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title: Is X pruning your Following timeline? You can fix it just by doing this!
url: https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/02/08/how-to-fix-x-throttled-following-timeline-with-one-simple-trick/
description: On X (Twitter) lately, there have been a growing number of reports
  that in the [Following] timeline, posts from accounts you follow are being
  pruned, and some posts aren’t shown. However, this issue can actually be
  solved in 3 seconds. In this article, we’ll clearly explain how to deal with
  the problem of posts being pruned in the Following timeline.
publishedDate: 2026-02-07T21:24:50.559Z
modifiedDate: 2026-02-07T21:24:50.559Z
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# Is X pruning your Following timeline? You can fix it just by doing this!

On X (Twitter) lately, there have been a growing number of reports that in the [Following] timeline, posts from accounts you follow are being pruned, and some posts aren’t shown.

However, this issue can actually be solved in 3 seconds. In this article, we’ll clearly explain how to deal with the problem of posts being pruned in the Following timeline.

## Pruning goes away just by doing this

The reason posts started being pruned in the Following timeline is that the Following timeline was split into two types: [Most recent] and [Popular].

Because the Following timeline is set to [Popular] by default, switching it to [Most recent] will make all posts show up.

:::note
Some information has been spreading that on X, searching with `filter:follows include:nativeretweets` or similar search terms will display posts without pruning.

However, this method is troublesome, and posts from shadowbanned accounts end up being pruned.

The method introduced in this article requires less effort, and it also shows shadowbanned accounts.
:::

<Steps>
  Open X and select the [Following] timeline

  ![Screenshot of the X App timeline switching tab](https://roboin.io/api/media/file/x-following-timeline-tab-english.png)

  Click the text [Following]

  Change [Sort following] to [Most recent]

  ![A screenshot of the "Sort following" menu in X's mobile app, showing two options: "Most recent" and "Popular."](https://roboin.io/api/media/file/x-following-timeline-sort-english.png)

  All posts will now appear in chronological order in your Following timeline
</Steps>

## Summary

We introduced how to deal with the issue where X’s timeline is pruned and some posts don’t appear.

If it looks like posts are being pruned, it’s because X’s Following timeline was split into [Popular] and [Most recent], and [Popular] became the default.

By tapping the Following timeline and switching to [Most recent], all posts will be displayed without being pruned.