#HootTip: How to Add or Remove a Social Network Profile
Having to sign into each of your various social networks can be time consuming. HootSuite solves this by integrating all of your social networks into one streamlined interface. The HootSuite dashboard is designed to make adding or removing social network profiles as simple as possible. To help get you acquainted with the dashboard’s functionality, we have a new #HootTip all about this HootSuite feature.
Adding and Removing Social Network Profiles in HootSuite
In the HootSuite dashboard it’s easy to add or remove any of your social network profiles. Not only is this a great way to consolidate all of your social media profiles, you will find that it’s much easier to keep track of your online activities.
Here’s How:
How to add a social network profile.
- Go to your Launch Bar and click on Settings. From here choose Social Networks and then Add Social Network.
- You will then be prompted by an “Add Social Network” pop up box. From here choose the Social Network you will like to add to HootSuite (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc). Press Connect.
How to remove a social network profile.
- First, click the side Launch Bar. From here, click on Settings, and then select Social Networks. Next, select the social network profile you would like to delete. Then click the Profile Settings button.
- Once you are in Profile Settings you will see a “Delete Profile” button. After you click this button, a dialogue window will pop up that says, “Are you sure you want to remove the USERNAME profile from HootSuite? Any pending messages for this profile will be lost”. If you want to remove your profile, click “OK”, and your profile will then be removed.
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Chrome 18.0.1025.142 and Hootsuite are having problems when it comes to adding Facebook. I try to add FB, then HS says I need to log in. So I open another tab to log into FB manually, but that kind of login doesn’t work for adding FB to HS.
So I switch back to HS tab and it still won’t add FB. So I notice in the bottom toolbar that Chrome has 2 tabs/windows, according to the icon in the toolbar. The other tab/window says it’s the approval for FB, but nothing happens when I click on it.
Next I change my Chrome options to allow popups, just in case Chrome’s pop settings are squashing the approval thingee. But the same thing happens as above.
Next I keep FB open in another tab, switch back to HS tab to try again, and after clicking Connect with Facebook, I notice that in the manually loaded FB tab there’s the popup asking for me to sign in (I’m already signed into FB manually). So I log into FB again, switch back to HS tab, but it still won’t let me add FB to HS.
I have no more ideas. Your turn please, thanks
NVM! I right-clicked the 2nd window icon, and chose MAXIMISE from the menu. That brought back the needed tab/window/pop I needed to authorize things. Why it was hiding from me is unknown, but all is well now.
Let’s get some advice from the Support Rangers.
joined hootsuite BECAUSE i want to add tumblr and tweetdeck won’t do it.
HOOT promised upfront that i could, but i can only add the ones it has buttons for. there is NO place to type in any other.
is that only for folks who pay? cause that isn’t what the fine print said.
thank you very much
is that only for folks who pay? cause that isn’t what the fine print said.
Hi elra3y,
This feature is available for all users.
Hi there — I have the free version of Hootsuite. I do not have “Social Networks” as an option when I click on settings. The only options I have under settings are: account, preferences, archives, rss/atom, and vanity urls. So how do I delete a profile I’m no longer using?
I have the same problem. Does anyone know what can be done?
Now, I understand. :) Go to the sidebar, click “Streams” and go to the “Getting Started” tab. Click “Add Another Social Network” and go from there. :)
I have the basic Hootsuite account. When I go to add another social network, it says I am already using the five free networks. I am only using two. In fact I tried to delete one of those, then adding back and it still says I’m over fiv. An ideas?
Hi Peter,
The folks at our Help Desk will be able to help you with this.
Hi guys!
I’ve been trying hootsuite as an alternative to tweetdeck and now I was wondering how didn’t I get to this before. The app is great. Just one “issue” I have is that I use it as an extension in Chrome and til now I cannot remove “a stream”… the supposed button (that little inverted triangle) doesn’t work. Could anyone just give me a clue here?
Thanks a lot in advance…
Hi Miguel!
Thanks for the love! :)
I think it may have fixed itself by now, but this issue usually is a result of a full cache or extension interfering. Try clearing the browser cache, or through incognito mode. This should get you up and running again! If you continue to have issues, please head to our community forum here: http://www.hootsuite.com/forum, where our support team lives.
Thanks again!
Sarah @HootSuite_Help – http://hootsuite.com/help