Following the recent announcement of Twitter’s acquisition by Elon Mask, we have seen a large wave of reactions celebrating it and even threatening others who seriously criticize it by leaving the social network. And this is because although these platforms have already normalized in our society, not everyone is in favor of this type of public shop window.

That is why we would like to take this opportunity to gather and present this quick o How to delete your Twitter account and the rest of major social networks such as Facebook or Instagram, in a process that may vary between temporary deactivation or Instagram their complete disappearance.

How to delete your Twitter account

Starting with social networking on all lips, the method of deleting a Twitter account is quite simple and fast. In this case, we will perform all the action via a web browser:

• The first thing we will do, of course, is to access Twitter and log in with the appropriate account.
• In the main menu in the left column of options, click on “More options” marked with a three-point circle icon. When pressed, a small drop-down menu will open with several options to choose from “Settings and privacy”.
• Once we are on this page, we will only have to click on the option “Deactivate your account” already visible and click on the «Deactivate» button again to continue with the complete deletion.

Before the last step, the social network itself offers us possibility to download our data from Twitterfor which we will need to complete both the application and the download process before we can deactivate the account.

Then, to ensure that the company can delete your Twitter account, all you have to do is Avoid logging in with your account for 30 days. And the point is that if we log in from any device, as soon as this process begins, we will stop it and cancel the elimination.

How to delete your Facebook account

Unlike other platforms, in the case of Facebook, we will be able to make and download a copy of all our information collected on the social network, such as our photos and publications, as well as a copy of our Oculus information if it is linked, before deleting your account. And the thing is, once you delete our account, you won’t be able to recover anything.

We’ll only need to take a few short steps to continue deleting your account:

• Log in with our main profile and click on top right arrow button.
• Select an option from this drop-down menu “Settings and privacy”and right after “Settings”.
• Once we are on the configuration page of our account, we will enter the section “Your information on Facebook”in which we will see the option to open the process of deactivation or deletion of our account, which we will access by selecting the link in “View”.
• At this point, we will only have to choose whether we want to finally delete our Facebook account completely, or we just want to deactivate it, which will not delete our data, but the account will remain hidden from other users. Once the decision is made, the social network will ask us to re-enter the password and confirm our choice.

In addition, we will have 30 days from the start of the removal process to cancel it. On the other hand, it is worth highlighting the fact that Facebook can take a maximum of 90 days from the beginning of the process to the actual removal of all content that we have published. Although in an effort to protect our privacy, no other Facebook user will have access to this content during this process.

How to delete an Instagram account

Interestingly, although the mobile platform is the main platform on which this application is used, we can only deactivate our account if we enter from outside the application, via a web browser on any device.

• Log in to our account.
• We will open our personal page by clicking on the person symbol at the top right.
• We will click “Edit profile”.
• By moving to the end of this page we find the possibility of so-called “Temporarily deactivate my account”.

• We’ll also need to give you a reason “Why do you want to deactivate your account?” And confirm our password.
• Finally, we can choose between options “Temporarily deactivate account” or “Permanently delete my account” according to our preferences.