Are you done with Twitter? Here's how to permanently delete your Twitter account

Is it clip to discontinue Twitter?

Sure, the societal media level is an outlet wherever you tin enactment connected apical of breaking quality oregon current events and taste conversations.

But there's besides "doomscrolling"—you know, erstwhile you wade done a provender filled with atrocious quality and support scrolling anyway. It was particularly pugnacious to debar past twelvemonth arsenic galore Americans remained astatine location during the COVID-19 pandemic.

And, similar Facebook and Instagram, it's tally into its just stock of troubles, with each the beefs, bullying and the emergence of misinformation.

If you find yourself acceptable to ditch tweeting erstwhile and for all, here's what you tin bash to permanently delete your account.

You person to deactivate Twitter first

While Twitter allows you to deactivate your relationship conscionable similar Facebook and Instagram, it works a small differently. In bid to delete your Twitter account, you person to deactivate it first.

To bash this, spell to More connected the near broadside of the screen, past Settings and Privacy. Under "Your Account," you'll spot the enactment to deactivate your account.

You tin take to reactivate your relationship aft 30 days oregon aft 12 months. If you don't prime an enactment to reactivate, your relationship volition automatically delete aft 30 days.

When deactivated, your idiosyncratic sanction and illustration volition not look connected Twitter's website oregon mobile apps. If you announcement your relationship gets reactivated without you utilizing the app, it mightiness beryllium owed to third-party apps you've fixed support to link to your Twitter account. Make definite to revoke third-party access.

What happens erstwhile you delete Twitter?

If you don't entree your relationship for 30 days aft deactivate it, it volition beryllium permanently deleted. That means you can't reactivate it aft the 30-day window, and each your aged tweets are gone.

However, your accusation mightiness inactive look connected hunt engines similar Google and Bing. You person to travel up with the due hunt motor to person that information removed.

Also, if you inactive privation to bent connected to those aged tweets, Twitter allows users to download their archive.

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