contacts by tapping the prompt.

Note: This will remove any contacts you’ve previously uploaded and turn off your account’s Sync address book contacts setting on any devices from which you previously chose to sync contacts. Please be aware that this takes a little time and you may still notice some suggestions on Twitter (based on your contacts) in the meantime.

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How to upload and manage your contacts
How to upload and manage your contacts
When you upload your contacts to your account, we can help you find people you may know on Twitter. Then you’ll be able to find and follow contacts who have allowed other people to find them by their email address or phone number. We may also use your imported address book contacts to personalize content, such as making suggestions or showing user accounts and Tweets for you and other people. Learn more about how we use your uploaded contacts to make account suggestions and about other ways of finding people to follow on Twitter.

You can control whether Twitter will use your address book to suggest your account to others by adjusting the privacy settings that let others find you by your email address or phone number.


Instructions for:

To find contacts on Twitter
Step 1
In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have and select Settings and privacy.

Step 2
Tap Privacy and safety.

Step 3
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.

Step 4
Tap Sync address book contacts. When you sync your contacts, contacts from your device’s address book will be uploaded to Twitter on an ongoing basis.

Step 5
The accounts of contacts from your address book who are already on Twitter will be shown.

To stop syncing address book contacts on Twitter for iOS or Android app
You can stop uploading your contacts to Twitter on an ongoing basis by adjusting the Sync address book contacts setting.

Using Twitter for iOS:

In the top menu, tap your profile icon.
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Next to Sync address book contacts, drag the slider to turn off.


Using Twitter for Android:

In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have.
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Next to Sync address book contacts, uncheck the box to turn off.
Note: When you turn off your Sync address book contacts setting on a given device, this will stop syncing contacts to Twitter from that device only. If you want to stop syncing your contacts from other devices, you will need to adjust your settings on those devices or remove all contacts from Twitter. Twitter will continue to store and use the contacts you’ve previously uploaded unless you remove all contacts.

To remove contacts on your Twitter for iOS or Android app

In the top menu, tap your profile icon (iOS) or a navigation menu icon or your profile icon (Android).
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Tap Remove all contacts. You’ll need to confirm the removal of all contacts by tapping the prompt.

Note: This will remove any contacts you’ve previously uploaded and turn off your account’s Sync address book contacts setting on any devices from which you previously chose to sync contacts. Please be aware that this takes a little time and you may still notice some suggestions on Twitter (based on your contacts) in the meantime.


How to view and remove contacts via twitter.com
To view or remove contacts:
You can view or remove previously imported contacts from Twitter at any time. Please note your account recommendations may not be as relevant after removing this information.

Click on the more menu.
Go to Settings and privacy.
Click Privacy and safety.
Click Discoverability and contacts.
Click Manage contacts.
You may be prompted to enter your password. All of your uploaded contacts will be displayed.
If you’d like to remove your contacts, click Remove all contacts. Once you confirm this request by clicking Remove, any contacts you’ve previously uploaded will be removed from Twitter and your account’s Sync Address Book Contacts setting will be turned off on any devices from which you previously chose to sync contacts. Please be aware that this takes a little time and you may still notice some suggestions on Twitter (based on your contacts) in the meantime.

To remove contacts via mobile.twitter.com:

Tap your profile icon.
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Tap Remove contacts. You’ll need to confirm the removal of all contacts by tapping the prompt.

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How to upload and manage your contacts
How to upload and manage your contacts
When you upload your contacts to your account, we can help you find people you may know on Twitter. Then you’ll be able to find and follow contacts who have allowed other people to find them by their email address or phone number. We may also use your imported address book contacts to personalize content, such as making suggestions or showing user accounts and Tweets for you and other people. Learn more about how we use your uploaded contacts to make account suggestions and about other ways of finding people to follow on Twitter.

You can control whether Twitter will use your address book to suggest your account to others by adjusting the privacy settings that let others find you by your email address or phone number.


Instructions for:

To find contacts on Twitter
Step 1
In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have and select Settings and privacy.

Step 2
Tap Privacy and safety.

Step 3
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.

Step 4
Tap Sync address book contacts. When you sync your contacts, contacts from your device’s address book will be uploaded to Twitter on an ongoing basis.

Step 5
The accounts of contacts from your address book who are already on Twitter will be shown.

To stop syncing address book contacts on Twitter for iOS or Android app
You can stop uploading your contacts to Twitter on an ongoing basis by adjusting the Sync address book contacts setting.

Using Twitter for iOS:

In the top menu, tap your profile icon.
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Next to Sync address book contacts, drag the slider to turn off.


Using Twitter for Android:

In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have.
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Next to Sync address book contacts, uncheck the box to turn off.
Note: When you turn off your Sync address book contacts setting on a given device, this will stop syncing contacts to Twitter from that device only. If you want to stop syncing your contacts from other devices, you will need to adjust your settings on those devices or remove all contacts from Twitter. Twitter will continue to store and use the contacts you’ve previously uploaded unless you remove all contacts.

To remove contacts on your Twitter for iOS or Android app

In the top menu, tap your profile icon (iOS) or a navigation menu icon or your profile icon (Android).
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Tap Remove all contacts. You’ll need to confirm the removal of all contacts by tapping the prompt.

Note: This will remove any contacts you’ve previously uploaded and turn off your account’s Sync address book contacts setting on any devices from which you previously chose to sync contacts. Please be aware that this takes a little time and you may still notice some suggestions on Twitter (based on your contacts) in the meantime.


How to view and remove contacts via twitter.com
To view or remove contacts:
You can view or remove previously imported contacts from Twitter at any time. Please note your account recommendations may not be as relevant after removing this information.

Click on the more menu.
Go to Settings and privacy.
Click Privacy and safety.
Click Discoverability and contacts.
Click Manage contacts.
You may be prompted to enter your password. All of your uploaded contacts will be displayed.
If you’d like to remove your contacts, click Remove all contacts. Once you confirm this request by clicking Remove, any contacts you’ve previously uploaded will be removed from Twitter and your account’s Sync Address Book Contacts setting will be turned off on any devices from which you previously chose to sync contacts. Please be aware that this takes a little time and you may still notice some suggestions on Twitter (based on your contacts) in the meantime.

To remove contacts via mobile.twitter.com:

Tap your profile icon.
Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Privacy and safety.
Under Discoverability and contacts, tap Discoverability and contacts.
Tap Remove contacts. You’ll need to confirm the removal of all contacts by tapping the prompt.
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