Everything you need to know to delete your X (Twitter) account

Have an account or create a profile on social networks It is always something very simple and fast, just by entering your name, email and creating a password you would have your account ready. However, many times it is not the same scenario when it comes to wanting delete the account. In the case of X, old Twitter, deleting an account is not as simple as pressing a button and deleting everything completely.

As a precaution, the platform first provides the option to deactivate the account for 30 days and, after 30 days, it will be permanently deleted. So, if what you want is keep your account deactivated for a couple of days but without having to say goodbye completely, X gives you that opportunity, even if at first you decided to delete it permanently but after a few days you regret your decision, this account deactivation period is ideal for get it back.

Now, if you are truly determined to say goodbye to your account forever, you can also do so without any problem. Here, we explain the step by step to be able to delete your X account or deactivate it only for a few days if that is what you are looking for.

What you should know before deleting your Twitter account

Although deleting your X account is not as intuitive and immediate as creating it, the platform formerly called Twitter does offer an option to end any of the accounts that have previously been created. First, before explaining the step by step of how to delete an X account, it must be mentioned that once an account has been deleted, it there will be no possibility of recovering it. For this reason, the social network offers a 30-day deactivation period in which users can change their mind and recover their account without any problem.

Once the procedure to delete the account has been completed, the 30 days of deactivation will begin to count, if during that period of time you decide to access your Twitter account, The account will automatically be activated and the 30 days will stop countingso if you decide to delete your account again, you will have to carry out the procedure to do so from scratch.

If, on the other hand, the 30 days of account deactivation are allowed to pass, at that moment, X’s profile will be completely deleted without the opportunity to recover it at any time.

How to delete my Twitter account?

Knowing what was mentioned above, now we can go on to explain the step by step of how to delete an X account.

X offers the possibility of deleting your account whether you access from the web platform or from the social network application and in both cases, the procedure and steps are the same:

1. Log in with the account you want to delete.
2. In the column displayed on the left side of the screen, press the «More options» which is displayed as a circle with three dots inside and, which is located at the end of the column, below the « iconProfile«.
3. When you press, a menu with several options will be displayed and you must select «Configuration and support«.
4. Next, another menu will appear. You must press the option «Settings and privacy«.
5. A new window will open and you must look for the first option, which is «Your account«, selecting the button at the bottom of the screen will appear «Deactivate your account«.
6. When you select the option, a new window will open explaining some of the key points that you need to know before completing the procedure, which are those explained above.

What happens if I delete my X account?

In addition to the obvious, it is worth mentioning that all the information that has been shared from the X account that has been decided to delete, will also be deleted. This means that both published tweets, re-tweets or private messages will also be permanently forgotten. However, information from search engines like Google or Bing will not be removed as that is out of X’s control.

This clearly happens the moment the 30 days of deactivation pass. In the event that you only decide to deactivate the account for a couple of days, tweets, re-tweets and private messages will no longer be visible to other users until the moment it is decided to reactivate the account, being able to recover all of this.

Regarding your username, the name will be reserved for your profile while the account is in the deactivation periodonce the 30 days have passed and your account is deleted, that name It will become available to any other user who decides to use it.