Go to your Twitter account and log in. Select Settings and privacy from the three-dot menu on the left side of the screen. Select Deactivate your account. Read through all of the information before clicking Deactivate.

Go to Twitter via a web browser. Select “Settings” from the drop-down menu in your account settings. At the bottom of the page, click on “Deactivate my account.” To stop using Twitter, type in your password.

Go to Twitter. Click the settings and privacy icon. Select Deactivate Your Account from the menu. Confirm your decision by re-entering your password.

In many ways, they are identical: all tweets and mentions of the account will be removed from Twitter within the first few days of deactivation. All tweets are permanently erased from the Twitter servers after the account is terminated.

All of your tweets, likes, and comments will be deleted from the site for up to 30 days after you deactivate your account. This might take minutes or a few days, depending on how active your Twitter presence was before deactivation.