How to Deactivate Twitter Account

How to Deactivate Twitter Account: Deactivating your account will "turn off" your account for up to thirty days, at which point it will be deleted. This is a great way to keep yourself from thinking about it, but protects your account for when you need it again.

Note: If you are having an account issue (e.g. missing Tweets, incorrect follower or following counts, suspicious Direct Messages or potential account compromise), deactivating and reactivating your account will not resolve it. Please refer to our troubleshooting articles or contact Twitter Support.

How to Deactivate your Account

• Click on Settings and privacy from the drop-down menu under your profile icon.
• From the Account tab, click on Deactivate your account at the bottom of the page.
• Read the account deactivation information, then click Deactivate @username. 
• Enter your password when prompted and confirm that you want to proceed by clicking the Deactivate account button.

Before you deactivate your account, you should know

• You do not need to deactivate your account to change your username or email address; you can change it at any time in your account settings.
• To use a username or email address on another account, you must first change them and then confirm the change prior to deactivation. See the below section on how to make your username or email address available for re-use before deactivating your account.
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• When deactivated, your Twitter account, including your display name, username, and public profile, will no longer be viewable on twitter.com, Twitter for iOS, and Twitter for Android.
• For up to 30 days after deactivation it is still possible to restore your Twitter account if it was accidentally or wrongfully deactivated.

How to make your username or email address available for re-use before deactivating your account

• On the web via twitter.com, click on Settings and privacy from the drop-down menu under your profile icon. 
• In the username field, choose a new username.
• In the email address field, change your email address to a new address you own.
• Click Save changes at the bottom of the page. 
• Enter your password when prompted to confirm that you want to save your changes.
• Confirm the new email address via a link we send to you (very important!)
• Your email and username will now be available to use on a new account if you choose to sign up again during the 30 day deactivation period.
• Proceed with deactivation as listed above.