Tired Of Twitter? This Is An Easy Way To Delete A Twitter Account

There are several easy ways to delete a twitter account. (photo: twitter)

JAKARTA - Twitter is one of the most popular social media apps, but for anyone getting bored, the good news is that deleting an account can be done in just a few short steps.

After humble beginnings in 2006, Twitter has since grown into a huge online platform with hundreds of millions of users. That's where many people get daily news, follow online dramas, get involved in political discourse, and so on.

Whether someone is constantly scrolling through their timeline or engaging in heated debates with other users, it no doubt doesn't take long for Twitter to become addicted.

To Twitter's credit, it's hard to have a healthy relationship with any social media app. They are designed to show people relevant content, keep them interacting with other users, and stay engaged with the app for as long as possible.

Apps like Twitter and Facebook can start off pretty harmless, but when they start connecting with someone, that's when problems can arise. One way to work around this is to set a limit on how often someone allows themselves to spend money on these apps. However, another option is to delete your account and walk away completely.

For someone ready to take that step and delete their Twitter account, the instructions are as follows:

From the Twitter app on your phone or tablet, tap the profile icon in the top left, scroll down, and tap 'Settings & privacy.'

If viewing Twitter from the desktop site on a computer, click the 'More' button on the left of the screen and click 'Settings & privacy'.

Once on this page, the instructions are the same across apps and websites. Select 'Account', select 'Deactivate your account', select a reactivation period (12 months or 30 days), and select 'Deactivate' at the bottom of the screen. Enter your account password, select 'Deactivate account', and the account is officially deactivated.

Twitter makes it clear that users are 'deactivating' their accounts rather than 'deleting' them. That's because deleting a Twitter account is a multilevel process. After completing the steps above, the user must wait for the reactivation period to pass before the account is permanently deleted.

They can log into the account at any time during this time to reverse the deactivation, but if they stay logged out, they will eventually be deleted after the allotted time is up. When the account was finally deleted, Twitter informed that "your account is no longer available on our system. You will not be able to reactivate your previous account and you will not have access to old Tweets."

If someone deactivates their account but notices that it keeps getting reactivated, it may be because a third-party site linked to the account accidentally kept it alive.

In this case, the user must go through and revoke outside sites that have access to the account. Log in to Twitter, go to 'Settings and privacy', go to 'Accounts', select 'Apps and sessions', select 'Connected apps', select an app from the list, and click/tap on 'Revoke app permissions'.

Repeat this process until no site has access to your account, repeat the steps above to deactivate the account, and everything should be fine now.