Yesterday Twitter announced “app graph.” Its the name Twitter is giving to a new collection of data which will basically track the apps you install or already have installed on your iOS or Android device. The company says that this app data will be helpful in building a more tailored experience for you on Twitter. If you don’t want it to do that on your device then follow these instructions to opt-out of it.
Once the feature is enabled you will receive a notification in the Twitter app on your iPhone, scrolling past that notification is enough to opt into app graph. Though opting out of it is certainly isn’t as easy as opting into it.
Nevertheless the procedure to stop Twitter from tracking apps on your phone is pretty simple. If you haven’t seen the notification as yet then iOS users need to turn on “Limit ad tracking” and Android users have to turn on “Opt out of interest based-ads” found in Accounts > Google > Ads. This will stop the feature before its even enabled for you.
Those who already scrolled past the notification or don’t recall if they did or not need to access the settings in their Twitter app and locate the “Tailor Twitter based on my apps” checkbox. Uncheck it. if the checkbox is not there it means app graph hasn’t been enabled for you. This has to be done for each account individually so if you have multiple accounts you’ll have to perform the procedure separately on each account.
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