How to permanently delete or delete your Twitter account

we will 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, you don’t need to close your account and open another, at Xataka Basics we have already explained 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 to do here. Once you have the account deactivated, the only thing left for you to do is do 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 aborted. But if the account is deleted because you deactivated it and didn’t touch it for 30 days, a deleted account can no longer be recoveredso you will lose everything you have written or published in it.

Delete your Twitter account for 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 section More options that appears with the icon of a circle with three points.

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

This will open the screen for Setting. On the sixth screen, you first have to click on the section Your account (1) on the left, which is the one that shows you options related to its management. and within Your account, click on the option deactivate your account (2), which appears just below the top with the icon of a broken heart.

Now you just have to click on the option Deactivate that appears at the bottom. Your session will be closed and your account will be inactive. Once this happens, what you have left to do is do not log in or access your account again for 30 daysand 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 option Settings and privacy that will appear almost at the bottom.

This will open the screen for Setting. On the sixth screen, you first have to click on the section Your accountwhich will be the first option that appears and will take you to a screen with all the options related to your user account.

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