TechSoftwareAppsHow to delete Twitter and remove all your data, likes and TweetsDeleting the Twitter app doesn’t close your account. Here’s how to delete your Twitter account proper.When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSoftwareAppsHow to delete Twitter and remove all your data, likes and TweetsDeleting the Twitter app doesn’t close your account. Here’s how to delete your Twitter account proper.When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Deleting the Twitter app doesn’t close your account. Here’s how to delete your Twitter account proper.
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The news that Elon Musk intends to buy Twitter and let all the bad people back on has caused a mass migration from the service, with many people searching for how to delete Twitter. Which is no surprise, really.
Whatever your reasons for wanting to delete Twitter, however, here’s how nuke Twitter from orbit and salt the earth. Or less dramatically, how to delete and deactivate your Twitter account permanently.
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
The best way to delete your Twitter account is tolog in atTwitter.comand then click on the three-dotMoreicon in the left hand sidebar.
You should now see a link down towards the bottom that saysSettings and Privacy. I’ve highlighted it in the screenshot above for your convenience.
From there you should see a panel heading calledSettings, with one to the right sayingYour Account. Click into that.
The option you want is the last one featured, which isDeactivate Your Account. Screenshot below.
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
Should I delete Twitter? What you need to know
There are some things you need to know before you do this, though, and they’re important.
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1.You can change your mind within 30 days, after which your profile, account and tweets are gone.
2.Deactivating will remove your tweets from Twitter, but they may still appear in search results and in other people’s screenshots.
