<p>If you want to remove your X account but are worried that someone might register your username later, do this:</p><p>1. Open 2 different browsers in their private windows<br />2. In the first browser: Log in to your Twitter account.<br />3. In the second browser, go through the account creation process, add something like "Deactivated" as a name. Skip everything else.<br />4. On both: Navigate to Settings and privacy.<br />5. Under Your account, select Account information.<br />6. Update your Username to something different.<br />7. Save the changes.<br />8. Immediately rename the other "Deactivated" user name to your own username.<br />9. Take a full data backup<br />10. Continue on deactivating the real now renamed user.</p><p>By altering your username and email, your original handle becomes available for immediate use so you can register it to yourself as an "empty shell" account.</p><p>I just proofed these instructions working by finally deactivating my account. Haven't posted anything this year.</p><p>I will not spend any thought ever again to Truth Social, Gab, X and dark onion websites. They are all the same - not healthy for anyone. Please leave now.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Xitter</span></a></p>
