You might not want to see that centre icon anymore (Picture: Getty)
It has been almost two years since billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter, and turned it into X.
Many people were thrilled with the decision, agreeing that ‘the bird is freed’ with blocked accounts returning, including Donald Trump.
But not everyone likes the changes, with misinformation and conspiracies flourishing along with a mass cull of legacy Blue Tick accounts who now had to pay for premium features.
Musk was named in a lawsuit filed against X this week by Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif.
She accused the site of facilitating ‘acts of aggravated cyber harassment’ after high profile accounts including JK Rowling and Musk himself questioned her inclusion in the female category having been disqualified at the 2023 World Championships under different criteria.
Musk also hit headlines for his actions at X after hosting a rambling interview with Donald Trump which was hit by technical issues.
Whether you disagree with Musk on principle or are simply fed up with doom scrolling and getting ‘tech neck’, you may have had enough and want to press X on X.
How to delete your X account
Deleting your account is fairly straightforward, whether you’re viewing via a browser or the app.
Tesla CEO and SpaceX owner Elon bought the platform in 2022 (Picture: Reuters)
On a browser, look for the three dots and the word ‘More’ on the lefthand bar to the side of the screen.
Click it, and then go to ‘Settings and Privacy’, which is illustrated with a wheel icon.
Once there, you’ll be taken to ‘Your Account’, where you’ll see ‘Deactivate Your Account’ and a broken heart icon.
From there, you’ll be shown a screen explaining what deactivating your account means – which is that you’ll have 30 days to change your mind and reactivate your account, before it (and all of your Twitter data) is permanently deleted.
At the bottom of this screen is a red ‘Deactivate’ link, which you’ll need to click to confirm.
Under ‘Settings and Privacy’, go to ‘Your Account’ to deactivate Twitter (Picture: Twitter)
If you want to, you can get a copy of your Twitter data before you deactivate – under ‘Your Account’ and ‘Download An Archive Of Your Data’.
Keep in mind: you do have to do this BEFORE you deactivate.
If you’re using the Twitter app on a smartphone or another device, the process is quite similar – but you’ll begin by pressing your profile picture in the top left corner of the screen.
This brings up a navigation bar. Click ‘Settings and Support’, then ‘Settings and Privacy’ and then ‘Your Account’.
You’ll then be presented with the same options of deactivating your account altogether, or downloading your data archive before you do so.
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