Delete a screenshot of your Twitter account
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 3:36 am
Determine who can post and see messages
Determine who can delete posts and tags
Respond to new friend requests
Customize your profile picture and cover photo
Request deletion of your account
What can't this person do?
Post new updates in your name
Manage messages posted before your death
Read your chat messages
If you also give your contact permission to access your 'data archive' (this is a separate option), they will be able to download a copy of what you've shared on Facebook. This includes posts, photos, videos and profile information (not your chat messages).
Delete screenshot of your Facebook account.
Are you sure you want to delete your Facebook account? You can do this via the same link as above. Scroll down and click on 'Request to delete your account after you die'. If you then click on 'Delete after death', no one will be able to give your profile a memorial status. So think carefully about this. As soon as Facebook is informed of your death, they will delete your account and everything that goes with it.
Delete screenshot of your Facebook account.
Instagram
Instagram has the same two options as Facebook: memorial page or delete. If you choose a memorial page, Instagram will give your profile a memorial status after your death. This status does not change anything about your current profile. All content remains visible to everyone (who follows you) and it is therefore not immediately clear that it is a memorial page.
A surviving relative must request this for you via this form . Here the applicant fills in his own details, your details and a death certificate. This can be an obituary or article, for example. You do not need to register this person as a contact person in advance, as with Facebook.
Do you want to have your account deleted after your death? You can do so via this form . This form must also be completed by a surviving relative. The big difference with Facebook is that you cannot arrange this in advance. The only thing you can do now is to let your surviving relative know what your wishes are. This also applies to LinkedIn and Twitter.
LinkedIn
LinkedIn has only one option: have your profile deleted by a surviving relative after your death. This can be done via this form . What is special about LinkedIn is that you only have to fill in a small amount of information about the deceased (fields with an asterisk). This only concerns:
The name of the deceased
The link to the account
And your relationship with the deceased (where you can also choose 'other')
Read more about the options for LinkedIn here .
Twitter
Twitter is clearly stricter when it comes to checking the account deletion request. After the request is submitted, via this form , Twitter will send you an email with additional instructions. For example, you will need to send a copy of your ID and a copy of the death certificate. This process can only be completed by a person authorized to handle the estate or a family member.
Just like LinkedIn, Twitter has only one option: delete your account.
Google services, such as Gmail and YouTube
For Google, you can already arrange it yourself. Via your inactivity preferences , you can indicate in Google what happens to your Google account after you die. You have two options: share your account with a trusted survivor or ask Google to delete the account. These settings are automatically applied when your account has not been used for a certain period of time. The default time is three months, but you can change this via the link above.
Once you've chosen how long the 'inactivity time' is, decide who to notify whatsapp number list and what to share with them. You can specify up to ten people here!
The final step in this online form is to indicate what you want to happen to your Google Account. If you choose to have your account automatically deleted, your designated contacts will have three months to download your content and data.
While you're at it...
In addition to your social media accounts, there are of course many more online services that your surviving relatives cannot simply access. Think of e-mail accounts, Cloud accounts (storage of photos and documents), Dropbox, Google Drive, your own website and all other accounts that you have. And also think of streaming services or other subscriptions that you have, these must be able to be stopped by a surviving relative as quickly as possible. And login details for, for example, internet banking, DigiD, MyGovernment, MyPension... There is no end to it!
If you want to make it easy for your loved ones and prevent things from getting lost (because no one can get to them), it is advisable to not only think about this carefully, but also to actually take action. I will do it anyway, will you?
Determine who can delete posts and tags
Respond to new friend requests
Customize your profile picture and cover photo
Request deletion of your account
What can't this person do?
Post new updates in your name
Manage messages posted before your death
Read your chat messages
If you also give your contact permission to access your 'data archive' (this is a separate option), they will be able to download a copy of what you've shared on Facebook. This includes posts, photos, videos and profile information (not your chat messages).
Delete screenshot of your Facebook account.
Are you sure you want to delete your Facebook account? You can do this via the same link as above. Scroll down and click on 'Request to delete your account after you die'. If you then click on 'Delete after death', no one will be able to give your profile a memorial status. So think carefully about this. As soon as Facebook is informed of your death, they will delete your account and everything that goes with it.
Delete screenshot of your Facebook account.
Instagram has the same two options as Facebook: memorial page or delete. If you choose a memorial page, Instagram will give your profile a memorial status after your death. This status does not change anything about your current profile. All content remains visible to everyone (who follows you) and it is therefore not immediately clear that it is a memorial page.
A surviving relative must request this for you via this form . Here the applicant fills in his own details, your details and a death certificate. This can be an obituary or article, for example. You do not need to register this person as a contact person in advance, as with Facebook.
Do you want to have your account deleted after your death? You can do so via this form . This form must also be completed by a surviving relative. The big difference with Facebook is that you cannot arrange this in advance. The only thing you can do now is to let your surviving relative know what your wishes are. This also applies to LinkedIn and Twitter.
LinkedIn has only one option: have your profile deleted by a surviving relative after your death. This can be done via this form . What is special about LinkedIn is that you only have to fill in a small amount of information about the deceased (fields with an asterisk). This only concerns:
The name of the deceased
The link to the account
And your relationship with the deceased (where you can also choose 'other')
Read more about the options for LinkedIn here .
Twitter is clearly stricter when it comes to checking the account deletion request. After the request is submitted, via this form , Twitter will send you an email with additional instructions. For example, you will need to send a copy of your ID and a copy of the death certificate. This process can only be completed by a person authorized to handle the estate or a family member.
Just like LinkedIn, Twitter has only one option: delete your account.
Google services, such as Gmail and YouTube
For Google, you can already arrange it yourself. Via your inactivity preferences , you can indicate in Google what happens to your Google account after you die. You have two options: share your account with a trusted survivor or ask Google to delete the account. These settings are automatically applied when your account has not been used for a certain period of time. The default time is three months, but you can change this via the link above.
Once you've chosen how long the 'inactivity time' is, decide who to notify whatsapp number list and what to share with them. You can specify up to ten people here!
The final step in this online form is to indicate what you want to happen to your Google Account. If you choose to have your account automatically deleted, your designated contacts will have three months to download your content and data.
While you're at it...
In addition to your social media accounts, there are of course many more online services that your surviving relatives cannot simply access. Think of e-mail accounts, Cloud accounts (storage of photos and documents), Dropbox, Google Drive, your own website and all other accounts that you have. And also think of streaming services or other subscriptions that you have, these must be able to be stopped by a surviving relative as quickly as possible. And login details for, for example, internet banking, DigiD, MyGovernment, MyPension... There is no end to it!
If you want to make it easy for your loved ones and prevent things from getting lost (because no one can get to them), it is advisable to not only think about this carefully, but also to actually take action. I will do it anyway, will you?