Twitter links won't open in app

Try the easy solution first, which may be simply restarting your iPhone.

If that doesn’t work, the previously posted solution for this issue works on iPhone 11. If you have an iPhone 11, reset all settings. Make sure you know your passwords because this action will remove all passwords— and reset everything, just like its wording suggests.

After you reset all settings, twitter links should work again.

Same problem on 5th Gen iPad since updating to 13.1.2. When I use Apple News app and click on a Twitter link it no longer opens the Twitter app. Instead it show me the Twitter feed for the link but does not allow me to interact with Twitter. It’s read only mode. Worked fine with iOS 12.

I having been having this issues since iOS 13.1. Mine doesn’t do it every time though. I will clear my cache on safari, swipe all my apps off, delete the app, power off the phone, power the phone on and re-install the the app. This fix the problem for a little while, but for some reason it starts back up

I was on the phone with Apple tech support today for 2 hours about this very issue. Absolutely no solution found. I went through a Level 1 support & a senior support person; both were completely frustrated. Nothing worked. Uninstall & reinstall Twitter app. Power cycling. Clearing cache in safari. Tweaking all kinds of settings here & there. Signing in to Twitter on both Safari and app. Nothing.

This started after installing iOS 13.1. Updated to latest 13.1.3. Same problem.

My husband is running 13.1.3 on an iPhone 10. Everything works like a charm. Twitter app opens from messages & other links.

I have not called, but i have already done everything that you have done and I am in same place. Nothing has been fixed. Are you using a 10/S Max. My son has a 10 and he is on the beta IOS and he has no issues. I don’t know if it is IOS, the app, or the 10/S Max

I’m using an iPhone 11 Pro & have found nothing to fix this issue. The senior Apple Tech suggested I reset all settings on the phone which will wipe out all Apple Pay as well as the other settings I’ve tweaked for the past few weeks. I’m not ready to apply an unproven attempt that’s so time consuming.

My husband’s iPhone X is running iOS 13.1.3 as well and his Twitter app integrates fully across all other apps as well as messages & mail. Works beautifully.

My daughter’s iPhone XR is having the same issues that those of us in this thread are having.

I found a fix for this issue but nobody is going to like it too much.

Maybe do a backup first. (I rarely do this & have been inconvenienced at time or two.)

Delete the Twitter app. Reset the cache in Safari. Restart.

Then go to “Settings” — “General”. Scroll to the bottom. Tap “Reset.” And then “Reset all settings.”

This will, of course, wipe out all of your settings. It will remove all of the Apple Pay cards that you have set up. It will remove your Apple ID settings as well as your mail settings. You’ll have to redo your Face ID & redo your passcode. *All* settings will reset.

You should not lose photos or notes or any data, such as 1Password info. None of this stuff was disturbed on my iPhone 11 Pro.

After your phone restarts, download Twitter. Enter your info & open it.

Then set up iMessages in settings. Sign into your Apple ID.

In Messages, tap a link for a tweet. It should open in the Twitter app.

If it works, we win.

As I redo my settings, I check after each setting change to see if Twitter will still reopen via Messages. It’s survived everything so far— even switching to dark mode, setting up Face ID, signing into iCloud, setting up mail.

Apparently the links to trigger the opening of the Twitter app via a link broke during an update.

Hopefully Apple will not do this again in the next update, which should be out soon— probably next week.

Please do post if this fix works for you.

I posted a fix. This does not appear to be a Twitter app problem. It appears that an iOS update (guessing iOS 13.1) broke the link that allowed Twitter to open via links from Messages, Notes, Mail, etc.

After I posted the “fix” for this on 10/23 (after actually doing it in the 22nd), everything worked like magic— until today. Once again, the links are not working.

The *only* change to the iOS/app ecosystem on my iPhone 11 Pro is a Twitter app update that auto-installed last night.

I’ll redo my “fix”— to toss the Twitter app, clear Safari cache, reset all settings ...grrrrr.... & see if it works again.

If it does, I’ll be canceling all auto-install updates until further notice so I can attempt to isolate this issue.

Resetting all settings is a monstrous pain in the ___. While you won’t lose data (notes, contacts, 1Password data, etc), you WILL lose ALL settings so everything must be re-tweaked including removing background app refresh for 90% of your apps, setting up Apple Pay, redoing emoji preferences for each emoji that allows personalization & on & on &....

I will report back on whether or not the “Fix” works again.

Before I did anything, I simply restarted my iPhone 11. After that, links were again working. So, if you got your links working via resetting all settings, try simply restarting your iPhone if they stopped working after last night’s Twitter update.

I’ve done this “fix” weeks ago, suggested by an Apple Tech. Like you said, it worked like magic, until it didn’t. Lol.

Not only that, it was a tedious process resetting and remembering all of my settings. Apple Pay, Face ID, iMessage, etc. it was sooooo frustrating and not worth it.

I’m currently unable to open Twitter links. I’ve given up after so many weeks. I check back every now and then, but no one has found a solution it seems. I’ve scoured the Internet for just a crumb of an answer... nothing.

As I stated in a later post— after the issue returned with a new Twitter app update— “Before I [reset all settings again], I simply restarted my iPhone 11. After that, links were again working. So, if you got your links working via resetting all settings, try simply restarting your iPhone if they stopped working after [the last] Twitter update.” That update came out just a couple days ago.

Depending upon which device you are using, resetting all settings may solve this issue.

But— that resets *all* of your settings. Your Apple Pay & everything else will have to be reconfigured.

It worked on my iPhone 11 Pro.

Did not work on my iPad Pro.

Yeah it just started last week for me, I’m not likely to wipe my settings to fix it. Tried rebooting in hopes a simple thing like that would fix it but no luck.

Encouraged to see it isn’t just me so hopefully an iOS update will come out soon that fixes it.