How To Delete Or Delete Your Twitter Account Permanently

We are going to explain how to delete your Twitter account permanently so that if you have decided to say goodbye to the social network, you know how to delete your data. Here, remember that if what you want is simply to use another username but continue on Twitter, it is not necessary to close your account and open another; in Xataka Basics, we already explain the steps to change your username.

The process of deleting your account is as follows. First, you will have to deactivate it, which is what we are going to teach you how to do here. Once you have the account deactivated, the only thing left to do is not access it for 30 days. After 30 days, if Twitter detects that you have not entered it at any time, it will delete it forever.

Therefore, Twitter gives you 30 days to change your mind when you deactivate the account. If you log in again during this time, the account will be reactivated, and the deletion process will be canceled. But if the account is deleted because you deactivated it and didn’t touch it in 30 days, a deleted account can no longer be recovered, so you will lose everything you wrote or posted on it.

Delete your Twitter account from the web

To permanently delete your Twitter account using its web version, the first thing you have to do is enter Twitter and log in with the account you want to delete. Now, in the left column, click on the More Options section that appears with the icon of a circle with three dots.

A menu with several different options will also open on the left side of the screen. In this menu, click on the Settings and Privacy option, which will appear with the icon of a gear wheel.

This will open the Settings screen. On this screen, first, you have to click on the Your Account section (1) on the left, which is the one that shows you options related to its management. And within Your account, click on the option to Deactivate your account (2), which appears just below everything with the icon of a broken heart.

Now, you just have to click on the Deactivate option that appears at the bottom. You will be logged out, and your account will be inactive. Once this happens, what you have left to do is not log in again or enter your account for 30 days, and if, after that time, Twitter does not detect any activity, it will delete the account forever.

Delete your Twitter account from the app

To permanently delete your Twitter account using its mobile app, the first thing you have to do is enter Twitter and log in with the account you want to delete. Once inside, open the side menu and click on the Settings and Privacy option that will appear almost at the bottom.

This will open the Settings screen. On this screen, you first have to click on the Your Account section, which will be the first option that appears and will take you to a screen with all the options related to your user account.

You will enter the options of your user account. Here, what you have to do now is click on the Deactivate account option, which will appear at the bottom with the icon of a broken heart, which symbolizes that you no longer want to continue on Twitter.

Now, you just have to click on the Deactivate option that appears at the bottom. You will be logged out, and your account will be inactive. Once this happens, what you have left to do is not log in again or enter your account for 30 days, and if, after that time, Twitter does not detect any activity, it will delete the account forever.