{"id":47283,"date":"2022-07-30T21:21:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T21:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=47283"},"modified":"2022-07-30T21:21:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T21:21:39","slug":"how-to-delete-your-twitter-account-permanently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-your-twitter-account-permanently","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete Your 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-6a65b2e12f5f0\" 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-6a65b2e12f5f0\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a65b2e12f5f0\" ><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-your-twitter-account-permanently\/#How_to_Delete_Your_Twitter_Account_Permanently\" title=\"How to Delete Your Twitter Account Permanently\">How to Delete Your 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-your-twitter-account-permanently\/#30_day_reactivation_period\" title=\"30 day reactivation period\">30 day reactivation period<\/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-your-twitter-account-permanently\/#Downloading_tweets_after_deactivation\" title=\"Downloading tweets after deactivation\">Downloading tweets after deactivation<\/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-your-twitter-account-permanently\/#Using_an_app\" title=\"Using an app\">Using an app<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Delete_Your_Twitter_Account_Permanently\"><\/span>How to Delete Your Twitter Account Permanently<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/JaUHZFO.png\" align=\"left\" style=\"max-width:44% width:auto; height:auto; margin:0px 10px; max-height:228px;\" alt=\"how to delete your twitter account permanently\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered how to delete your Twitter account permanently, you&#8217;re not alone. Several tips and tricks can help you make the process go as smoothly as possible. Before you deactivate your account, Twitter suggests exporting all of your data. The company has also listed important tips on retaining your data after you deactivate your account, including how to remove search engine results and third-party apps from your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"30_day_reactivation_period\"><\/span>30 day reactivation period<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t log in to your Twitter account for 30 days, your account will be permanently deleted. It&#8217;s possible to reactivate your account, but you can&#8217;t use the same username or email address. In addition, your account may appear in internet archives and search engines even after you&#8217;ve deleted it. The best way to prevent this is to follow these steps carefully. After you&#8217;ve deleted your Twitter account, you should never use the same username or email address on another site.<\/p>\n<p>You can also block specific users from seeing your tweets. However, if you sign in before the 30 day period has expired, you&#8217;ll have to start the deactivation process over. You can also choose to make your account private, but this doesn&#8217;t actually delete your tweets. However, keep in mind that screenshots of your tweets may be accessible on non-Twitter websites. Therefore, it&#8217;s important to keep your Twitter account private to prevent these things from happening.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to delete your Twitter account, you can always reactivate it after the period expires. The reactivation period is 30 days, and you can choose to change your username and email address before you delete your account permanently. To do this, sign in to your Twitter account and choose settings from the drop-down menu under the privacy setting. Once you&#8217;ve selected the option, you&#8217;ll be asked to confirm your action. Finally, Twitter will delete your account permanently once the 30-day period expires.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Downloading_tweets_after_deactivation\"><\/span>Downloading tweets after deactivation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After deactivating your Twitter account, you can still access your old data. To do this, you should go to your account settings and click the &#8220;Download a file with your data.&#8221; The archive file will include your tweet history and other account information. It may contain multimedia content. Afterward, you can open the file with a text editor. This process is quick and easy. You can access your data from any computer or mobile device.<\/p>\n<p>The process to download your tweets after deactivation is simple. Once your account has been deactivated for at least 30 days, you will be prompted to confirm the deletion. This process isn&#8217;t as simple as it seems. You&#8217;ll first need to visit Twitter&#8217;s home page. From there, click on &#8220;Your account.&#8221; Enter your password to confirm the deactivation. Once you confirm the deactivation, your old tweets will be restored to the website.<\/p>\n<p>There are several reasons to deactivate your Twitter account. Your account may be no longer being active or you&#8217;ve changed your email address. You can use the same email address to sign in to a new account for 30 days. The deactivation process will not affect your followers or @replies. The process is safe. After the 30 days, you can safely download your tweets. You can even create an archive of your tweets by downloading your archive.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_an_app\"><\/span>Using an app<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Trying to get rid of your Twitter account permanently is not always an easy task. While there are several ways to delete your Twitter account, the process will usually take at least a few days. There are certain precautions to be taken before the process is completed. First, be sure to export all of your data before deactivating your account. You may be surprised to learn that Twitter retains some of your data for up to 30 days after you deactivate your account.<\/p>\n<p>After you deactivate your account, you will no longer see any activity on the website or the mobile app. While you can reactivate your account if you log in again within 30 days, it is advisable to disable the third-party app that you used to delete your account. If you do not sign in to your account within 30 days, Twitter will permanently delete your account. If you sign in again, all of your data will be restored, but this process may take a while.<\/p>\n<p>Using an app to delete your Twitter account permanently can be difficult, but it&#8217;s not impossible. 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