FREE - How to Secure an X/Twitter Account

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How to Secure an X/Twitter Account

  1. Secure the associated email

Secure the email provided with the X account, if an email wasn’t provided, proceed to Step 2.

  1. Have the email changed
    (https://twitter.com/settings/email)
    New logins can’t do this for 48 hours, you must ask the old owner to do it. Provide them with a fresh email that hasn’t been used before. Here (https://twitter.com/settings/email)

  2. Change the password

Login and change the password. Here (https://twitter.com/settings/password)

(https://twitter.com/settings/password)4. Remove the phone number

You cant change the number on a new login for 48 hours, remove it and add later if needed. Here (https://twitter.com/settings/phone)
(https://twitter.com/settings/phone)
(https://twitter.com/settings/phone)5. Clear all sessions and revoke app permissions

This will logout all devices logged into the X account. Here (https://twitter.com/settings/apps_and_sessions)

(https://twitter.com/settings/apps_and_sessions)6. Enable Password Reset Protection and 2FA

Enabling Password Reset Protection will disallow people from sending your email password reset requests. Here (https://twitter.com/settings/security)

(https://twitter.com/settings/your_twitter_data/account)Additional Tips

  • Don’t change the Birthday as it can lead to locks.
  • Don’t change the username, you will lose it to a bot.
  • All usernames under 5 letters are unswappable.
  • Confirm the OGE by comparing the Twitter creation date with the first email.
  • Optionally download data to check OGE (Takes 24-48 hours) Here (https://twitter.com/settings/account)
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