How do you quote tweet on X?

Tap the Repost icon under the post, choose Quote (X's help center calls it Repost as Quote), write your comment and tap Post. The original appears embedded under your text as a new post on your profile.

What is the difference between a repost and a quote?

A repost shares the original as it is, with no comment from you. A quote adds your comment on top, appears as your own post, and collects its own engagement.

How do I see who quoted my post on X?

Open the post so you see its detail view. X's help center says the post detail page shows the quote count and a Quote posts tab listing who quoted it; on the web the list may sit under View activity or View post activity in the post's menu.

How do I undo a quote tweet?

A quote is a separate post, so you delete it like any other post: open it, tap the three-dot menu, choose Delete and confirm. Tapping the Repost icon again only undoes a plain repost, not a quote.

Why can't I quote a post on X?

The most common reason is that the author has protected their posts, shown by a lock icon. X's help center says nobody can repost or quote protected posts. You also can't engage with posts from an account that has blocked you.

Does the quoted post count toward the character limit?

No. According to X's help center, the original post inside your quote doesn't count toward your character limit, so you get the full 280 characters, or more with Premium, for your own comment.

How to Quote Tweet on X: Quote a Post, See Quotes, Undo It

Q: What is a quote tweet?

A quote tweet, now called a quote post, is a new post of your own that embeds someone else's post (or one of yours) under your comment. It gets its own likes, replies and views, separate from the original.

To quote tweet on X, tap the Repost icon under a post, choose Quote (X’s help center calls it Repost as Quote), add your comment and tap Post. The original post appears embedded under your text, and the result is a new post on your profile with its own likes, replies and views. To undo it, you delete the quote like any other post.

X renamed tweets to posts and retweets to reposts, so “quote tweet” and “quote post” mean the same thing. This guide covers the steps on iPhone, Android and the web, how a quote differs from a repost and a reply, how to see who quoted your post, how to delete or edit a quote, and the reasons the Quote option sometimes doesn’t appear.

What is a quote tweet?

A quote post is a post of your own that carries someone else’s post inside it. Your comment sits on top and the original shows as an embedded card underneath. According to X’s help center, the Quote feature “allows you to post another person’s post with your own comment added”, and you can also quote your own older posts when they become relevant again.

Three things make a quote different from just sharing a link:

It references the original. X’s help center says a repost or quote made with the Repost icon references the post you’re sharing, and the original author can see it in the list of quotes on their post.
It’s a separate post. Your quote has its own engagement counts and its own reply thread.
The original author isn’t pulled into replies. X’s help center notes that when someone replies to your quote, the author of the original isn’t automatically added to the conversation. Mention their @username if you want them in it.

The word “RT” typed at the start of a post is something different. X’s help center says it isn’t an official command or feature; it’s a manual convention from the early days of Twitter.

Quote vs. repost vs. reply

All three respond to a post, but they reach different people and do different jobs.

	Quote	Repost	Reply
What it does	Your comment plus the original embedded	Shares the original as it is	Adds to the conversation under the post
Your own text	Yes	No	Yes
Media	One GIF, up to four photos, or a video	None of your own	Yes
Where it shows	Your profile and your followers’ timelines	Your profile and your followers’ timelines	Under the original post, and in timelines of people who follow you and the author
Own likes, replies, views	Yes	No, engagement goes to the original	Yes
How to undo	Delete the post	Tap the highlighted Repost icon, then Undo Repost	Delete the post

Use a repost when the post speaks for itself and you just want your followers to see it. Use a quote when you have something to add: context, a correction, an example, a counterpoint or a summary. Use a reply when your comment is mainly for the author or the people already in that conversation. A quote broadcasts your take to everyone who follows you; a reply stays in the thread.

For more on how plain reposts work, including why you can’t always see every reposter, see our explainer on what a repost on X is.

How to quote a post on iPhone and Android

The steps below follow X’s help center. Recent app versions label the menu option Quote, while the help center still calls it Repost as Quote, so pick whichever wording your app shows.

Find the post you want to share and tap the Repost icon (the two arrows) under it.
In the pop-up, tap Quote.
Type your comment in the composer. The original post shows as a card under your text.
Optionally add media. X’s help center says you can choose one GIF, up to four photos, or a video.
Tap Post (some versions say Repost). Your quote goes out to your followers.

How to quote a post on the web (x.com)

Hover over the post and click the Repost button.
Click Quote in the menu that opens.
Write your comment and add media if you want.
Click Post.

There’s also an informal shortcut. If you copy a post’s link and paste it into a new post, X usually shows it as an embedded card. X’s help center only describes the Repost-icon method and says that’s the one that references the original post, so use the icon when you want the quote to count on the original and appear in its list of quotes.

Quote character limit and what you can add

According to X’s help center, the post you quote doesn’t count toward your character limit. You get the full 280 characters for your own comment on a free account. X Premium subscribers can write longer posts, and X’s Premium page says longer posts can also be composed in a quote or reply. Our guide to the X character limit explains how links, emojis and other characters are counted.

A few practical points:

Mentions. Tag the original author with their @username if you want them notified about replies to your quote.
Hashtags and polls. A quote is a normal post in every other respect, so you can use hashtags. X’s help pages don’t spell out whether every composer option, such as a poll, is available inside a quote, so check your composer.
Editing. X’s help center says Premium subscribers can edit original posts and quotes for up to one hour after posting, with up to five edits in that window. Free accounts have to delete and repost. More in our guide on how to edit a post on X.

How to see quotes of your post

X shows quotes separately from plain reposts. According to X’s Repost FAQ, the post detail page shows how many reposts and how many quote posts a post has, with a Reposts tab to see who reposted and a Quote posts tab to see who quoted it.

In practice:

Open the post itself, so you’re on its detail view rather than the timeline.
Look for the quote count or a link to quotes. In the app, X has tested a View quotes link in the expanded post view, according to Social Media Today’s August 2025 report.
On the web, reporting from February 2026 says the older “show quotes” option under the Repost button was removed. Look for View activity under the post, or open the three-dot menu and choose View post activity, then switch to the quotes list.

Your Notifications tab also shows activity on your posts, including reposts and quotes. If you can’t find a quote you know exists, the quoting account may be protected (you’ll only see it if you follow them), suspended, or have blocked you, and some quotes don’t appear in the list at all.

Quotes are often the most useful feedback a post gets, because they show what people actually said about it. If you track performance, they’re worth reading alongside the numbers in X analytics.

How to delete or undo a quote

A quote is a post of yours, so deleting it works the same way as deleting any other post. Per X’s help center:

iPhone

Tap your profile icon and go to your profile.
Find the quote you want to remove.
Tap the three-dot icon at the top of the post.
Tap Delete Post, then Delete to confirm.

Android

Open the menu from your profile or navigation icon and tap Profile.
Find the quote and tap the icon at the top of the post.
Tap Delete, then Yes to confirm.

Web

Go to your profile and find the quote.
Click the three-dot icon, then Delete Post, then Delete.

Deleting your quote doesn’t affect the original post. X’s help center adds that a removed quote may still appear briefly on devices showing cached timelines or in copies on third-party sites.

If you only made a plain repost by mistake, you don’t need to delete anything: tap the highlighted Repost icon and choose Undo Repost.

Why you can’t quote a post

If the Quote option is missing or greyed out, one of these is usually the reason.

The account is protected. A lock icon next to the name means the author protected their posts. X’s help center says their posts can’t be reposted or quoted by anyone, including followers. Our guide on making an X account private explains what protection changes.

You’re blocked. X’s help center says blocked accounts can’t engage with the blocker’s posts, which includes reposting and quoting.

The post is gone. If the original is deleted or the author’s account is suspended or deleted, the quote shows “This post is unavailable” in place of the card.

Your own posts are protected. You can still quote, but X’s help center says only your approved followers will see it.

App trouble. If buttons don’t respond at all, update the app or try x.com. Our X not working guide covers the usual fixes.

When a quote works better than a repost

Quotes are the format to choose when you want to take part in a conversation rather than just pass it along. Some ways people use them well:

Add the missing context. A link to the source, the date, or the detail the original left out.
Summarize a long post or thread in two lines for your own followers.
Agree with a reason. “This, because…” travels further than a silent repost.
Disagree politely. Make the argument in your own words and keep it about the idea, not the person.
Revive your own post. Quote something you published earlier with an update or a new angle.

Avoid quoting just to pile on. A quote sends your followers to the original author’s mentions, and dunking on small accounts tends to bring hostile replies to both of you. If your goal is to talk to the author, a reply is kinder and usually more effective.

If you’re working on how far your own posts travel through reposts and quotes, see how to get more retweets on X. OnlyTwitter also sells retweets for people who want to add to a post’s repost count; purchased reposts don’t come with comments or real conversation, which is what quotes are good for.

Key takeaways

To quote, tap the Repost icon, choose Quote (Repost as Quote in X’s help center), write your comment and post.
A quote is a new post with its own likes, replies and views; a repost shares the original without comment.
You can add one GIF, up to four photos, or a video, and the quoted post doesn’t count toward your character limit.
See quotes of your post from its detail view; on the web, look for View activity or View post activity.
Undo a quote by deleting it like any post. Undo Repost only removes plain reposts.
Protected posts can’t be quoted by anyone, and blocked accounts can’t quote the person who blocked them.