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Best alternatives to Twitter Background Restorer (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Twitter Background Restorer, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Twitter Background Restorer: reviews, users and permissionsBest Just for Fun extensions

Twitter Background Restorer today

≈3K users4.4★ from 54 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions

Twitter Background Restorer alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Twitter Extension

    Filter Your Twitter Feed by Custom Categories

    ≈1K users1.0★ from 1 rating1 permissions
    • About 3.0× fewer users than Twitter Background Restorer
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 6)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  2. 2

    Twitter Filter

    Filter and manage your feed on X (Twitter) based on customizable rules.

    ≈2K users4.6★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago5 permissions
    • About 1.5× fewer users than Twitter Background Restorer
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 6)
    • Listed under Tools
    Twitter Filter alternativesCompare side by side
  3. 3

    Twitter Bird

    Extension which returns the Twitter bird icon back

    385 users4.4★ from 5 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions
    • About 7.8× fewer users than Twitter Background Restorer
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 6)
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  4. 4

    Calm Twitter

    This extension hides trending information from twitter timelines to make your mind calm.

    ≈40K users4.8★ from 334 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago1 permissions
    • About 13× more users than Twitter Background Restorer
    • Rated 0.5 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 6)
    • Listed under Social Networking
    Calm Twitter alternativesCompare side by side
  5. 5

    X to Twitter

    Get our Twitter back from Elon.

    ≈7K users4.7★ from 63 ratingsUpdated 20 months agoNo special permissions
    • About 2.3× more users than Twitter Background Restorer
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 6)
    • Listed under Accessibility
    X to Twitter alternativesCompare side by side
  6. 6

    Remove X (Twitter) For You Tab

    Remove X (Twitter) "For You" Tab

    ≈4K users4.2★ from 61 ratingsUpdated 9 months agoNo special permissions
    • A similar number of users to Twitter Background Restorer
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 6)
    • Listed under Social Networking
    Remove X (Twitter) For You Tab alternativesCompare side by side
  7. 7

    Twitter thread reader

    Chrome extension that makes reading twitter threads easier.

    550 users2.3★ from 8 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions
    • About 5.5× fewer users than Twitter Background Restorer
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 6)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  8. 8

    Twitter Mark

    Save and manage your X/Twitter bookmarks and likes locally

    682 users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 7 days ago7 permissions
    • About 4.4× fewer users than Twitter Background Restorer
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 6)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  9. 9

    TwitterBird

    Changes the "X" brand back to Twitter

    595 users4.9★ from 12 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Twitter Background Restorer
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 6)
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  10. 10

    Yeah! for Twitter

    Adds a Yeah! button to Twitter

    ≈4K users4.6★ from 191 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago8 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Twitter Background Restorer
    • Rated 0.2 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (8 vs 6)
    • Listed under Social Networking
    Yeah! for Twitter alternativesCompare side by side

Twitter Background Restorer alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Twitter Background Restorer?

By users, the most popular alternative is Calm Twitter with ≈40K users and a 4.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Twitter Extension.

Which Twitter Background Restorer alternative has the best rating?

Calm Twitter has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 334 ratings.

Is there a Twitter Background Restorer alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Twitter Bird asks for 0 permissions, against 6 for Twitter Background Restorer.

How many alternatives to Twitter Background Restorer are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Twitter Background Restorer on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.