# Bring Twitter Back

> Turns X back to Twitter by replacing all instances of the logo, replacing the new names ("post," "repost," etc.) with their old ones, and replacing the "X" name with "Twitter" on tabs and on the website.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/bring-twitter-back](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bring-twitter-back)

## Overview

- **ID:** `bring-twitter-back`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SauceyRed
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 2,044
- **Weekly downloads:** 51
- **Rating:** 4.11 / 5 (36 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.6
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-24
- **First published:** 2023-07-25
- **Size:** 36 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bring-twitter-back/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/SauceyRed/bring-twitter-back](https://github.com/SauceyRed/bring-twitter-back)

## Description

## Bring Twitter Back Chrome Extension

Bring Twitter Back transforms the new "X" interface back into the classic Twitter experience you know and love. It replaces every instance of the "X" logo with the familiar blue bird icon, reverts changed button texts like "post" and "repost" to their original labels, and updates browser tabs to show "Twitter" instead of "X". Additionally, the extension detects notifications and dynamically updates the tab icon to reflect your unread notifications.

Say goodbye to "X" and welcome back your favorite Twitter design with this simple, user-friendly extension. It's perfect for users who miss the iconic look and feel of Twitter and want a seamless browsing experience without the recent branding changes.

## Rankings

- #2,132 — Overall
- #344 — Appearance
- #7 — twitter data
- #8 — twitter
- #85 — replace
- #178 — x

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*.twitter.com`
- `*.x.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users like the addon’s goal and report it works for many pages/accounts, but multiple reviewers note overly aggressive replacements, incomplete coverage of UI elements, limited language support and inconsistent behavior across accounts or after site/URL changes, and incomplete logo/favicon updates.

### Pros

- Effectively restores Twitter wording/branding in many places for most users.
- Simple concept that users appreciate — many reviewers say it 'works' and like the idea.
- Generally reliable and easy to use for a majority of accounts/sites.

### Cons

- Text replacement is too aggressive and sometimes substitutes inside other words or names (e.g., XIV → TwitterIV, character named 'X').
- Incomplete coverage: some UI elements remain unchanged (e.g., 'Undo Repost', some 'Post' or 'X' instances).
- Limited language and account/URL handling: non-English sites show untranslated strings and the addon can behave inconsistently across accounts or when the site/URL changes.
- Doesn't always update logos/favicons or button styling (Tweet button still black, favicon/logo sometimes not replaced).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bring-twitter-back)