Hate Twitter's New Image Preview Update? Here's How To Turn It Off

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Twitter announced an update to its app and site design yesterday.

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The update auto populates your timeline with photos and Vine videos. Before, you had to click through the tweet to see the media that was being shared.

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It takes up a lot of "screen real estate" so if this isn't your cup of tea, here's the simple two-step way to turn it off.

First go into your settings:

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Then, swipe back on "Image Preview". (Green means on, no green means off.)

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That's it!