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How to Hide X Account Location in 2026: What You Can Change

You can't fully hide your X account location, but a gear icon swaps your country for a region. Why it's wrong, how to report it, and what stays visible.


Published · Updated · 7 min read

Cover image: Show a region, not a country

You can't fully hide your X account location, but you can show a wider region, such as Europe, instead of your country.

This guide is for owners of an X (Twitter) account who want to control or fix its "About this account" screen. Our guide to what "account based in" means explains each label; this one covers what you can change. We run Weir, the checker near the end.

Follow this path on your own profile:

Your profile > tap the "Joined" date > gear icon > choose region

How to hide your X account location: show a region

The control sits on the screen itself, behind what X's Help Center calls "the settings gear icon".

  1. Open your profileIn the X app or on x.com, go to your own profile.
  2. Tap the "Joined" dateIt sits under your bio and opens "About this account".
  3. Tap the gear iconX's Help Center puts the country or region choice here.
  4. Choose regionYour country gives way to a wider area, such as Europe.

In November 2025, TechCrunch reported the same choice in Settings, under Privacy and safety, as "About your account". Country is the default, it said, and even US users can switch.

Hackread's example was a UK account. "Account based in: United Kingdom" became "Account based in Europe". Its app store line changed to "Connected via Europe App Store".

X's Help Center doesn't say how fast the switch shows, so reopen the screen to check.

What can you change on "About this account"?

Only one line on the screen has a switch. Here is each part, plus two look-alike settings:

Field What you can do How
Account based in Show region or country Gear icon on the screen
A wrong country Report it X's feedback form
Removing the place Not possible Grey checks show none
Connected via No setting found Region widens it
Username changes No reset Old renames stay
The whole screen Keep it from the public Protect your posts
Bio location Edit freely Edit profile
Country setting Edit, but it's private Doesn't move the label

So the region switch is the only setting that changes what the screen says.

X's Help Center keeps three things apart. Your profile location is free text. Your Country setting is private and tailors X for you.

The public label is the third. X says it "is inferred only by your aggregated IP addresses", so your bio, Country setting and precise location won't move it.

Why is my X account location wrong?

X reads where you connect from, so the label can point at the wrong country.

  • You traveled. NBC News found three of its journalists' accounts listed where they had traveled in recent months.
  • A VPN or proxy sat in the path. X's note, as NBC News quoted it, says a proxy "may change the country or region that is displayed".
  • Your provider used one. The same note says "some internet providers may use proxies automatically".

That note also says "This data may not be accurate". Our checker shows when X has added it.

How do you report a wrong country on X?

X takes reports through a form linked from its Help Center.

Under "About this Account", X's help page says: "You can also report here if there is a problem". The link opens a form titled "About this Account Feedback".

  1. Read your screen first. Note the country and whether X added an accuracy note.
  2. Open X's form at help.x.com/forms/about-this-account-feedback and describe the problem.
  3. Check back later. A fix won't show at once.

Bier said at launch that wrong data is "updated periodically". He added that it happens "on a delayed and randomized schedule to preserve privacy".

Can you remove "Account based in" or hide "Connected via"?

Not on a public account. X's help pages describe no way to remove the place, the "Connected via" line or the rename count.

Grey check government accounts are the exception. Bier wrote that X does "not show location on any gray check accounts". Our check of @NASA on 7 November 2026 found no place and no "Connected via".

Protected accounts are the other case. X's help page says the screen is public "if your account is set to public". But protecting your posts makes them "only visible to your X followers", a steep price for a brand.

"Connected via" shows how an account reaches X. In our checks, @github read "Web" and @EFF read "United States App Store".

The rename count stays too. X's own developer account still shows its rename from July 2023:

{
  "username": "XDevelopers",
  "aboutProfile": {
    "accountBasedIn": "United States",
    "locationAccurate": true,
    "source": "Web",
    "usernameChanges": { "count": 1, "lastChangedAt": "2023-07-26T01:33:12.280Z" }
  }
}

Older renames showed up as well: @DuckDuckGo's from 2017 and @signalapp's from 2018. Our guide to Twitter username history shows what the count can tell you.

How to check your X account location as others see it

Check your own screen in one tap, or up to 10 accounts at once.

  • On X. Open your profile and tap the "Joined" date to see the public screen.
  • With our free tool. The X Account Location Checker checks up to 10 public accounts' "Account based in", "Connected via", username changes and X's accuracy note. It needs a free Weir sign-in and costs 3 credits per account.
  • With your AI agent. Paste this into Claude or ChatGPT with Weir connected:
Use Weir's get_x_user_about on @XDevelopers. Tell me what its
"About this account" screen shows: country or region, X's accuracy
note, "Connected via" and username changes.

We ran that lookup on 7 November 2026. It came back "United States" with no accuracy note and "Connected via Web". It also counted a single rename, from July 2023.

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Judging someone else's account? See our Twitter bot checker guide.

When not to use Weir

  • One account, your own. X shows the screen free when you tap your "Joined" date.
  • You want to change the label. Weir is read-only, so only X's settings change what it says.
  • The account is protected. Weir reads public accounts only and returns a 404 for protected ones.
  • Past locations matter. X shows only its current answer, and so does Weir.

Weir is not licensed by X, so access can change.

FAQ

Can I change my Twitter account location?

You can change how it shows, not what X infers. Tap your "Joined" date, then the gear icon, and pick region or country. Editing your bio location or Country setting won't change "Account based in".

Is Twitter account location accurate?

Mostly, but not always. X infers it from aggregated IP addresses, so travel, a VPN, a proxy or your provider can move it. When X doubts it, its note says "This data may not be accurate", NBC News reported. Our checker flags that note.

Does a VPN change your X account location?

It can make it wrong, not hidden. X's note, quoted by NBC News, says a proxy "such as a VPN" may change the country shown. It adds: "This data may not be accurate". We don't suggest it. Use the region switch instead.

Why was the X location feature turned off?

X took the screen down briefly after its November 2025 launch. Bier said "it was shut off because the account creation country was incorrect on a very small subset of old accounts". Privacy Guides reported that the screen came back without the creation country.

How do I remove "account based in" on X?

You can't on a public account. You can show a region instead, from the gear icon on the screen. Only grey check government accounts show no place, and a protected account keeps the screen from the public.

Sources

Checked 7 November 2026; X's help pages as Wayback copies, dated in brackets:

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