How to Delete a Tweet on Twitter: Desktop & Mobile Guide

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Easily erase your old tweets and retweets

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Last Updated: April 11, 2025 Fact Checked

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Got an embarrassing tweet you want to delete? You can delete both original tweets and retweets from your X (formerly Twitter) profile. Keep in mind that you cannot delete someone else's tweets, nor can you delete their responses to your tweets. Here's how to delete a tweet on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer.

Removing an X (Twitter) Post

To delete a post from your X profile, navigate to your profile and find the tweet. Select the three dots, and then select Delete. Confirm the action by selecting Delete again. To remove a repost, select the repost icon again.

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On Mobile

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Open the X app and tap your profile image. It's a circular icon in the top-left corner of the screen. A pop-out menu will appear.
- If you aren't logged into your X account, enter your email address (or username) and password before proceeding.
This option is at the top of the pop-out menu.

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Select the tweet you want to delete. Scroll down to find the tweet you want to remove, then tap the tweet to open it.
- If the tweet you want to remove is a retweet rather than a tweet you posted, skip ahead to the "Remove a retweet from your profile" step at the end of this section.
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Tap the three dots. It's in the upper-right corner of the tweet. Doing so prompts a pop-up menu to appear at the bottom of the screen.
- On Android, you'll instead see a pop-up window in the middle of the screen.
- If you want to delete a response that you posted to the tweet, first scroll down to the response.
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Tap Delete post. This is the red-text option in the pop-up menu.
- On Android, this option is at the bottom of the pop-up window.
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Tap Delete when prompted. Doing so will remove the tweet from your profile.
- On Android, you'll instead tap YES when prompted.^{[1]
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Remove a retweet from your profile. If you retweeted someone else's content, you can remove it from your profile by tapping the green "Retweet" icon below the tweet and then tapping Undo Retweet when prompted.
- You may first have to scroll down a bit to see the "Retweet" option.
- You can't use the menu that you use to delete original tweets to delete a retweet.

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On Desktop

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Click your profile icon on the X website. You can find this at the top of the page, in the new post field. You can also find it at the bottom-left corner of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address (or username) and password before proceeding.
Your profile will open.
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Select a tweet. Scroll down to the tweet you want to delete, then click it to open it in a pop-up window.
- You can filter your posts by clicking the Posts, Replies, Highlights, Articles, or Media tabs.
- If the tweet you want to remove is a retweet rather than a tweet you posted, skip ahead to the "Remove a retweet from your profile" step at the end of this section.
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Click the three dots. It's in the upper-right corner of the tweet's pop-up window. This prompts a drop-down menu to appear.
- If you want to delete a response that you posted to the tweet, first scroll down to the response.
This is in the drop-down menu.
Doing so will remove the tweet from your profile.
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Remove a retweet from your profile. If you retweeted someone else's content, you can remove it from your profile by clicking the green "Retweet" icon below the tweet.
- You may have to scroll down to see the "Retweet" icon.

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Can I delete more than one tweet at a time? X doesn't have a built-in feature to mass delete all your posts at once. However, there are third-party services such as TweetDelete and TweetDeleter that may be able to do so. Most of these services let you delete a certain number of tweets for free but require payment to mass delete tweets.
- Keep in mind that you must enter your login information for these services to mass delete your tweets, and this poses a security risk for your account.
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How do I hide my tweets quickly? If you don't have time to delete a bunch of tweets, you can make your X profile private.^{[2]
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Research source} This feature, also known as "protecting your posts," prevents just anyone from seeing your posts unless you approve them to follow you. However, keep in mind that your existing followers will still be able to see your tweets. If you want to hide tweets from existing followers, you will need to remove the followers so they can no longer see your profile.
- To make your Twitter/X profile private, open the menu, navigate to Settings and privacy, and select Privacy and safety. From there, select Audience and tagging and toggle on Protect your posts.
- Once your account is private, your tweets will remain hidden from non-followers until you make it public again.

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You can't delete Tweets that other people have sent. If you feel a Tweet someone sent you or mentioned you in violates Twitter's guidelines, you can report them, instead.

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While you can't delete another person's tweet, you can report it if needed: click or tap the three-dots icon in the upper-right corner of the tweet, then select the Report Tweet and fill out the form that appears.

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Although you can block people, you cannot delete other people's replies to your tweets.

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It may take deleted tweets up to two weeks to disappear from Google search result previews, though attempting to access deleted tweets through Google will result in an error.

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