How to delete a Twitter account? It's an understandable question. Twitter may not be in the best place right now and many may be thinking about ditching Elon's social network once and for all.
Twitter can be a great way to connect with others, post your opinions, and see what people think about today’s “trending” topics. It can be useful for keeping up with the latest news, too. But let’s be honest — out of all the social networks, Twitter is probably the most distracting. It certainly seems to gobble up a lot of our free time. Plus it can be annoying to scroll past all the ads and to have to deal with trolls, attention seekers and other annoying types.
And that's not to mention the newly-introduced view limit and numerous outages the site has suffered recently.
Some, arguably, will be interested in leaving after Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter brought a number of changes that left us searching for the best Twitter alternatives.
If you don’t want to use the service any more, there’s no reason to keep your account active, because that means Twitter will still hold personal data about you unnecessarily. The best thing you can do to stop this happening and make a clean break is delete your Twitter account.
That said, we have advice on how to mute words on Twitter, how to download videos from Twitter, how to get verified on Twitter and how to disable the new Twitter font. And from those four popular guides, it's not hard to see how and why people may feel a need to exit "the bird app."
Before you go any further, though, make sure that deleting your Twitter account is what you really want to do. It means your whole profile, all your tweets, and all your messages will be permanently gone. If you’re sure this is what you want, follow the steps below.
Here’s one important thing to note — if you’d like to be able to use your current username on a new Twitter account, make sure to change the username of your current account before it is deleted, otherwise you’ll be locked out of using it.
How to delete a Twitter account
1. Open Twitter and log into your account if you haven’t already.
2. On the left-hand side of the screen, select “More” and then “Settings and privacy.”
3. On the “Your Account” tab, select “Deactivate your account.”
4. Read the account deletion information, then select “Deactivate your account.”
5. Enter your password in the box that appears and select “Deactivate.”
6. Your account will now be deactivated. If you change your mind about deleting your Twitter account, you’ll have 30 days to log back into your account to stop it being permanently deleted.
And there you go, that's how to delete a Twitter account. If you've got interest in just unplugging from all sorts of sites, we've also got you covered. Here's how to delete an Instagram account to leave one of Meta's popular services, and how to cancel Audible to stop it from re-billing you.
How to delete a Pinterest account may come in handy if you've found another way to make and curate mood boards. And you may want to know how to delete a TikTok account if you find that app too addictive.
Folks who want to know how to delete a Microsoft account? Well, we're guessing they're just trying to start over.
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