How to deactivate your Twitter Account
From Windows
- Login to Twitter with your credentials.

- Click on More.

- Head over to Settings and Privacy.

- Select Deactivate your Account at the bottom of the page.

- Confirm your deletion and click on Deactivate.

- Enter your password to ensure it’s you who’s making the decision.

From Android
- Login to your Account from Twitter App.
- Go to Settings and Privacy.

- Click Account.

- Now, click Deactivate your account.

- Click Deactivate.

- Enter your password to confirm your identity.

From iOS
- Tap Profile icon and go to Settings and Privacy.
- Tap Deactivate your account.
- Enter your password and tap Deactivate.
Twitter is deactivated! But will this permanently delete my account?
No. Simple deactivation won’t delete your account permanently- not at least for 30 days.
Therefore, if you change your mind before 30 days, you can always save your Twitter account from permanent deletion.
Is Twitter Safe to Use?
Apparently, Twitter is safe for use. However, the social network compromises your privacy and security making you vulnerable to external threats by hackers and cybercriminals. For example, a hacker can learn a lot more about you by checking out your tweets on Twitter. They can use this information to harm you and hack into your accounts or devices.
Cyberstalkers also use this information to monitor your daily activities and gather enough information so they can blackmail you or harm you in any manner.
You can read more about Twitter and its privacy policy here.
How to Download Your Twitter Archive?
Deleting your Twitter account means losing all those precious tweets, information and memories you’ve been posting on Twitter. The good news is that you can download your Twitter archive easily before deleting your account. Here’s how you can do it:
- Log in to your Twitter account.
- Choose Privacy and Safety.

- Find Personalization and Data at the bottom and click on it.

- Click on See your Twitter data under the Data option.

- Click on Request Archive.

- Enter your password and click on confirm.

- Once the download is ready, you will see Download button. Finally click on Download Archive.

Is Twitter Collecting My Private Information?
Twitter is not privacy-friendly at all and is known for gathering a host of information about you. This information includes:
- Your basic account information: your name, username, password, email address, and phone number.
- Your contact information: if you upload or sync your phone address book with Twitter, it will keep a copy of your contacts on their servers. Also, if you send an email to Twitter’s team, the contents, as well as any contact information, can be retained by them for future use.
- Your location: if you have a habit of tweeting from your phone, Twitter can access to your location information too.
- Your payment information: apparently, if you share your payment information (credit card number, billing address, etc.) with Twitter for any purpose, this information will be stored by Twitter. However, you do have the option of removing these at any time.
- Links and cookies: recent developments unveil that Twitter is eager to observe how you interact with links across their services and they can use cookies to learn about your preferences. Twitter can also monitor the device, OS, and web browser that you use to access their services.
Once your information is collected, Twitter may use it for advertising. The social network recently unveiled that your information will be utilized for advertising purposes. This means that your information collected by Twitter will be used to show you targeted ads.