Leaked interface shows that Twitter is testing an “undo send” feature which may be a button that doubles as a progress bar
A newsletter a day keeps the FOMO at bay. Sign up now! Shruti Shekar / Yahoo News : Twitter underwhelms with “undo send” button Amritanshu Mukherjee / BGR India : Twitter Undo Send timer button coming, could save you from typos in your tweet Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN : Twitter is testing an ‘undo’ option after sending tweets Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters : Twitter explores ‘undo send’ feature for paying users Oliver Haslam / iMore : Twitter's new undo button is no edit button. But it might be close enough. Tom McKay / Gizmodo : Are You Happy Now, You Jackals? — You whined and you complained and you moaned. Maggie Tillman / Pocket-lint : Twitter's rumoured ‘undo’ button for tweets leaks out Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : We're still not getting a Twitter edit button, but an Undo one is being tested Mehreen Kasana / Input : Twitter is testing an ‘Undo’ button with a timer Chris Smith / Trusted Reviews : Twitter working on Undo Send feature, but you'll have to be quick Efe Udin / Gizchina : You can not edit tweets, but you will soon be able to unsend them Tim / Droid Life : Undo Tweet Button Coming to Twitter Alex Gatewood / KnowTechie : Twitter is hinting at an ‘undo tweet’ feature - here's what it could look like Mahit Huilgol / iPhone Hacks : Twitter Is Testing an ‘Undo Send’ Button That Lets You Retract Sent Tweets Eric Abent / SlashGear : Twitter Undo button test lets users stop typo Tweets in their tracks Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : Twitter is working on an Undo Send timer for tweets Matthew Humphries / PCMag : Twitter ‘Undo Send’ Feature Discovered Babu Mohan / Android Central : Here's your first look at Twitter's ‘undo send’ feature in action Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada Blog : Twitter is Reportedly Working on ‘Undo Send’ Feature for Tweets Rachel Thompson / Mashable : Twitter is testing an ‘undo send’ button Sean Endicott / Windows Central : You can already undo Tweets on Windows 10, here's how Shabana Arif / t3.com : Twitter continues to ignore calls for edit button with news of ‘undo send’ feature Prasham Parikh / Android Police : Twitter ‘undo’ button for tweets may emerge as a paid feature Rahul / MSPoweruser : Twitter will soon let you edit tweets, but you'll have to do it quickly Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : Twitter Reportedly Working on ‘Undo Send’ Feature for Tweets Stephen Warwick / iMore : Twitter is working on the next best thing to an edit button Firstpost Tech : Twitter is reportedly testing an ‘undo send’ timer for tweets: All you need to know Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Twitter's Testing a New ‘Undo’ Option for Sent Tweets Prakhar Khanna / Pocketnow : Twitter could soon allow you to unsend tweets and fix your typos Jessibelle Garcia / MUO : Twitter Is Working on an “Undo Send” Feature Tweets: Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane : Twitter is working on “Undo Send” timer for tweets https://twitter.com/... DeWitt Clinton / @dewitt : This is excellent. My email workflow: 1. Type email 2. Hit send 3. Proofread for 15 seconds 4. If typo found, hit “undo send” and goto 1 https://twitter.com/... @alternativeto : Twitter is working on an “Undo Send” timer for tweets that lets you take back your hot take or erroneous comment before it's out in the wild. https://www.engadget.com/... https://twitter.com/... Naveen Jindal / @mpnaveenjindal : This looks interesting. Twitter should also come up with similar time bound #editbutton . https://twitter.com/... @tailosivetech : Every other platform has an edit feature... If they're worried about popular tweets being changed just put (edited) beneath the tweet or just allow edits for the first 5 minutes. This ain't rocket science https://twitter.com/... Richard Southern / @richard680news : NEW - Twitter is testing an ‘undo send’ feature 680NEWS has confirmed. But asked if an edit button is on the way, Paul Burns, the head of Twitter Canada says he doesn't think we need one “We're all imperfect people” “Twitter is a public conversation and errors are made” Wale Adetona / @islimfit : Twitter is doing everything not to give people the edit button. Love to see it. https://twitter.com/... Marsha Collier / @marshacollier : Here's what Twitter's rumored ‘undo send’ feature could look like 👉 A work-in-progress interface has been unearthed #SocialMedia https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Zack Shapiro / @zackshapiro : This is a much better solution than an edit button. *ducks* https://twitter.com/... M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : Cancel culture has gone too far... https://twitter.com/... Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast : Remember when aol had an unsend function? https://twitter.com/... Sam Ro / @samro : In the 1800s, the QWERTY keyboard was intentionally designed to slow you down. Now this. Tech is getting too fast for our own good, and so we introduce anti-engineering to slow stuff down. https://twitter.com/... Caffiend / @the_mentalyst : Does it work in DMs too? https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : It doesn't help if I can't see the tweet, realize it has a typo then unsend it. They can improve this experience to fake an edit experience by showing you a preview of your tweet(s) and giving you an undo window. Said after posting a tweet storm with a typo in the 1st tweet https://twitter.com/... @producthunt : We're getting closer to an edit button 👀 https://twitter.com/... Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_ : Instead of “undo” it should say, “do you really want to tweet that?” https://twitter.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : The only flaw in this design is it still allows you to tweet https://twitter.com/...
Context & Ripple Effects
The interface leak is an early sign of a narrower correction tool rather than a full rewrite of published posts. Subsequent coverage says Twitter confirmed it was testing Undo Tweet and connected the feature to planned subscriptions, while later code pointed to an Edit button built around a new version of a tweet. Together, those developments frame undo as one part of a growing set of controls over how users manage posts and conversations.
First-order effects
- Twitter’s test gives users a short, visible window to stop a tweet before it is finalized, addressing accidental sends without changing already-published posts.
- If Undo Tweet is included in subscriptions as related coverage suggests, Twitter gains a candidate premium feature rather than making post correction universally available at launch.
Second-order effects
- A timed undo mechanism creates a product distinction from a true edit function: Twitter can reduce posting mistakes while preserving an original-post record, the approach later indicated by its Edit-button code.
- The test complements Twitter’s later Unmentioning experiment, expanding user controls from avoiding unwanted conversation notifications to intercepting an unintended post.
Third-order effects
- If Twitter continues to layer timed undo, versioned editing, and conversation exit controls, the platform’s public posting model shifts from irrevocable publication toward managed, traceable correction.
- Subscription-linked posting controls would make moderation-adjacent and reputation-management features part of Twitter’s product packaging, rather than solely a baseline interface choice.
The trend: Social platforms are adding reversible and user-directed controls around public posting while trying to retain a record of what was originally shared.