How to Delete Twitter Account Permanently? For some people who actively play Twitter, Twitter is a fun social media. You can get various information quickly from various worlds. Starting from political information, social, economic, entertainment, and others.
You can also interact with other users who are also active on Twitter, participate in posting and commenting on things that are booming and trending topics without having to know each Twitter user.
But for those of you who may have been playing Twitter for too long and feel bored, you can just delete or deactivate your Twitter account. Or for those of you who have recently created a Twitter account, and are confused about how to use it, then you feel annoyed and want to close it, you can.
If you want to close a Twitter account and are confused about how to close it, I will explain in this article. The method is not difficult, it only takes a few clicks. Check out the following method.
How to Delete your Twitter Account Permanently
Deleting a Twitter account can be done on a PC or smartphone. This time, I will explain how to delete a Twitter account via cell phone.
First, please log into your Twitter account. If you have arrived on the main page, click on your profile photo in the upper right corner or you can also swipe to the right. Then a row of menus will appear like this.
If so, you can directly click the settings and privacy menu.
In the old settings, there are many options. But to delete an account, please click the account menu.
In the next step, you just scroll down. In the bottom menu after the menu exits, there is an inscription deactivate your account or deactivate your account. Please select the menu.
If you click on this option, you will be presented with a page that contains things you need to know before deactivating your account. If you have read it and are sure of your choice, please select the deactivate menu at the bottom of the page.
You are then asked to enter a password. Please write your password, then select disable. Then the account deletion process has been completed.
That’s how to delete a Twitter account on a smartphone.
Also Read: How to Delete All Tweets at Once on Twitter
Things to Know Before Deactivating an Account
However, before you decide to delete your account, it’s a good idea to know the following information. Some of these things are not detrimental to the user, but rather maintain the privacy of the user himself.
What are the things to pay attention to?
- After you choose to deactivate your account, Twitter will control your account, starting from your Tweets, the number of followers, and the number of followers will gradually be deleted to 0. After that, Twitter will leave your account like that for 30 days after you choose to deactivate. If it’s been more than 30 days, then your account will be permanently deleted by Twitter.
- If at any time you want to go back to using your Twitter account, you just need to log in as usual. Simply go to the Twitter page and enter your username and password, then select login. Then your account will automatically reactivate. If you reactivate, then initially the number of tweets, followers, and follows is 0. If it’s like this, just leave it for a moment, it will slowly return to normal.
- If you just want to change your username, you don’t need to delete your account. Just change the username in settings only.
- If at any time you want to reuse your username or email in another account, please change them first before deleting the account.
How to recover deleted Twitter account (under 30 days)
Visit twitter.com in your web browser, then you fill in your Twitter account username and password which you previously deleted, then click “Log in” to enter.
After you click “Log in”, your account will automatically be reactivated. If you successfully activate your account again, you will be taken to the Twitter homepage, and it will take a few minutes to recover your tweets, likes, following, and followers.
Also Read: How to Log Out of Twitter On All Devices
Well, that’s How to Delete Twitter Account Permanently. It’s easy to delete a Twitter account and restore it. But before you’re sure you want to delete it, it’s a good idea to pay attention to some of the things I’ve explained above. If there is still something that is not understood, please ask in the comments column.
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