How To Change Background On Twitter

You lot tin can change the background of your Twitter contour page from the default blueish to another colour. You can even upload an image of your selection (or do both!). You lot can tile an paradigm (make it repeat, like tiles on a floor), make an image big enough to cover the unabridged groundwork, or choose a smaller image that doesn't cover the entire groundwork (and leaves a solid color backside it).

To change your background by using Twitter'southward tools, follow these steps:

Sign in to Twitter, click the driblet-downward arrow beside your user name, and Choose Settings.

The Settings page opens.
Click the Pattern tab.
Choose a background prototype.
- Pre-made Twitter backgrounds appear in square thumbnail images inside the Design tab. Note that clicking 1 of these not only changes the background but also the colour of the various parts and text of the page. If you selection one of Twitter'due south themes, you can still alter the other colors as much as you lot want.
- If yous prefer to use a background image or blueprint from your figurer, click the Modify Background Image link below the blueprint images. Then, upload a file by clicking the Browse button and finding your image on your estimator.
If y'all want your image to tile, click the Tile Background option.
When you're happy with the background, click Save.

If yous're using Twitter for business purposes, use your background to reflect your company'due south identity — tiling your logo as the background, for case.

If customizing your own background paradigm for your Twitter profile from scratch isn't your speed, don't worry! Several sites generate costless Twitter templates that are designed just for Twitter users in your situation. TwitBacks offers you a fill up-in-the-blanks form to create your own Twitter background.

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Laura Fitton was ane of the offset marketers to discover the value of Twitter for businesses and society. She founded the Twitter app shop oneforty.com and sold information technology to HubSpot. Fitton served as inbound marketing evangelist for Hubspot for viii years. Anum Hussain is a producer of Desi Standard Fourth dimension, a podcast focused on Bollywood films, Due south Asian picture palace and media. A social media expert, she is likewise coauthor of Twitter For Dummies, tertiary Edition. Brittany Leaning has written nigh social media strategy for HubSpot'due south 1.vi one thousand thousand readers and managed accounts for several well-known brands.