Quitting social media platforms has been quite a trend this year. This is due to various privacy and security breaches that hit Facebook. Twitter is not an exception, and although few people think of deleting it, there are enough reasons that can make you join the trend. They include the spread of propaganda, fake news and even getting tough ‘comebacks.’
In this article, we’ll show you the safest way to delete your twitter account. Most people just log out of the service and think they are done – that’s just abandoning the service which is not a good idea at all. For instance, someone can hack your password and start spreading fake news and other campaigns without your knowledge. Also, bad actors can tarnish your name by spreading won’t you don’t want your family or even colleagues to see.
To safely delete twitter, first, you will need to back up your tweets.
備份您的推文
備份您的推文幸運的是，Twitter允許人們備份他們在平臺上分享的內容（推文和轉發）。很遺憾，您無法備份您喜歡的內容、您關注的人以及您創建的清單。此外，您無法通過Twitter應用程式執行備份。您將需要使用瀏覽器。
按以下步驟備份您的帳戶;
- 在瀏覽器的位址列上，鍵入 twitter.com 並登錄您的帳戶。
- 在右上角，點擊您的 頭像 ，然後在打開的下拉功能表中，點擊 設置和隱私
- A menu will open on your left side and with the Account page showing. Scroll down the page and click the Request your archive button. You will be emailed a link when your archive is ready.
This link will contain your archive in a .ZIP file. Extracting this zip file, you will get an index.html file which when clicked will open an offline webpage. You will then see your tweets and a graph of your activities.
刪除你的推特帳號
沒有直接的方法可以刪除您的Twitter帳戶，但該過程從停用它開始。通過這樣做，沒有人能夠在Twitter上與您聯繫，但公司仍將按照用戶協定中所述使用您的數據。你可以使用瀏覽器或推特應用停用你的推特帳號。
通過瀏覽器停用
- Open your browser and go to twitter.com and log in to your account.
- 按兩下右上角的個人資料頭像，然後選擇 設置和隱私。
- 在打開的「帳戶」功能表中，滾動到底部，然後選擇「停用帳戶」。。
- You will get a warning screen but proceed to click the Deactivate button under the warning.
- 將出現一個彈出視窗，要繼續停用您的帳戶，您將輸入您的 Twitter 密碼並按兩下 停用帳戶。
通過Twitter應用程式Android / iOS停用
- 啟動應用程式並通過點擊您的頭像打開左側功能表
- 在打開的功能表上，選擇“設置和隱私”，然後選擇“帳戶”
- 向下滾動到底部，點按停用 您的帳戶 ，然後繼續點擊 停用
- 輸入您的密碼，然後點擊停用，然後點擊是，停用
If you are through to the last step, then you have successfully deactivated your account. Some of your data may still be accessible by search engines. If you regret deactivating your account, you can restore it by logging into your account as usual. But if you don’t restore your account within 30 days, your account will be deleted permanently.
