1/8/2018 How to deactivate your account

How to deactivate your account

Deactivation puts your account in a queue for permanent deletion from Twitter. Deactivation is not available on

mobile devices and must be done by accessing twitter.com on the web.

Note
Note
Note:
Note If you are having an account issue (e.g. missing Tweets, incorrect follower or following counts, suspicious Direct
Messages or potential account compromise), deactivating and reactivating your account will not resolve it. Please refer
to our troubleshooting articles or contact Support.

How to deactivate your account

1. Sign in  to twitter.com on the web. 

2. Go to your Account settings and click on Deactivate my account at the bottom of the page.

3. Read  the account deactivation information. Click Deactivate @username .  

4. Enter your password  when prompted and verify that you want to deactivate your account.

Before you deactivate your account, you should know

We only retain your user data for 30 days from the date of deactivation, after which we begin the process of
deleting your account from our systems, which can take up to a week, as provided in our Privacy Policy,unless
there is a separate arrangement between you and Twitter to extend your deactivation period.

You may reactivate your account at any time during these 30 days by logging in.

You do not need to deactivate your account to change your username or email address; you can change it at
any time in your account settings.

To use a username or email address on another account, you must first change them and then confirm the
change prior to deactivation.  See the below section on how to make your username or email address available
for re-use before deactivating your account.

We do not control content indexed by search engines like Google or Bing.

After deactivation, your account should be removed within a few minutes, however some content may be
viewable on twitter.com for a few days.

Pro
Pro
Pro Tip
Tip
Tip:
Tip Want to delete your TweetDeck account? Please note that deleting your TweetDeck account does NOT

deactivate your Twitter account. 

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How to make your username or email address available for re-use before
deactivating your account

1. On the web, go to your Settings page from the drop-down menu under the profile icon . 

2. In the username field, choose a new username .

3. In the email address field, change your email address  to a new address you own.

4. Confirm  the new email address via a link we send to you (very important!)

5. Your email and username will now be available to use on a new account if you choose to sign up again
during the 30 day deactivation period.

6. Proceed with deactivation as listed above.

Note
Note
Note:
Note Twitter changes your settings immediately. However, old links may appear on Google and other
search engines because they have cached old content in their search index. Twitter has no control over
this, but you can send search engines a request to take down your information.

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