What is the Global Filter?

• The global filter will hide updates from your columns that match the criteria you have entered.
• The global filter is permanent (until physically removed).
• The filter is applied to all columns within TweetDeck.

Are the filtered updates gone forever?

• Certainly not! As soon as you remove items from the filter, the updates that you were hiding will re-appear in your timelines.

What type of filters can I have?

• From People - This allows you to filter out updates from certain people
• Certain Words - This allows you to filter out updates that contain a word, e.g. cheese
• From Sources - This allows you to filter out updates from sources such as: Facebook, API 

How?

Navigate to Settings -> Global Filter

You are then presented with a screen that can be seen below this text. You can then continue to add specific words, people or sources into the fields, separated by a comma, and save your preferences by clicking 'Save Settings'

If you wish to clear the filter preferences, you can either delete the text or click the 'Clear Button'