For a feed without For You's recommended accounts, switch to Following. To change recommendations, use feedback and review whom you follow. If posts will not load at all, troubleshoot the app or browser separately. These are different tasks; clearing local cache is not a documented way to erase your account's recommendation history.
Identify what you want to change
| Problem | First action | How to assess it |
|---|---|---|
| Too many posts from accounts you do not follow | Open Following | Check that you are in the intended tab |
| Repeated unwanted recommendations | Give feedback on the relevant For You posts | Observe future suggestions; one action is not a complete reset |
| A followed account dominates your feed | Decide whether to mute or unfollow that account | Review the account, not only one post |
| You want a focused source group | Open a curated List | Check its membership against your task |
| Blank timeline, loading loop or app error | Compare signed-in web with the app | Record whether the problem affects one client or both |
Start with Following
At the top of Home, choose Following instead of For you. X's timeline help describes Following as posts from the accounts you follow. For You includes recommendations. You may still encounter reposts and promoted content; switching tabs is not a promise of an ad-free feed.
If your goal is to keep up with a few specific people, inspect whether you follow those people before changing many settings. If Following solves the problem, there is no need to delete your account or remove useful follows.
Change recommendations with relevant feedback
- Open the more menu on an unwanted For You recommendation.
- If offered, choose Not interested in this post or the relevant topic feedback.
- Review accounts and topics you follow that no longer fit what you want to see.
- Use your normal account for the subjects you actually want to follow. Review the result over subsequent visits.
X describes feedback as a signal to recommend less similar content in its recommendations explanation. It does not establish a fixed number of clicks or a deadline for a clean feed. A temporary topic control, if your account offers one, has its own scope; read that control rather than treating it as a universal reset button.
Choose mute or unfollow deliberately
For an account you still want to follow but do not want in your Home feed, consider account mute. To stop following it, open its profile, choose Following, and confirm Unfollow, as described in X's unfollow instructions.
Example: you followed many accounts during a conference. Keep the researchers whose work you still need, unfollow temporary event accounts, and place occasional sources in a List. This is a curation choice, not a claim that removing a certain percentage of follows improves ranking or reach.
Filter text where it appears
Use muted words for a recurring term, phrase or hashtag. Check that Home timeline is enabled for that entry. Word muting is not a universal search filter, and an image without the muted text needs a different response.
Use a List when you need a controlled source set
Create a List for a defined purpose, such as local transport updates. Add the specific source accounts and open the List directly when you need those updates. Keep unrelated entertainment accounts out of that List even if you continue following them elsewhere. The Lists workflow guide covers membership, privacy and maintenance.
If the feed does not load, diagnose the client
- Record the error and the account you are using.
- Try the same account on x.com and in the app. Check another ordinary page or post to distinguish one timeline problem from general loading failure.
- If only one client fails, check updates and its connection, then restart it.
- Use X's device-specific support instructions before clearing storage or reinstalling. Confirm that you can sign back in and preserve unsent work first.
Do not judge recommendation changes from whether a loading error disappears. Local storage repair and account-level preferences solve different problems.
Check the outcome without undoing useful settings
Write down the change and the result: “Following gives me the source accounts I need,” or “the browser works, but the app still loops.” Change one thing next. If you cannot isolate the cause, send the exact error and client details to X support. Starting a new account abandons existing relationships and is not needed to test these controls.