{"id":189732,"date":"2021-02-26T18:51:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-automatically-delete-your-embarrassing-tweets-for-free\/"},"modified":"2021-02-26T18:51:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:51:01","slug":"how-to-automatically-delete-your-embarrassing-tweets-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-automatically-delete-your-embarrassing-tweets-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to automatically delete your embarrassing tweets for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2bfbdef25fb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2bfbdef25fb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-automatically-delete-your-embarrassing-tweets-for-free\/#Automated_options\" >Automated options<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How to automatically delete your embarrassing tweets for free<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u2019s great for sharing stolen memes, vapid opinions, and occasionally interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>. But some of the\u00a0toilet humor and \u201cedgy\u201d hot takes you tweeted in the past might not suit your new image as a<span>\u00a0<\/span>wise-cracking sage.<\/p>\n<p>If some malicious cyber-stalker digs them up, you could end up publicly-shamed, dumped, or even <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/james-gunn-exits-guardians-galaxy-vol-3-1128786\">unemployed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Twitter doesn\u2019t provide a way to bulk-delete tweets (assholes). Instead, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/using-twitter\/delete-tweets\">the site suggests<\/a> you manually remove the offending tweets, one-by-one.<\/p>\n<p>But that can be a grueling task,\u00a0littered with humiliating reminders of the past.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><i>[Read:\u00a0<\/i><span class=\"s2\"><i>How do you build a pet-friendly gadget? We asked experts and animal owners<\/i><\/span><i>]<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A more expedient option is using a third-party <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> to automatically delete old tweets on a recurring schedule. Read on to find out how.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Automated_options\"><\/span>Automated options<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A\u00a0popular free tool is TweetDelete, which I\u2019ve been using for a while now.\u00a0It\u2019s very simple to set up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\">TweetDelete<\/a> website.<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cLogin with Twitter\u201d and enter\u00a0your Twitter username and password.<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cAuthorize app\u201d (if you\u2019re happy to agree to the permissions).<\/li>\n<li>Pick the ages of tweets you want to delete and how often you want to remove them. You can also choose to only remove tweets containing a specific word or phrase.<\/li>\n<li>Check the box confirming you\u2019ve agreed to the service\u2019s terms, and hit \u201cDelete my tweets!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1340697 lazy\" alt=\"The permissions lists is lengthy, but TweetDelete says it only requires them to remove the posts.\" width=\"1352\" height=\"1082\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1352px) 100vw, 1352px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.41.52.png\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.41.52.png 1352w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.41.52-262x210.png 262w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.41.52-337x270.png 337w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.41.52-169x135.png 169w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.41.52-796x637.png 796w\"\/><figcaption>Credit: TweetDelete<\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/basics\/2021\/02\/26\/delete-tweets-automatically-free-tools-twitter\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fbasics%2F2021%2F02%2F26%2Fdelete-tweets-automatically-free-tools-twitter%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The permissions list is lengthy, but TweetDelete says it only uses them to remove the posts.\" data-title=\"Share The permissions list is lengthy, but TweetDelete says it only uses them to remove the posts. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The permissions list is lengthy, but TweetDelete says it only uses them to remove the posts. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The permissions list is lengthy, but TweetDelete says it only uses them to remove the posts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The tool works pretty smoothly, but it does have some limitations.<\/p>\n<p>You can only delete your\u00a0most recent 3,200 tweets, unless you sign up for the premium version, which costs\u00a0<span>$14.99. This\u00a0<\/span>allows you to delete your full history after uploading your Twitter data file.<\/p>\n<p>It also deletes all the likes you\u2019ve accumulated for your deleted tweets. This can be really annoying when your posts are as hilarious and insightful as mine.<\/p>\n<p>That shortcoming is what drew my attention to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/semiphemeral.com\/\">Semiphemeral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>[This free tool automatically deletes your old tweets, retweets, and likes]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Semiphemeral is another free app that automatically deletes your tweets. But this one gives you more control over which ones you can keep.<\/p>\n<p>You can customize the process in an impressive range of ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep tweets with more than a set number of retweets or likes.<\/li>\n<li>Keep tweets that are\u00a0part of the same thread\u00a0as a tweet that meets those RT and like thresholds.<\/li>\n<li>Search through all of your tweets and\u00a0pick which ones to exclude\u00a0from automatic deletion, so that Semiphemeral will never delete them.<\/li>\n<li>Unretweet\u00a0tweets after a number of days.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike\u00a0tweets after a number of days.<\/li>\n<li>Automatically delete your old\u00a0direct messages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to set it up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/semiphemeral\">@semiphemeral<\/a> on Twitter. Semiphemeral automatically blocks people who\u2019ve recently liked tweets by popular fascist Twitter influencers.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/semiphemeral.com\/\">Semiphemeral website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cLogin with Twitter\u201d and enter\u00a0your Twitter username and password.<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cAuthorize app\u201d (the permissions list is the same as on TweetDelete).<\/li>\n<li>While you wait for Semiphemeral to download a history of your tweets, you can go to the Settings page and choose what you\u2019d like the app to automatically delete.<\/li>\n<li><span>Go back to the Dashboard and click \u201cStart Semiphemeral.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li>You can also delete DMs, by giving the\u00a0app access to them on the Settings page under \u201cDirect messages.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1340702 lazy\" alt=\"Supporters of fascists are ineligible to use the service.\" width=\"718\" height=\"590\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.54.50.png\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.54.50.png 718w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.54.50-256x210.png 256w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.54.50-329x270.png 329w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-2021-02-26-at-13.54.50-164x135.png 164w\"\/><figcaption>Credit: Semiphemeral<\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/basics\/2021\/02\/26\/delete-tweets-automatically-free-tools-twitter\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fbasics%2F2021%2F02%2F26%2Fdelete-tweets-automatically-free-tools-twitter%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Semiphemeral doesn\u2019t use any analytics software or log IP addresses, and there are no ads.\" data-title=\"Share Semiphemeral doesn\u2019t use any analytics software or log IP addresses, and there are no ads. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Semiphemeral doesn\u2019t use any analytics software or log IP addresses, and there are no ads. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Semiphemeral doesn\u2019t use any analytics software or log IP addresses, and there are no ads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you wanna splash some cash on a more premium app, you can check out one of the paid services like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tweetdeleter.com\/\">TweetDeleter<\/a>. But the freebies do a good job of automatically covering the shameful tracks of your Twitter past.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, your tweets could have already been archived or screengrabbed by your nemesis. But at least these tools make the job of exposing you a little bit more work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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