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How to Make Your Twitter/X Account Private in 2025

Introduction

If you’re concerned about privacy on Twitter (now known as X), making your account private ensures that only approved followers can see your tweets, likes, and interactions. This can help you maintain control over your digital footprint, prevent unwanted engagement, and limit the visibility of your posts.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to make your Twitter/X account private in 2025 and explore additional privacy settings you should consider.

Step 1: Open Twitter/X Settings

  1. Open the Twitter/X app on your iOS or Android device, or visit Twitter/X on your desktop browser.
  2. Tap on your profile picture in the top left corner to open the side menu.
  3. Scroll down and select Settings & privacy.

Step 2: Enable Protected Tweets

  1. In Settings & privacy, go to Privacy and safety.
  2. Under Audience and tagging, tap Protect your posts (this was previously called “Protect your Tweets”).
  3. Toggle Protect your posts to ON.
  4. You may be prompted to confirm your choice—select Confirm.

Once activated, only your approved followers will be able to see your tweets. Any new follow requests must be manually approved by you.

Step 3: Review Your Existing Followers

If you want to remove specific followers: 8. Go to your Profile page. 9. Tap Followers to view your current followers. 10. Find the user you want to remove and tap the three-dot menu next to their name. 11. Select Remove follower.

This will prevent them from seeing your future tweets unless they request to follow you again.

Step 4: Adjust Additional Privacy Settings

To further enhance your account security, consider adjusting these settings:

1. Turn Off Discoverability

  • In Privacy and safety, go to Discoverability and contacts.
  • Toggle off:
    • Let people find you by your email
    • Let people find you by your phone number

2. Limit Direct Messages

  • In Privacy and safety, tap Direct Messages.
  • Toggle off Allow message requests from everyone to prevent strangers from DMing you.

3. Restrict Mentions

  • In Privacy and safety, tap Mentions.
  • Choose Only people you follow can mention you to reduce unwanted mentions.

4. Hide Your Likes

  • Twitter/X doesn’t allow you to fully hide your likes, but you can:
    • Unlike past tweets manually.
    • Avoid liking tweets that may compromise your privacy.

Step 5: Test Your Privacy Settings

To ensure your account is truly private: 12. Log out of Twitter/X or use an incognito/private browser window. 13. Search for your profile on Twitter/X. 14. Your tweets should now be hidden behind a “This account’s posts are protected” message.

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can successfully make your Twitter/X account private and take control of your online presence. Whether you want to limit engagement, prevent strangers from seeing your content, or simply maintain a safer online experience, these settings will help protect your digital privacy.

For additional security, periodically review your privacy settings and update them as needed to stay ahead of any platform changes.

Stay safe online!