[Guide] How to Delete Your Twitter Account in Seconds

"How do I delete my Twitter account" is one of the most frequently asked questions on the Internet. You may feel overwhelmed about managing the booming information on Twitter and hate to be an attention-seeking person. It is better to focus more on your life and retrospect yourselves. So deleting your Twitter account seems to be a good way to escape from the constant social media notifications.

This article will teach you some simple steps to wave goodbye to your Twitter account once and for all.

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Part 1. How to Delete Twitter Account Permanently?

Whatever reasons make you decide to leave Twitter, you can simply delete your Twitter account with a few steps. Notice that once you deactivate your Twitter account, other people cannot search you on Twitter. And if you think you might want to return to Twitter in the future, you are suggested to change a new username and E-mail address to make your username and E-mail address available for re-use before you deactivate the Twitter account.

Now follow the steps to delete your Twitter account permanently.

STEP 1. Click on your profile icon in the upper right corner, and select "Settings and Privacy" from the drop-down menu.

STEP 2. In the "Account" tab, scroll to the bottom, then click "Deactivate Your Account."

STEP 3. Click "Deactivate" to confirm if you want to deactivate your account.

STEP 4. Enter your password and click the "Deactivate account" button to confirm your request. Then Twitter will receive your request.

Part 2. How to Reactivate Your Twitter Account?

If you keep swinging on whether to delete the Twitter account or not, the good news is that Twitter gives you a grace 30-day period to consider. Which means your data will be retained for 30 days. And if you would like to keep with it, you can log in your Twitter account at any time within the 30 days to reactivate your account. But when the 30-day period is over and you don't log in your account, Twitter starts to proceed to your request, then your Twitter account will be gone forever.

If you've decided not to get rid of your Twitter account, here's how to reactivate your Twitter account.

STEP 1. Access to twitter.com, or open your Twitter for iOS or Android app.

STEP 2. Enter your Twitter account username or E-mail address, and your password.

STEP 3. Click "Sign in", and your account is reactivated.

STEP 4. Once the reactivation is successful, you'll see your home page. And your Tweets, followers, likes or comments will take a few minutes to fully restore.

Part 3. [Tips] Free Tool to Download Your Favorite Twitter Videos before Deletion

Before deleting your Twitter account, you may feel reluctant to say goodbye to your favorite Twitter videos. But what if there is a way to download all the twitter videos you want without limitation? Lucky for you, you can choose VidPaw App for Android or VidPaw Online Video & Audio Downloader to download Twitter videos.

What is VidPaw?

- VidPaw Online Video & Audio downloader enables you to FREE download videos from 1,000+ video sharing sites.
- With VidPaw You can safely download online videos to MP3 or MP4 in 1080p, 720p, 480p, and etc.
- You can use VidPaw on different platforms such as Android, iPhone/iPad, Windows, and etc.

We advised Android users to download VidPaw App to have faster and more stable performance. Here is a tutorial on how to download Twitter videos with VidPaw App.

STEP 1. Download and install VidPaw App for Android.

STEP 2. Log in your Twitter account, and go to the tweet which contains the videos you want.

STEP 3. Tap to copy the video URL, and launch VidPaw App.

STEP 4. Paste the URL on the box on the top.

STEP 5. When VidPaw successfully analyzes the link, you can choose your desired video/audio format and quality.

STEP 6. Tap "Download", and when it is over, you can find the video by clicking the download button on the upper right corner of the main page.

In Conclusion

Deleting your Twitter account is not that difficult, right? Once you make up your mind to get rid of Twitter, you can have more time and private space to do the things you love instead of being occupied by social media. You may even feel happier. When you figure out how to balance social media and your life, you can still come back to reactivate your Twitter account and keep tweeting.