Twitter Extends Tweet Editing Window to One Hour

Twitter is now more forgiving to users editing their posts.

The social networking site recently announced it is enlarging the window for Twitter users to edit their tweets without providing the reason why it did so.

Twitter previously offered its edit button with only a 30-minute window to edit tweets, with the feature first becoming available to New Zealanders in Sept. 2022.

Twitter Edit Button Improvement Details

Twitter mentioned on its Twitter Blue page that it is increasing the window users have to edit their tweets from 30 mins. to one hour, though it didn't mention why it did so in the first place. The company didn't provide a reason even on its official Twitter Blue support page; it only edited the page's content for it to reflect the new one-hour time limit.

Reason aside, Twitter enlarging its edit window is a boon for Twitter users who wish to make typo corrections, add more context to their tweets, or simply edit the entire tweet outright. No longer do they have to be afraid of running out of time to edit their tweets after posting them for some time.

However, the edit button is still unavailable for replies made to tweets; users should keep a close eye on what they type as a reply since they can't edit it after hitting the reply button. Deleting the reply and typing in the correct one is still the most reliable solution in this case.

Unfortunately, the edit button is still out of reach for Twitter users not paying for a Twitter Blue subscription. For those unaware, a Twitter Blue subscription costs $11 per month for iOS and Android devices and $8 per month for those accessing Twitter exclusively on PC, per Twitter's About Twitter Blue page.

The edit window enlargement aside, Twitter's editing feature for Blue subscribers remains one of the features highlighted in the subscription that also gets paying users access to a blue verified checkmark label, among other things like writing 4,000-character-long tweets.

Twitter's Edit Button History

Twitter first toyed with the idea of adding an edit feature in 2016, when then-CEO Jack Dorsey stated that an edit function or button is "definitely needed" after 11 years of now allowing users to edit their tweets after posting them. He previously stated that both verified and non-verified users need some form of editing tweets function to correct mistakes.

It was only after Dorsey departed from the company did Twitter take steps in making it real, with those paying for the past version of Twitter Blue being the first people to use it. For those unaware, Twitter Blue was once a subscription service where those who paid for it got to be the first to test and use Twitter's new features, which include the edit button, at the time.

New Zealanders paying for Twitter Blue in Sept. 2022 became the first to acquire the feature, with the rest of the world following suit, especially when Elon Musk took over the company as its owner and, for a short time, its CEO.