Twitter can turn into an online snark zone that is populated by spambots, trolls and fraudsters. Now, it’s been bought by a controversial owner, in the shape of Elon Musk. What happens when a Twitter under Musk’s direction will play out remains to be observed. If you’re ready go on, you could remove your account completely or simply take care of any embarrassing tweets that you’ve made in the past.
How Do I Delete My Tweets?
You’ve tweeted something that you believe could be backfiring on you, or could come back to bite you in the future (politicians beware! ) You’re looking to delete the tweet. It is easy to delete an unread tweet (or edit it in the case of Twitter Blue). But what happens to older tweets that aren’t so easy to find? What happens if you wish to quickly and easily delete multiple tweets? No worries. With the right tools you’ll be able to return to the past and erase the more foolish musings.
Of course, simply deleting an older tweet does not undo all the harm. The people who read it have perhaps responded at your message. (Screenshots remain for ever.) You may nevertheless decide to delete the tweet in the interest of its permanence and enduring. Here’s what you should be aware of.
Delete a Single Tweet on Twitter.com
The process of deleting a tweet from the past isn’t easy. On Twitter.com choose the option to delete your profile. Scroll down until you locate the tweet that you want to erase. Select the three-dot menu next to the tweet, and then select the option to delete. Twitter asks you to confirm that you’re ready to remove the tweet. Click Delete. The tweet disappears.
Delete a Single Tweet in the Mobile App
Within Twitter’s Twitter application for mobile devices, click your profile picture on the left-hand side, then tap your username to be taken access to your personal profile. Select the tweet you wish to erase, and then click the three dots menu at the right side of that tweet. Tap Delete. To take a tweet you retweeted from the profile you must tap the retweet button once more and confirm that you want to delete it by choosing Undo Retweet.
Delete Older Tweets
Going through your plethora of tweets, trying to find an older tweet that you can delete can be a time-consuming process. Even there is a limit to going back only a few times. A couple of third-party sites can help you identify and remove tweets from the past.
Tweet Deleter
On the Twitter Deleter site(Opens in an entirely brand new tab), click the button to sign in using the Twitter username. In the Authorize window you will need to enter in your Twitter account’s username as well as password. You’ll need to grant Tweetdeleter.com the right to gain access to your Twitter account. The Authorize window describes what the website can do when you choose to grant permission. Click the Sign In button.
The site will then display your tweets, sorted by date from the latest to the earliest. To narrow the list, you can do so by entering a keyword, then selecting the type of tweet (tweets or retweets and/or replies) or entering the date of start and/or end. Select the tweets that you wish to remove and then click delete tweets to delete them.
With Tweet Deleter it is possible to request that the site immediately delete tweets that are of an arbitrary age, or create archives of the most recent 3,200 tweets, or erase all tweets. In the event that you’ve more than 3200 tweets, you’ll have transfer an archive of your Twitter Archive to Tweet Deleter ( here’s how(Opens in the fresh screen)). If you have a free account, you can erase five tweets each month, perform five keyword searches for free, and utilize the service’s profanity filter. To get more options, you can upgrade to the Premium plan(Opens in an entirely brand new tab), starting at $3.99 per month.
TweetDelete
Are you looking for a method to automatically delete all tweets that have been deleted prior to the specified date? Take a look at Tweet Delete(Opens in an additional screen, which can erase quickly your last 3,200 tweets (the limit of 3,200 tweets is which is fixed by Twitter). The premium version allows you to erase any number of tweets following uploading data from your Twitter data file costs $14.99 per month.
Then, go through each tweet prior to a particular date to ensure that you’re going to erase the tweets in all. You can do this on Twitter by making an request for the archive for all tweets. On Twitter you can go through more > settings and Support > Privacy and Settings > Your Account and download archives of all your information. Enter your password and click Confirm.
If you’re not sure if you’d like to delete the tweets you’ve previously tweeted Click the button to Log in using Twitter on the TwitterDelete website. In the Authorize window enter the Twitter login and username, and after that, click the button to authorize the application.
Select the drop-down menu and select the time period you would like to return to remove your tweets. It is also possible to add the word or phrase you want to eliminate only the tweets with a similar meaning. It is important to do this as once the tweets are deleted they aren’t available for retrieval. Click on the button to activate TweetDelete. The tweets you used to tweet have been deleted.
Revoke Access to Third-Party Apps
If you’re cleaning your system once using any of these third-party erase apps, it’s possible to remove access to your account once you’re finished. Visit the Settings tab and Support > Privacy and settings your account > security and access to your account > Sessions and Apps > Connections apps. Choose the app you wish to delete , and click Reject App permissions.
Permanently Delete Your Twitter Account
Moving your Twitter account off isn’t difficult enough. There’s even a 30 day interval of grace (12 months in case you’re verified) should you have doubts about the decision to leave Twitter to the side. You’ll be able to log back in within 30 days of resetting the account, and it’ll seem like nothing has ever happened. However, if you do not restore within the timeframe all your information will be permanently removed from Twitter’s servers. This means the hashtag #Erased.
Also, even though your account will be deleted in a matter of minutes after you have deleted it, Twitter claims the following “some content may be viewable on twitter.com for a few days.” Additionally, Twitter states(Opens in an entirely new browser) that it has no control over the way your tweets are classified through Google as well as Bing. Therefore, your old content could remain searchable on these services. (Yes it’s not easy to erase your content from the web.)
Before you start make sure you wish to allow your email address or username open to re-use (each Twitter account must be linked to an unique email account) you must alter the information prior to the time your account gets permanently deleted. Go to Settings and help > Settings and privacy > > Account details and then change the username as well as email address in the fields in the top. If you modify your email you’ll have to confirm the change via an email link which sends to the new email address before the change is effective.
After that After that, head to More > Settings and support > Settings and Privacy > > Your profile > deactivate your account. Twitter will prompt for your password in order to confirm that you are truly ready to end your relationship with the company. If yes choose to deactivate your account, you’re done. If you’re unhappy about your choice within the next 30 days, simply login using an account username and password and you’ll be able to tweet.
