{"id":13891,"date":"2022-07-15T11:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=13891"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:10:13","slug":"how-to-make-my-twitter-private","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-my-twitter-private","title":{"rendered":"How to Make My Twitter Private"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f9ed612787\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f9ed612787\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f9ed612787\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-my-twitter-private\/#How_to_Make_My_Twitter_Private\" title=\"How to Make My Twitter Private\">How to Make My Twitter Private<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-my-twitter-private\/#Unprotecting_your_tweets\" title=\"Unprotecting your tweets\">Unprotecting your tweets<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-my-twitter-private\/#Switching_to_a_private_Twitter_account\" title=\"Switching to a private Twitter account\">Switching to a private Twitter account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-my-twitter-private\/#Accepting_followers_on_Twitter\" title=\"Accepting followers on Twitter\">Accepting followers on Twitter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-make-my-twitter-private\/#Making_your_tweets_private\" title=\"Making your tweets private\">Making your tweets private<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Make_My_Twitter_Private\"><\/span>How to Make My Twitter Private<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/wGBPwsJ.jpg\" alt=\"how to make my twitter private\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin:0px 10px; width:auto; height:auto; max-width:35% max-height:283px;\"> <\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered how to make my Twitter account private? If so, you have come to the right place! Here&#8217;s how to change your Twitter account settings so you&#8217;ll only have the followers you want. Just make sure to keep certain things private. By following these steps, your tweets will never be publicly available. In the future, you can open your account to accept followers again. That&#8217;s all there is to it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unprotecting_your_tweets\"><\/span>Unprotecting your tweets<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re on Twitter and you&#8217;ve been protected by the option to &#8220;protect your tweets,&#8221; you&#8217;re out of touch. You&#8217;re probably an out-of-touch marketer who started an account several years ago, claiming that Twitter was useless and that you should &#8220;unprotect&#8221; your Tweets to protect them from unwanted followers. Besides, if you&#8217;re using Twitter for networking, you can limit your network to users you actually read. If you&#8217;re a policymaker or thought leader, you can limit your network by unprotecting your Tweets, so that only people you&#8217;re interested in following are reading your Tweets.<\/p>\n<p>To change the protection of your Tweets, simply go to your profile and go to the &#8220;Settings&#8221; tab. Once you&#8217;re in the settings tab, click the &#8220;Security&#8221; tab. There, you&#8217;ll see a list of different options to protect your Tweets. You can also check the &#8220;Unblock requests from random users&#8221; option, which will prevent your tweets from being seen by random users.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Switching_to_a_private_Twitter_account\"><\/span>Switching to a private Twitter account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re worried about privacy, switching to a private Twitter account is an easy way to protect your information. To do this, go to your profile page on Twitter and click on the Privacy and safety tab. Next, click on the Protect your Tweets slider and confirm your choice. You&#8217;ll also be prompted to type a new password. Once you&#8217;re satisfied with the settings, click on &#8220;Save.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While changing your Twitter account to private can seem intimidating, it&#8217;s really not that difficult. To begin, you&#8217;ll need to follow someone and send a follow request. This will give your followers the advantage of knowing only your followers can see your tweets. Private Twitter accounts also don&#8217;t show up publicly on search engines. This feature can be helpful in situations where you have disagreements with your followers or want to protect yourself from getting into a brawl.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accepting_followers_on_Twitter\"><\/span>Accepting followers on Twitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to receive follower requests from other Twitter users, you need to accept them if you wish to maintain your privacy. Previously, you had no control over this. Now, you can approve or deny follower requests and manage them on the app. In addition, you can block other users who want to follow you, and you can view your pending follower requests. If you&#8217;d like to accept follower requests from a specific user, you can toggle the Protect my tweets option.<\/p>\n<p>After making your Twitter account private, you can confirm or delete your follow request. Once you have done so, you can see who has followed you and who has not. It is important to remember that you can&#8217;t see the private account of someone who has accepted your request, but you can still see if they&#8217;ve accepted it. However, you won&#8217;t receive any notifications when you&#8217;re not following anyone. Nonetheless, you can confirm or deny a follow request by clicking on the user icon.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Making_your_tweets_private\"><\/span>Making your tweets private<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Protecting your tweets on Twitter is easy if you want people to view them only if you follow them. To make your tweets private, you need to first turn on the &#8220;Protect Your Tweets&#8221; option. Once enabled, if you want people to see your tweets, you have to approve new followers. Once approved, a lock icon should appear next to your username in the header. You can also choose to make your tweets private by setting a password.<\/p>\n<p>Once your tweets are protected, they are only visible to the people you follow. No one else can see them. This feature also prevents search engines from indexing your Tweets. However, it won&#8217;t protect your replies to followers. So even if someone accidentally stumbles upon a tweet you published, it won&#8217;t be indexed in search results. It will only show up in your followers&#8217; feeds.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe width=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6rkosF9Knk\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"299\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Make My Twitter Private Have you ever wondered how to make my Twitter account private? If so, you have come to the right place! Here&#8217;s how to change your Twitter account settings so you&#8217;ll only have the followers you want. 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