{"id":36211,"date":"2022-07-24T13:17:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T13:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=36211"},"modified":"2022-07-24T13:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T13:17:21","slug":"how-to-claim-an-inactive-twitter-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-claim-an-inactive-twitter-account","title":{"rendered":"How to Claim an Inactive Twitter Account"},"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-6a5aff188e418\" 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-6a5aff188e418\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a5aff188e418\" ><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-claim-an-inactive-twitter-account\/#How_to_Claim_an_Inactive_Twitter_Account\" title=\"How to Claim an Inactive Twitter Account\">How to Claim an Inactive Twitter Account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-claim-an-inactive-twitter-account\/#How_to_track_down_an_inactive_Twitter_account\" title=\"How to track down an inactive Twitter account\">How to track down an inactive Twitter account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-claim-an-inactive-twitter-account\/#How_to_deactivate_an_inactive_Twitter_account\" title=\"How to deactivate an inactive Twitter account\">How to deactivate an inactive 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-claim-an-inactive-twitter-account\/#How_to_reactivate_an_inactive_Twitter_account\" title=\"How to reactivate an inactive Twitter account\">How to reactivate an inactive Twitter account<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Claim_an_Inactive_Twitter_Account\"><\/span>How to Claim an Inactive Twitter Account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Can you claim an inactive Twitter account\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/1RyrD35.png\" style=\"max-width:39% width:auto; height:auto; margin:0px 10px; max-height:307px;\" align=\"right\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered how to claim an inactive Twitter account, then read this article! In this article, we&#8217;ll discuss how to track down an inactive Twitter account, deactivate it, and reactivate it. We&#8217;ll also discuss how to reclaim an inactive Twitter account. Once you&#8217;ve deactivated an inactive Twitter account, you&#8217;ll need to contact the owner of it and convince him or her to change his or her username.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_track_down_an_inactive_Twitter_account\"><\/span>How to track down an inactive Twitter account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have an account that&#8217;s gone a while, you might want to find out how to track down an inactive Twitter account. There are a few ways to do this. One way is to use the &#8220;Who&#8217;s inactive&#8221; search tool. This tool lets you search for accounts by username and age. The next step is to identify the username of the user. The username is the first step in finding an inactive Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to determine whether an account is active is to visit the account&#8217;s profile. You&#8217;ll likely notice that there is no profile picture and no tweets since the last time you visited it. If the profile page is empty, it&#8217;s probably an inactive account. It may also be inactive if it hasn&#8217;t posted in a while. If you see a profile picture but no tweets in months, you can contact the owner and ask for their Twitter username.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to tell if an account is inactive is to look for a username that doesn&#8217;t contain any links. Some Twitter users have accounts that have been inactive for months or even years, but they have not tweeted for a long time. A user&#8217;s username is likely hidden by their avatar, so be sure to verify this information with your account&#8217;s owner. You may find your own inactive Twitter account in this way, or it could be an account that was locked in the past.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_deactivate_an_inactive_Twitter_account\"><\/span>How to deactivate an inactive Twitter account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve logged into Twitter and have noticed that your account has been inactive for some time, you may be wondering how to deactivate an inactive Twitter account. If you can&#8217;t seem to log in, the quickest way to do so is to go to Settings and select Deactivate account or Delete account. Keep in mind, however, that deactivating your account for more than 30 days can result in your account being permanently deleted.<\/p>\n<p>You may be wondering how to deactivate an inactive Twitter account. First of all, you can find out why your account is inactive by checking your last post date. If you haven&#8217;t posted anything in several months, you should consider this an indication that your account is inactive. This may sound harsh, but it&#8217;s important to note that your account will continue to exist until you post something new.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to deactivate an inactive Twitter account is to manually unfollow the account. You can easily see who follows you on Twitter by hovering over the account&#8217;s tab. If the account doesn&#8217;t have recent tweets, option 1 won&#8217;t work. You can also try searching for the account using its name. Once you find the account, tap on the &#8220;Unfollow&#8221; icon to confirm that you wish to remove it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_reactivate_an_inactive_Twitter_account\"><\/span>How to reactivate an inactive Twitter account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reactivating your Twitter account is easy &#8211; you just need to go to the web page of the social network and enter your login details, such as your username and password. If you&#8217;ve lost your account due to an inactive period of at least 30 days, Twitter will help you get it back. Make sure to use the same username and password. If you have an email address that&#8217;s linked to Twitter, you&#8217;ll need to log in using this email address.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve deactivated your account, you can reactivate it within 30 days or up to 12 months. However, deactivation won&#8217;t prevent you from using the Twitter site and mobile apps for 30 days. Twitter will also send you a message asking you to confirm deactivation. This is a good way to prevent the account from being deleted permanently. You can also download your account&#8217;s data.<\/p>\n<p>Upon reactivating your account, you&#8217;ll notice that it&#8217;s still available for you to contact your contacts. Moreover, it will appear in your contacts&#8217; inboxes and on other people&#8217;s follower lists. Even if you don&#8217;t want to reconnect with this former Twitter account, you can always reactivate it for the sake of keeping it alive. 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