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How to Delete Your Old Posts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

People delete their social-media posts for various reasons. Some people need to make room.

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People delete their social-media posts for various reasons. Some people need to make room. Others took a lousy one and would prefer that it be replaced with a better one. Some people may be heartbroken, so they erase any photo that reminds them of memory they'd rather forget.

Here are a few steps on how you can delete your posts from different social media.

Deleting on Instagram:

Bulk deleting of your posts, clips, and comments is possible using the Instagram app's activity menu. You can also sort your posts by date to view what you posted over a certain period of time. Tap Select to indicate the photographs you want to delete from your public profile, then archive or delete them.

Single-post deleting:

Above your post, press ig-three-dots (iPhone or Android), then tap Delete. To confirm, tap Delete once more.

Bulk- deleting:

  • Tap or your profile picture
  • Tap > Your activity.
  • Tap Photos and videos, and then tap Posts or Videos.
  • Select the photographs or videos you want to delete in the top right corner, and then hit Delete. To filter your pictures or videos before picking, go to the top right and tap Sort and filter, then choose your sorting preferences or a date range, then touch Apply.
  • At the bottom, tap Delete.To confirm, tap Delete.
  • Tap Sort and filter to turn off sorting. After that, hit Reset, and then Apply.

Deleting on Facebook:

Select Manage Posts from your profile, identify the posts you no longer desire, then click Next > Delete Posts > Done. Select Manage Activity in the mobile app, create filters to identify postings you don't want and then Archive them.

Single-post deleting:

  1. Click your profile picture
  2. Find the post and click in the top right.
  3. Select Delete Post or Hide from profile from the drop-down menu

Bulk- deleting:

  1. Sign in to your Facebook account by opening the app and signing in. To access your profile, click your name or the profile symbol in the upper-left sidebar or the menu bar.
  2. Select Manage Posts from the drop-down menu below the post composer.
  3. To limit down the available options, select Filters. You may choose certain years, the author of the post, the level of secrecy, and the items you've been tagged in.
  4. To remove a post thumbnail, click the square check box in the upper-right corner.
  5. Select Next at the bottom of the page once you've selected all of the posts you wish to remove.
  6. Then choose Delete Posts, then Done.

Deleting on Twitter:

Twitter does not allow you to remove many tweets at once. You may either scroll back to the beginning of your account, which might take a long time if you've been on Twitter for a long period, or use the app's advanced-search lookup function to identify certain phrases used in older tweets. After that, you may eliminate them one by one.

Single-post deleting:

  1. Visit your Profile page.
  2. Locate the Tweet you want to delete.
  3. Click the icon
  4. Click Delete Tweet.

Bulk- deleting:

  1. In a browser on your Mac or PC, go to the Tweet Delete website.
  2. Connect your Twitter account by logging in.
  3. Adjust the application's settings accordingly.
  4. If you wish to remove all of your tweets, pick "All time" from the dropdown option under "Age of tweets to delete."
  5. Click "Delete my tweets!" after checking the box verifying you've read the terms and conditions.


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