What happens to my X (Twitter) account when I die?

X will deactivate a deceased user's account on request, but — like every platform in this set — will never hand over login access. X's own help page states it plainly: "In the event of the death of a X user, we can work with a person authorized to act on behalf of the estate, or with a verified immediate family member of the deceased to have an account deactivated." And separately, in its own sentence: "We are unable to provide account access to anyone regardless of their relationship to the deceased." Source

The process starts with a request form; X then emails back asking for more detail, including "information about the deceased, a copy of your ID, and a copy of the deceased's death certificate." X says this step exists "to prevent false and/or unauthorized reports," and that the documentation "will remain confidential and will be removed once we've reviewed it."

There's a second, less-discussed path on the same page for a living but incapacitated user: X will work with someone "authorized to act on the behalf of the user," but that request needs a Power of Attorney document specifically, plus a copy of the account holder's own ID — not just the requestor's.

What we could not verify: how long X's deactivation review typically takes, and whether tweets remain visible (rather than being taken down) during the period between the death and the account's deactivation — the source page describes the request process, not the account's interim visible state.

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