How To Delete Twitter DM From Both Sides

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✎ Key Points:

» In the message section, you can only delete your message from your side, as there’s only the ‘Delete for you’ option available.
» To remove a message from both sides, you must deactivate your Twitter account, which instantly deletes the messages from both parties.
» If you cannot reactivate your Twitter account within 30 days, it will be permanently deleted, along with all its associated content.

How To Delete Twitter DM From Both Sides:

There are some steps that you can perform to get the messages deleted from both sides:

1. Deactivate your Twitter Account

If you deactivate your Twitter account, your username and public profile will not be visible on Twitter. Throughout the 30-day deactivation period, if you choose not to reactivate your account, your messages will be permanently deleted, and you will not be able to retrieve them.

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: Open your Twitter application on your phone and log in to your account.

Step 2: Click on your profile icon in the upper-left corner of the screen.

Step 3: Navigate to “Settings and privacy” and then select the “Your account” tab.

Step 4: Within this section, locate the option for “Deactivate Account” and click on it.

Step 5: Review the account deactivation information, then proceed by clicking “Deactivate.”

Step 6: When prompted, enter your password and confirm your decision by clicking the Deactivate button.

If you don’t have your password handy or have forgotten it, you’ll need to reset your password before proceeding.

2. Permanently Erased After 30 Days

If you deactivate your account, the messages you’ve sent to others will vanish from both sides. You have a 30-day window to return and reactivate your account. Failure to reactivate within this timeframe results in permanent deletion of messages and all other associated content.

Simply logging into your account during the 30-day deactivation period easily restores it. However, note that tweets, followers, likes, and other data may take some time to fully restore.

Frequently Asked Questions:

1. How to Delete the Message in Twitter Group Chat?

To delete messages from a Twitter group chat:

◘ Start by accessing your message section on Twitter (located in the bottom right corner with the message icon).

◘ Next, open the desired group chat from the list.

◘ Now, tap and hold on the message you wish to delete, then select the option to delete it.

◘ In Twitter group chats, you can only delete messages for yourself.

◘ Keep in mind that even after you delete your messages, they will still be visible to others.

2. Does Deactivating Twitter Delete DMs?

According to Twitter’s privacy policy, deactivating your account will result in the removal of your direct messages, which can be restored within 30 days. However, once the deactivation period ends and your account is permanently deleted, the direct messages you’ve sent will also be permanently erased.

Nevertheless, Twitter retains all your data on their servers, spanning back several years. The company’s Help Center clarifies that while a user can delete their direct message conversations, the other party will still have a record of them in their inbox.

3. What happens when you deactivate Twitter?

Twitter offers the option to deactivate your account as a preliminary step before permanently deleting it. Essentially, deactivation serves as the initial stage of the deletion process.

Upon deactivating your account, all your posts, tweets, likes, and comments vanish from the site for a period of up to 30 days.

If you leave your account deactivated for more than 30 days without logging in, all your data and account will be permanently deleted. This necessitates reactivating your account within the 30-day timeframe; failure to do so results in permanent deletion from Twitter.

After deactivating your account, all your tweets are removed from the Twitter website and apps within 30 days. However, Twitter lacks control over search engines, screenshots, and other websites that may repost your content, potentially resulting in your tweets being stored elsewhere.

4. Can you Delete the Message before the Person sees it?

If the recipient is offline, you have more time to delete the message by deactivating your account. However, if the recipient is online, your window of opportunity to delete the message is shorter.

Typically, if someone is online, they may see the message within 5 seconds. Therefore, if you quickly proceed to deactivate your account before the recipient opens the message, they may not see it (although this is not always feasible).

To deactivate your account, log in to your Twitter account using your credentials. Before signing in, you’ll encounter a prompt asking you to confirm if you wish to reactivate your account. If you opt to reactivate your account, you will be redirected to your Twitter Home page.