XCancel Shuts Down After Legal Demand from X Corp.
The service XCancel is stopped until further notice
XCancel, a service that provided a mirror of X (formerly Twitter) without algorithmic feeds, has been discontinued following a cease-and-desist letter from X Corp. received on August 24. The operators are seeking legal advice and have not disclosed further details, thanking users for two years of support.
On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received a letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel.
- ryandrake
I really don't think this is going to have the effect that X thinks it will have. I've always said that if XCancel and Nitter get taken down, I'm not going to suddenly decide to make an X account--I'm just going to stop reading their content.
Same for old.reddit.com. If they kill it, I'm not going to give in and create an account--I'm just going to stop visiting.
- xvxvx
Read-only mode is a great way to entice new users to your platform. If you want to share or comment, you need an account. Blocking ALL access will not have that effect. I went from an active Twitter user to simply having a dozen X accounts bookmarked via xcancel. I can live without them.
- giamma
https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/08/26/nitter-no-more-...
- urbandw311er
Just so you know – if you are reading this – X is no longer an effective form of publishing as I will not, now or ever, create an account just in order to read something that you have written on there.
- bio-s
On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel.
The service XCancel is stopped until further notice.
We are seeking legal advice and won't share more details for now.
Thank you for the trust you have put in these two years of XCancel.