According to a recent report by Platformer after it was found that advertisers were ejected in the process and seeing revenue drop, Twitter plans to sell locations and telephone number to advertising companies, regardless of whether you’re happy with it or not. It’s the perfect moment to erase that information off your profile. Although Musk’s technology doesn’t implements the changes mentioned above, you’re better off not storing that information should you be concerned.
How to Remove Your Twitter Phone Number
If you have saved your number on Twitter and you want to delete it, visit the Twitter account’s setting for phones page to erase it. But, you may not be able scrub your phone number if you are receiving login codes through SMS. If that’s the scenario for you, then switch to a different method of two-factor authentication prior to removing your number. SMS-based login codes don’t seem to be very secure at all and it’s a wise option to switch regardless. In addition to making authentication applications more secure, they also allow you to avoid sharing your personal information with companies who sell your information to make money.
If you’re ready for the switch, visit twitter’s page for two-factor authentication and remove the checkmark the option to send text messages. You can change to a the Authentication application and use applications like 1Password, Google Authenticator, or Authy to get login codes. If you have the physical security keys like YubiKey it is possible to use it for authentication with your Twitter logins too.
How do you remove your location information from Twitter
It’s not a good idea to geotag all of your tweets. Your location tag will reveal precisely where you are when you tweet but you do not want this information to be available to anyone on the internet. In addition, now it’s possible that Twitter may sell your location information to advertisers, there’s even more incentive to not provide the company this information in any way. Visit settings > privacy > locationon Your iPhone and disable the location data access to Twitter. Similar settings pages are available for Android but the process differs slightly based on the model you’re using. It is possible to utilize the search feature within Android’s settings application to find the location permissions page, and remove Twitter’s access to it.
Last but not least, you must delete all location information associated with older tweets too. Visit the Twitter’s location settings page and click the location data that is associated with your tweets and then select delete.
