Twitter is one of the most widely used social networks globally . Although Facebook remains the great queen in this field, the blue bird has been active for several years and amassing a legion of really infamous users. His proposal, quick and simple with those short messages (now expanded to 280 characters) and the facilities provided to share information in text, images and video, has made many people and even companies turn to her to communicate with the rest.
It is, of course, one of the main routes of current information. It is also, although it sounds sad, one of the main ways to saturate yourself. Notifications, sometimes thread-threaded discussions and the amount of messages that are currently moving on this network can make many prefer to disconnect from it to free some of this excess information and constant details .
We give you all the steps you need to follow both through your PC and through your mobile phone , including the little trick that is needed from the terminals. In addition, if what you are looking for is to stop only for a while and keep the profile suspended, we also explain what you should do not only to request this alternative, but to also recover access once you have done it . This alternative is tremendously useful for complicated times, even if you regret asking for deletion.
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Steps to permanently close my Twitter account
It is precisely because of all these types of situations that we mentioned above, and many others, when it becomes really interesting to know how to delete a Twitter account . Something that we will explain completely so you do not have problems and you can get that disconnection that you want so much. In this guide that we bring you, we will give you all the explanations you need to process the deactivation of your Twitter account .
If you want to permanently close your Twitter profile , we will give you all the tools you need. Although the process from the PC can be done easily, on the mobile is somewhat more complicated , since there is no option enabled for it. Fortunately, with the instructions we will give you can do it without problems on any device.
Delete from PC
Deleting the Twitter profile from the PC is the easiest and fastest alternative , and recommended if you can opt for it. The steps to follow, as you will see below, do not require too much time or are complex:
- From your team’s web browser , go to the Twitter login page using the following URL: https://twitter.com .
- Once inside, click on the “Sign in” button in the right half or, if you prefer go directly to the top to fill in your details.
- You need to write the phone number, the linked mail or even the user nickname in the first field and, in the second, the password to access (respecting capital letters if any). After entering both data, you just have to click on “ Login ” in order to move forward.
- Within your profile, you must click on the image of your user avatar, top right . A drop-down will open in which you should look for the option “ Settings and privacy ”. Click on it.
- You should be directly in the “Account” section. If not, go to the left column and click on it to access.
- Within all the sections that now appear within this menu, descends to the end . There you will find the “Deactivate your account” option, which you must press to move on.
- You will be asked again if you are absolutely sure to proceed and you will be informed about the lost data and the deadlines for recovering the profile. Click on the button with the text “Disable” and you’re done.
Unsubscribe from your mobile (Android and iOS)
On mobile devices there is no direct way to delete the Twitter profile . You need to make a modification in the web browser to get it, something that we will explain in this section so that you can carry out the process without going to the PC:
- You must open your smartphone’s web browser first. Use the one you prefer, although, since it is the most widespread, we will proceed with Google Chrome .
- Now, click on the icon with three points at the top right to open the drop-down menu. Within it, look for the option “ Website for computer” or “ Version for computer ” and mark it. The browser will now behave as if it were from a PC.
- Go to the Twitter.com website and log in as usual. Enter the email or user nickname along with the password to enter.
- As we have explained in the section of removing account from the computer, click on the photo with your avatar and go to the option “Settings and privacy.”
- You will now be in the “Account” section (if not, click on it on the left side). Scroll down to the “ Deactivate your account ” section and press it.
- To ensure that you do not do it by mistake, Twitter will ask if you are sure and will give you some additional information about the closing. Go down and press the “Disable” button to finish.
Now you will have to wait a reasonable time to be able to delete the profile . However, you can opt for something temporary and temporary instead of a total deletion. In the next section we will explain it in more detail so you can do it.
How to deactivate my Twitter for a while and reactivate it again late?
Before closing your account completely, you may want to request a temporary withdrawal . If there is a hard time of exams, too much accumulated work or you simply want to stop the information frenzy a little and disconnect from everything during a relaxing holiday, there is a way to ask Twitter to activate a temporary closure on your profile.
There are many reasons, but form only one . Although we anticipate that you have a maximum period of one month to return. If you take longer, you will not be able to access again and you will lose everything you had saved in the profile in question. It is a fact that must be taken into account.
1 – Log in
Exactly, the suspension process is the same as the erase process; but with nuances . To get started, you need to proceed as if you were going to delete the account completely. That is, you have to start by opening the browser and entering the initial Twitter page. You can use this URL : https://www.twitter.com.
When you’re inside, go to the upper right area and enter the email , nickname or phone number connected to your profile; In addition to the access password in the field to your right. It is very important that you respect the capital letters if there are any of the two holes. After doing so, press the button to log in .
2 – Delete your account
Now, go to the avatar in the upper right and then in the “Settings and privacy” option that appears inside the drop-down. As we have said, we must proceed as with a normal decline, only we must make a change at the end.
Within the section “ Account “, remember that if you do not appear in it now you must press it to get it, you need to go down until you find the option “Deactivate your account” found at the end of everything.
In the next screen that appears, Twitter will inform you of what the closing of the profile means and of the existence of a prudential term to recover it and reuse the social network. Keep that in mind, as it is the key to all this. However, proceed by clicking on the button with the text permittedDesactivate•.
3 – Re-enter
Since you close the user profile, you have a maximum period of 30 days to re-enter . During this time, neither your profile, nor your name, nor your user nickname will be seen through the social network, you will disappear completely during that period as if your profile had been completely deleted.
The way to recover everything is to login in less than that month given the time limit . With just re-entering the web or app and entering your data, you will recover everything and you will be able to use this platform as usual.
It is not difficult to make a temporary suspension of the Twitter profile , although the only requirement that exists is extremely important. If you do not log in again in less than 30 days, your account will be completely deactivated and, as much as you try to contact the support team, you will not be able to recover it, as well as the information it may have. As we said, it is extremely important to remember this information and take it into account when requesting the withdrawal.