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A video showing Apple iPhone users how to replace Twitter's new X logo with the app's old blue bird emblem has gone viral.
In a clip posted to Twitter, Belinda Pyne (@belinduhpyne), an Australian content creator and self-described political commentator, took followers through a step-by-step guide showing them how to replace the new logo.
"I refuse to have the X app icon on my iPhone so I changed it back to the Twitter bird icon. And I'm going to show you how to change it too," she wrote alongside the video.
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Pyne told Newsweek she was inspired to create the guide as she knows she is "not the only person who is unhappy with all these changes to Twitter.
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"As soon as I heard Musk was wanting to changed the name, I thought absolutely not," she said. "I joined Twitter in 2007, so that is a very long time to use a app. You cannot just come along and change the name because you're a billionaire."
The Australian content creator said she learned how to change the app logo back when Instagram instigated similar changes.
"It's pretty incredible what you can learn when just playing around with your iPhone," she said.
Pyne said she has been really disappointed with the changes Elon Musk has made since purchasing Twitter.
"It's always been a great social media platform and since Musk has taken over, it seems to only be about making money for him," she said.
"The new logo is ugly, bland and it just gives me a negative vibe whenever I see it. Twitter will always be the bird, not a giant boring black X."
In the video tutorial, Pyne explains that users looking to change the X logo should start by going to Google and saving one of the many Twitter blue bird logos that still exist online to their iPhone.
Then open Shortcuts on the iPhone, click the "+" symbol in the top right-hand corner, click "Open App" and click the "Unload" button on the bottom right-hand side of the screen.
From there, users simply click on "Add to Home Screen." They then need to click on the icon picture on the "home screen name and icon" before selecting the image chosen earlier and editing the shortcut name from "X" to "Twitter."
So far, Pyne's video has been watched over 650,000 times, earning just over 10,000 likes and retweets combined.
The social media platform changed its name from Twitter to X earlier this month, which brought a wave of memes and jokes poking fun at the move.
While the decision sparked ridicule from some, others expressed anger at the change. Owner Elon Musk was even accused of essentially "breaking" the platform.
Those sentiments appeared to match the feelings of users commenting on Pyne's video tutorial. They seemed happy to have found a way to switch the logo back.
"Thanks so much for the tip," one user said. Another commented: "Love it. This made me happy." A third wrote: "Thank you. The X is nightmarish! It's dark and black and I feel I'm entering the dark web. I want to feel good when I read Twitter!"
A vocal minority was less convinced that it needed to be changed. One user accused Pyne of being "anal," while another said she "won't have X but is more than happy to have McDonalds and all the other corporate fast food."
But the response was largely supportive, with several Android users even reaching out to ask Pyne how they could make the switch on their devices. The Australian YouTuber was only too happy to point them to a website offering a tutorial on how to make the change on Android devices.
While the decision to change Twitter's name to X caught many off guard, some may have seen it coming. In fact, there are claims the switch was predicted in an episode of The Simpsons.
Update 8/1/23, 6:43 a.m. ET: This article was updated with video and comment from Pyne.
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