{"id":15282,"date":"2022-07-15T12:04:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T12:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=15282"},"modified":"2022-07-15T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T12:04:57","slug":"how-to-delete-a-twitter-account-permanently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-a-twitter-account-permanently","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete a Twitter Account Permanently"},"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-6a1e028a2e708\" 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-6a1e028a2e708\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1e028a2e708\" ><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-delete-a-twitter-account-permanently\/#How_to_Delete_a_Twitter_Account_Permanently\" title=\"How to Delete a Twitter Account Permanently\">How to Delete a Twitter Account Permanently<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-a-twitter-account-permanently\/#Delete_tweets_one_by_one\" title=\"Delete tweets one by one\">Delete tweets one by one<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-a-twitter-account-permanently\/#Download_data\" title=\"Download data\">Download data<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-a-twitter-account-permanently\/#Deactivate_account\" title=\"Deactivate account\">Deactivate account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-a-twitter-account-permanently\/#Download_tweets\" title=\"Download tweets\">Download tweets<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Delete_a_Twitter_Account_Permanently\"><\/span>How to Delete a Twitter Account Permanently<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jR9XbEc.jpg\" alt=\"how to delete a twitter account permanently\" style=\"width:auto; max-width:31% margin:0px 10px; height:auto; max-height:210px;\" align=\"left\">  <\/p>\n<p>To permanently delete a Twitter account, you must change the username and email address you&#8217;ve used to sign up. This process will take you around five minutes. After you&#8217;ve done this, you&#8217;ll be prompted to type in your password to complete the procedure. If you don&#8217;t want your old information to be publicly displayed, you can also deactivate your account. This will also erase any tweets you&#8217;ve posted since your account was created.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delete_tweets_one_by_one\"><\/span>Delete tweets one by one<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cleaning up your Twitter history has become increasingly popular and suspect in recent years. Non-celebrities often want to delete their history so that their enemies can&#8217;t go back and read what they wrote. Many people suspect that those who choose to delete their history are hiding something. That&#8217;s understandable, but tweets are often taken out of context and shouldn&#8217;t be kept on a permanent record.<\/p>\n<p>There are several ways to delete tweets from a Twitter account. The first method is to manually delete each tweet. This can be particularly difficult if you&#8217;re not active on the site. If you don&#8217;t have a lot of tweets to delete, you can sort through them by date or by year. Alternatively, you can delete only tweets that contain a specific word.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Download_data\"><\/span>Download data<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In case you wish to permanently delete your Twitter account, you can download your data archive. The archive is a Zip file with an HTML file inside. The archive also contains the data of tweets, multimedia content, and other account information. If you want to restore your account later, you can unzip the archive and import it into another website. You can also download the archive for future reference. Depending on your needs, this process can take up to 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Before you can delete a Twitter account, you will have to download all of its data. This data is not completely erased. It remains on the servers for a few days after deletion. You may want to check this before you do it to be sure that all of your data has been deleted. After that, you can try deleting your account. However, keep in mind that you may have to download the data again if you want to reactivate it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Deactivate_account\"><\/span>Deactivate account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you no longer wish to use Twitter, you can deactivate your account by following a few simple steps. To deactivate your account, you must first log into Twitter. Click &#8220;Your account&#8221; at the top right corner of the screen, enter your password, and then select &#8220;Deactivate Account.&#8221; You will then be asked to confirm the deactivation. If you do not wish to receive these emails, you can always unsubscribe.<\/p>\n<p>When you deactivate your account, you are no longer able to view or post any of your content on Twitter. You can, however, restore your account within 30 days by following the instructions outlined in the notification email. In order to reactivate your account, you must remove third-party applications that access your account and confirm that you wish to deactivate it. This will prevent any future attempts to access your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Download_tweets\"><\/span>Download tweets<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve accidentally deleted some of your tweets, you might be wondering how to retrieve them. Sometimes you want to make a point or cover up a wrongdoing. Either way, you&#8217;re perfectly within your rights to restore deleted tweets. To download tweets from a deleted Twitter account, follow these steps. First, log into Twitter and choose &#8220;Settings and Privacy&#8221;. Next, select &#8220;Account Settings.&#8221; From here, you can choose &#8220;Download an archive of your data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To download tweets from a deleted Twitter account, follow the steps below. Log in to Twitter and enter your password. You&#8217;ll be asked to confirm your email or phone number. After that, select the option that says &#8220;Request archive.&#8221; Wait for the email from Twitter. Click the link and extract the zip file using your preferred software. 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