Posts on Tumblr are tagged with keywords called tags that help other users find them. This feature also allows Tumblr users to curate the content they see on their feeds.
Suppose you've got a movie spoiler, trigger word that you'd like to avoid, or even just a current event that you're sick of hearing about. In that case, you can actually hijack these tags, filtering the content attached from your Dashboard entirely. Even if a person you're following posts something relevant to your tag filter, Tumblr will hide the content from your feed.
Tag Filtering and Post Content Filtering on Tumblr
Tags come into play when a user searches for a term or follows a tag actively. The latter allows you to keep up with one tag or another, and Tumblr will include these tagged posts in your feed and the blogs you follow.
You can do the same with post content, as well—the difference is that a post content filter indexes the entire post for your flagged tags and keywords, not just the tags attached. This is the way to go if you would like to eliminate the topic from your Tumblr feed with the highest possible degree of certainty.
How to Filter Posts on Tumblr
In your Tumblr Account Settings, you should see two Filtering options near the bottom.
One of these is dedicated to Filtered Tags, while the other option is for Filtered Post Content.
Type in the keywords of your choosing and hit Add. You can Remove any of these filtered tags at any time, as well.
It's worth noting that you can only maintain up to 200 post content filters at any given time, but we're happy to report that we've never hit the ceiling ourselves.
Tumblr will censor the filtered posts on your feed with a gray overlay. You can reveal the contents of these posts on an individual basis by clicking View Post.
How to Filter Posts on the Tumblr App
Whether you use Tumblr on an Android or iOS device, the process to filter posts is just as simple. Here's what you need to do:
- Tap the Account button at the bottom-right of the app.
- Hit the Gear icon up top and select Account Settings if you're on Android or General Settings if you're on iOS.
- You'll find your filtered tags and filtered post content settings under Filtering.
- Use + New to flag any tags or keyphrases you would like to filter. Tap Add to seal the deal.
If you need to remove any flagged tags, tap into the one you'd like to delete. You'll be able to Remove it using the prompt that follows.
A Safer Tumblr for Everybody
Tumblr content filters are awesome because they empower users to control their Tumblr experience. Everybody on the platform is free to post what they want, and nobody's feed ends up completely saturated in posts that aren't relevant or interesting to them.
A curated Tumblr feed is a happy Tumblr feed. Give it a shot yourself for the smoothest scroll of your life.