How to delete an old Twitter account you cannot access? (2023)

Do you have a Twitter account that you cannot access? And do you want to delete that account too?

If so, then this is the right guide to help you with deleting a Twitter account that is inaccessible. 

Here, we will answer all the complex queries related to deleting a Twitter account that is no longer accessible.

How to delete old Twitter account without password?

How to delete old Twitter account without password or email?

How to delete an old Twitter account you cannot access?

We will discuss it in detail here.

How to delete old Twitter account without password?

To delete a Twitter account, you need to access it.

Follow the below steps to access your old Twitter account.

Visit Twitter.

Click on Sign In.

You can sign into Twitter by email, phone number, or user name.

In this guide, we will be focusing on email as the main method to login to Twitter.

Click on Use phone, email, or username.

Enter your email to find your Twitter account.

Click on Forgot Password.

Now, Twitter will request you to provide either your email id or the phone number associated with your Twitter account to receive a confirmation code.

Choose the required option.

Click on Next.

If you choose, email as the option, you will then receive a confirmation code in your email.

If you don’t receive the email, search in your spam, social or other folders.

Enter the confirmation code.

Now you will be prompted to enter a new password.

Confirm your password by typing it once more.

Now you can log in to Twitter and access your account.

How to delete a Twitter account permanently?

Now you have accessed your Twitter account, it is now time to delete it.

To delete your Twitter account follow the below procedure.

Login to Twitter.

Click on More.

Click on Settings and Privacy.

Click on Your account.

Click on Deactivate your account.

When you deactivate your account, your display name, @username, and the public profile will no longer be viewable on Twitter.com, Twitter for iOS, or Twitter for Android.

You can restore your Twitter account if it was accidentally or wrongfully deactivated for up to 30 days after deactivation. After 30 days, it will be permanently deleted.

Click on Deactivate to delete your account. 

Enter your password and click on Deactivate your account to delete your account.

Your Twitter account is permanently deleted after the 30-day deactivation period.

If you log into your account within the 30-day deactivation window, your account will be quickly restored.

Your account will be erased from Twitter’s systems once it has been deleted.

You won’t be able to reactivate your old account, and you won’t be able to see any of your prior Tweets.

How to delete old Twitter account without password or email?

In the previous section, we mentioned that you can access your Twitter account with your email id.

In some cases, users might have forgotten their email accounts themselves.

In those cases, if the user has connected a phone number to their Twitter account, then they can access it through that mobile number.

Follow the below steps to recover a Twitter account using a mobile phone.

Visit Twitter.

Click on Sign In.

Click on Use phone, email, or username.

Click on Forgot Password.

Enter your phone number to find your Twitter account.

Now, Twitter will request you to provide either your email id or the phone number associated with your Twitter account to receive a confirmation code.

Choose the option for Mobile Phone.

You will then receive a confirmation code on your mobile

Enter the confirmation code.

Now you will be prompted to enter a new password.

Confirm your password by typing it once more.

Now you can log in to Twitter and access your account.

Once you have accessed your account, you can now proceed to delete it as mentioned in the last section.

How to delete an old Twitter account you cannot access?

This method is useful when you don’t have access to your email id or phone number associated with your account.

Follow the below steps to delete a Twitter account without accessing it.

Visit the Twitter Help center.

Select “I’d like to deactivate or close my account“.

Select “I don’t have access to the email address or mobile phone number associated with my account.”

Select whether the account to deactivate is a personal account or a company account.

Provide the Twitter username and email address of the account you want to delete it.

You can also describe the problem you are having.

Click on submit to submit the request.

You will receive an email from Twitter with additional information about your request.

They should also react with a resolution to your request within a few days.

Contact Twitter Support to delete Twitter account

If none of these techniques works out, you can also reach out to Twitter Support via Twitter itself or send a mail to them.

If you live in the United States or any other country outside of the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom, Twitter, Inc. is the data controller responsible for your personal data, with an address of:

Twitter, Inc.
Attn: Privacy Policy Inquiry
1355 Market Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94103

If you live in the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom, Twitter International Company is the data controller, with an address of:

Twitter International Company
Attn: Data Protection Officer
One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street
Dublin 2, D02 AX07 IRELAND

You can confidentially contact Twitter’s Data Protection Officer here.

If you wish to raise a concern about Twitter’s use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local supervisory authority or Twitter International Company’s lead supervisory authority, the Irish Data Protection Commission.

You can find their contact details here.

Wrapping Up

Hope you get an idea about how to delete an old Twitter account you cannot access.

Hope it is helpful!

Kindly let us know if you have any queries.