--- title: Twitter is Removing Backgrounds from Profile Pages description: Users may not be happy with what replaces them canonical: https://time.com/3965602/twitter-backgrounds-profile/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-21T11:55:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:06:06.532Z article:section: Business og:title: Twitter Is Making This Huge Change Users May Hate og:description: A subtle change, but one people are bound to notice og:url: https://time.com/3965602/twitter-backgrounds-profile/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9a4d60f75d1c009/69885adaa988ca0b4f6b3726/gettyimages-1872325122.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Twitter Goes Public On The New York Stock Exchange og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Twitter Is Making This Huge Change Users May Hate twitter:description: A subtle change, but one people are bound to notice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9a4d60f75d1c009/69885adaa988ca0b4f6b3726/gettyimages-1872325122.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Twitter Is Making This Huge Change Users May Not Like ## Video: Twitter Nail Polish Debate Goes Viral: Welcome To #TheShoe [Watch (HLS stream): Twitter Nail Polish Debate Goes Viral: Welcome To #TheShoe](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KgUgtP0v.m3u8) (1:51)  _Published 2015-07-10. Folks on Twitter are debating which nail polish a woman should use to match her shoes. Apparently, it's not as simple as it sounds._ by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Jul 21, 2015 11:55 AM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 07: The Twitter logo is displayed on a banner outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 7, 2013 in New York City. Twitter goes public on the NYSE today and is expected to open at USD 26 per share, making the company worth an estimated USD 18 billion. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 07: The Twitter logo is displayed on a banner outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 7, 2013 in New York City. Twitter goes public on the NYSE today and is expected to open at USD 26 per share, making the company worth an estimated USD 18 billion. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)Andrew Burton—Getty Images by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Jul 21, 2015 11:55 AM CUT Twitter is removing preset backgrounds and customised wallpapers from its users’ Home and Notifications tab on the website. Now, only a few pages remain with backgrounds, such as single tweets and collection pages. But, there is no guarantee that those backgrounds will remain. “We’re removing background images from the home and notifications timelines on web for all users,” [said Twitter in a statement to The Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/11752819/Twitter-quietly-removes-wallpaper-from-profile-pages.html "undefined"). In the past, users could tweak their backgrounds, which would show up on other parts of the website. Twitter has not explained why it decided to remove backgrounds. The company did roll out a similarupdate last year by removing backgrounds on [new user profiles](http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/twitter-profile-redesign/ "undefined"). “Now, background images are only available where logged-in users will see them publicly (Tweet pages, list pages and collections pages)” said the Twitter statement. “You can find help centre content about customising your design and where it’s visible on Twitter [**here**](https://support.twitter.com/articles/15357-customizing-your-design "undefined")**.”** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3965602/twitter-backgrounds-profile/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3965602/twitter-backgrounds-profile/"},"headline":"Twitter Is Making This Huge Change Users May Not Like","datePublished":"2015-07-21T11:55:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:06.532Z","description":"A subtle change, but one people are bound to notice","url":"https://time.com/3965602/twitter-backgrounds-profile/","keywords":["Tech","Social Media","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9a4d60f75d1c009/69885adaa988ca0b4f6b3726/gettyimages-1872325122.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9a4d60f75d1c009/69885adaa988ca0b4f6b3726/gettyimages-1872325122.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Twitter Goes Public On The New York Stock Exchange","caption":"Twitter Goes Public On The New York Stock Exchange","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3965602/twitter-backgrounds-profile/","name":"Twitter Is Making This Huge Change Users May Not Like"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Twitter Nail Polish Debate Goes Viral: Welcome To #TheShoe","description":"Folks on Twitter are debating which nail polish a woman should use to match her shoes. 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