I changed Twitter's new X app icon back to the blue bird – here's how you can too

TechSoftwareAppsI changed Twitter’s new X app icon back to the blue bird – here’s how you can tooDon’t like the new X logo on your phone? Revert to the Twitter blue bird simply and easily. Here’s howWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

Don’t like the new X logo on your phone? Revert to the Twitter blue bird simply and easily. Here’s how

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Twitter X logo how to change app icon to blue bird

(Image credit: Future / Mike Lowe)

It’s been one of those weeks: jetlagged to heck, having just flown back fromSamsung Galaxy Unpacked– where theZ Flip 5,Z Fold 5,Watch 6, andTab S9 serieswere revealed – my poor frazzled brain caught glimpse of the Twitter app icon on myAndroidphone.

You already know where this is going: X Corp., which has succeeded Twitter Inc., has dug into mobile app icons and the classic Twitter ‘blue bird’ has been replaced with a black-and-white ‘X’. Sure, we’ve known for some time thatElon Musk was always going to kill Twitter. But, still, I wasn’t having any of it. I wanted my blue bird back (in what will inevitably be some kind of temporary protest).

1. Download the Twitter APK on Android

The first thing you’ll need to do is uninstall the X app. Then you’ll need to find the previous version of the Twitter app as an APK (that’s short for ‘Android Package’). Fortunately that’s nice and easy thanks to APKMirror, where you candownload Twitter version 9.98 here.

The site is a trusted resource, so while you may see bundles of ads and whatnot, I wouldn’t worry about it. The download is secure and will save as a ‘.apkm’ on your device. Not that, at this stage, there’s much more you can do with said file.

2. Install Cx File Explorer on Android

To make that downloaded file ‘readable’ you’ll need to obtain another app to open it. I’d recommendCx File Explorer, which is free to download on the Google Play Store. There’s no paid version, so no cost implication with this manager.

Open Cx File Explorer, navigate to your recent downloads, then open the Twitter APK that you’ve downloaded, which will install just like a regular app. Search on your device and, boom, you’ll find the blue bird Twitter logo, which you can treat just as the regular app.

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With the X app uninstalled, simply open your new (well, it’s technicallyolder, isn’t it?) version of Twitter, blue bird and all, and you’re good to go. You’ll need to sign in, just as you’re used to, and continue using the app as you always have.

It’s here, however, that I have to point out the obvious catch: running the APK means you’re ‘stuck’ using an older version of software. The newer X app will likely add additional features and updates that this Twitter app won’t be privy to accessing and, therefore, eventually at least the blue bird’s inevitable death will catch up.

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