Twitter’s edit button is finally here – but not for everyone

Twitter has finally started rolling out its highly anticipated edit button after months of beta testing.

The new feature, which gives users the ability to edit their own published tweets within 30 minutes, is limited to Twitter Blue subscribers for now.

Twitter’s premium subscription service is currently only available in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – for a monthly fee of $4.99 / AU$4.49 – but is expected to launch in more countries in the near future. .

While Twitter Blue’s new edit button gives users the ability to correct embarrassing mistakes, regular Twitter users can identify edited tweets via a handy “last edited” tag (which itself appears next to a bold pencil icon).

By clicking on this ‘last edited’ label, anyone can see a tweet’s edit history (i.e. what changes were made and when), which is presumably Twitter’s solution to maintaining transparency between paying and non-paying users.

The first edited tweet (above) was sent by the company’s official Twitter Blue account. The original tweet read “this is a test to make sure the edit button works” but was later edited to read “this is a test to make sure the edit button works, we’ll let you know how it works”.

The previous version of the tweet now bears a label that reads “There is a new version of this Tweet. See the latest Tweet” for clarity.

In addition to editable tweets, Twitter Blue offers subscribers more UI customization options, ad-free articles, and the ability to undo tweets via a 60-second countdown timer.

For more Twitter-related content, read why Twitter’s edit button isn’t quite the feature most people wanted, or check out our list of three Twitter alternatives if you’re considering ending the service.