You Can Now Edit DMs on X

Ever sent a direct message, or DM, on X (formerly Twitter) that you regret? Now you can edit DMs on X, as long as you're on iOS.

The update comes after a more controversial change from last year, where X adjusted the direct message defaults to make it harder to message users who don't follow you without paying for X Premium (then Twitter Blue). Luckily, this new feature is equally available to everyone regardless of their subscription status, and will be coming to other platforms in the future.

Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt How to edit DMs on X

To edit a DM on X, you'll need to be using the iPhone app-at least for now. After that, hop into any of your direct message conversations by clicking the envelope icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Find one of your DMs and long-press it to bring up a sub menu with emoji reactions, the ability to reply, and the new "Edit message" button, which is right next to an icon of a pen writing on a piece of paper.

Simply adjust your message in the text box that pops up and click the big blue arrow button in the bottom-right corner of that text box to send it. Just like that, you've edited a DM on X.

Your edited message will get a new "Edited" tag underneath it and any reactions will disappear and need to be reapplied, but it will otherwise work as usual. There doesn't appear to be a time limit on how recent DMs can be before you can edit them, either-I was able to edit DMs from years ago without issue. The edited message will also retain the original's timestamp.

There are still a few catches to keep in mind, though. The most important is that you can only edit a message five times. You also can't edit messages attached to images, nor is there any way for iPhone users to see what a message looked like before it was edited. When the feature comes to Android and the web, it'll work a little differently-rather than the old message changing, users will get a new message with the edits and the word "edited" in front of it.