A Serious Security Mistake Many Make When Closing Their Twitter Account

Since its all-time high of 336 million users in 2018 Twitter it has lost some users to more “trendy and trendy” social media platforms and, of course, to Elon Musk moving into a china shop.

However, it hangs there with millions and millions of active users. However, many decide to unsubscribe and switch to other platforms, such as the already mentioned Mastodon, or simply take a break from social media for a while to detox.

With all this on the table it’s good that you know what happens to your account after you delete it. First, it won’t go away until 30 days have passed. However, after this time, your username will be valid. The problem may arise if you used your real name or are a well-known character.

If you delete your Twitter and someone knows your name, they can tweet as if it were you. And to make matters worse, once Twitter Blue returns, they will have the option to “verify” themselves with a blue checkmark. It seems that the tweets from this account come from you, although you yourself are not behind them.

Don’t deactivate your account, better follow these instructions to escape from Elon Musk

The first thing you should do is use an app like Tweet Deleter to make sure you delete all your tweets. You can sign in with your Twitter credentials and the service will clear your bill. Deletes even likes.

After that, it’s time to close the account:

• Start by going to Settings & Privacy.
• Privacy & Security
• Audience and labeling
• Select Protect Your Tweets. If you have any remaining public information associated with your account, such as likes, account privacy will prevent non-subscribers from viewing it.

Finally edit your profile. Change the title, description, and profile picture. Finally, change the password to one that is unguessable.

If you want to follow the path that Twitter offers you, here are the steps

Of course, if this is none of your business and you either have a strange name or no one knows you, then you better take the usual path that Twitter offers you and deactivate your account.

First do Twitter backup if you want to delete your account. And it’s best not to delete your Twitter account hastily. After all, you may have had memorable moments during your time on the platform, or maybe you shared photos or videos that you didn’t want to lose.

Unfortunately, there is no “delete Twitter account” button that you can click to delete all your data on the platform.

To delete your Twitter account, you must first deactivate it. When you do Twitter will store your account and data for 30 days.. During this time, your profile photo, username, and display name will not be visible to anyone on Twitter. You won’t be able to view tweets or send or receive direct messages. However, you can change your mind and reactivate your account.

After 30 days, Twitter will permanently delete all of your dataand it will be impossible to recover your account.