Theclearly facetious arson tweetin question?
It was posted over three years ago.
Do you remember everything you tweeted three years ago?
What innocuous, outdated, or vulgar jokes could come back to haunt you?
Even if you make your account private, anything youve posted in the past could potentially leak out.
Here are the ways you’re able to give your Twitter history a deep clean.
Optional: First download your Twitter history
Cant bear to remove every trace of your Twitter?
Go to your Twitter controls and select Your Accountand then Download an archive of your data.
After you request your data, youll be asked to verify your account.
To filter out select tweets based on time period or specific keyword, TwittersAdvanced Searchis the feature for you.
Heres how to use it.
Use Twitters search bar (the top right corner on desktop).
put in your keywords, e.g.
burn down or Whole Foods.
Click More options and then Advanced search.
Fill out the filters you need.
you might limit the results to just your account and a certain time period.
Delete whatever comes up.
All work similarly, allowing you to mass delete tweets based on filters like age and keywords.
The top choice seems to beTweetDelete, a free service with astraightforward privacy policy.
Other free sites are so full of ads theyre borderline impossible to navigate, but TweetDelete is perfectly usable.
If you really want the sense of security that comes with paid services, check out eitherTweetDeleterorTweetEraser.
Delete your account
Its come to this.
To be as safe as possible, eliminate the problem at the source.
Go into prefs, scroll to the bottom and select Deactivate My Account.
Deleting your account is an irreversible process.
Your old tweets are officially gone for good (unless someone has screenshots).
I imagine deactivation also comes with the sensation of one million pounds being lifted from your shoulders.
