Best Tweet Deleter Tools 2026: 5 Free & Paid Compared (XWipe, TweetDelete, Redact)

Last updated: September 21, 2026 — pricing and free-tier limits re-checked against each tool's own site.

Looking for a tweet deleter that actually works in 2026? Many of the tools from a few years ago have shut down or stopped working after X changed their API pricing. We tested the ones that still work and compared them honestly.

Disclosure: XWipe is our product. We'll be upfront about what we do well and where other tools might fit better.

Quick Comparison Table

1. XWipe — Best for Complete Account Cleanup

XWipe runs two flows. Quick Delete (default) pulls your most recent tweets straight from the X API in 20-30 seconds — no archive download, no 24-hour wait. Archive upload is the fallback for tweets, likes, retweets, bookmarks, and follows older than the 3,200-item API ceiling. It now starts with 10 free tweet deletions, no card — try it before you pay.

Best for: Users who want all five data types in one tool (tweets, likes, RTs, bookmarks, follows) and want to start deleting before X finishes preparing an archive. The only tool here that pairs no-archive Quick Delete with archive support on the same dashboard.

Where XWipe stops: You buy credits, not a schedule. If what you want is a tool that quietly deletes anything older than 30 days forever, a recurring competitor fits better — XWipe is built for the cleanup you do once. DM deletion needs a fresh authentication first (X's API limits it on first connect), and tweets older than your most recent 3,200 need an archive upload.

Pricing: credit packs, no subscription. 100 deletions for $4, 500 for $15, 2,000 for $49, 5,000 for $99. One credit deletes one item of any type, credits never expire, and every account starts with 10 free deletions. Any paid balance pulls up to 3,200 tweets without an archive.

2. TweetDeleter — Polished but Tweets-Only

TweetDeleter is the longest-running tool in this space and has a polished UI. Its weakness is scope: the Basic plan is tweets-only with no archive support, and you have to climb to the Pro tier (~$24.99/mo billed annually) before archive upload unlocks. Likes deletion is a separate add-on. Follows aren't in scope at all. If your cleanup is tweets-only and you want a slick monthly auto-deletion schedule, TweetDeleter is genuinely good. If you also want likes, RTs, bookmarks, or follows gone, you'll be paying TweetDeleter for one job and another tool for the rest.

3. Cyd (formerly Semiphemeral) — Open Source, Runs Locally

Semiphemeral now ships as Cyd— semiphemeral.com redirects to cyd.social (verified September 2026). It is free and open-source, from the Lockdown Systems Collective, and it runs on your own device rather than on someone else's servers. The catch is that "your own device" means you install and run it, and there is no archive import, so it sees only what the X API exposes. For people who want recurring auto-deletion and would rather not hand a hosted tool their X OAuth, Cyd is the best option on this list. For anyone who wants to click three buttons in a browser and be done, it's not.

4. Redact.dev — Multi-Platform Desktop App

Redact.dev wins on flexibility — it covers more platforms than anything else on this list (Reddit, Discord, Slack, Twitter/X). The catches: it's a desktop application you install and run locally, not a web tool, so you need to keep your machine on while it works. No recurring auto-delete scheduling. The free tier covers basic deletions but pulls only the most recent 1,000-ish items in practice on X before slowing down noticeably. Best for users who want a single multi-platform tool and don't mind the technical setup.

5. TweetEraser — Tweets-Only with Archive

TweetEraser supports archive upload, which means it can reach tweets older than 3,200 — the same structural advantage XWipe has. Two honest caveats: the UI hasn't been refreshed in years (feels like 2018), and the pricing model has shifted multiple times since 2023, so you'll want to check their site directly rather than trust any comparison post (this one included) for current numbers. Tweets-only deletion — no likes, RTs, bookmarks, or follows. If you want tweets-only archive support and don't care about a modern interface, TweetEraser is a real option.

Which Tweet Deleter Should You Use? By Scenario

TweetDeleter Pricing in 2026 — What You'll Actually Pay

TweetDeleter has stuck to an annual subscription model and bumped prices once in the last two years. As of May 2026, the tiers look like this:

• Free — preview only. You can connect your X account and see what's there, but deletions are limited to a small batch (around 10 tweets) before the paywall kicks in.
• Basic — roughly $5.99/month (billed annually). Caps deletions at a few thousand per month, no archive upload.
• Advanced — roughly $10.99/month (billed annually). Higher monthly cap, archive upload support so you can delete tweets older than X's 3,200-post API window.
• Pro — roughly $24.99/month (billed annually). Marketed as "unlimited" deletions (capped in practice by X's ~50-per-15-minute API rate limit, same as every tool on this list), scheduled auto-deletion, priority queue.

A couple of competitors worth naming in the same breath:

• TweetDelete (singular, different product) — free, single-use. You set an age threshold ("delete everything older than 6 months"), run it once, you're done. No subscription, no recurring auto-delete, capped by the 3,200-tweet API window unless you upload your X archive.
• TweetEraser — closer to TweetDeleter in model. Pricing sits around $6.99–$19.99/month depending on tier, with archive upload on the higher plans.

Honest version: nobody on this list offers genuinely unlimited deletion, and the tools that print "unlimited" on their pricing pages are leaning on the fact that X's API caps deletions at roughly 50 per 15-minute window per user. "Unlimited" in practice means "until you hit X's rate limit, then queue and wait." Every paid tool on this list runs against the same ceiling.

What you're actually paying for is scope and speed. XWipe sells deletions rather than months: $4 buys 100, $15 buys 500, $49 buys 2,000, $99 buys 5,000, and all five data types draw on the same balance. TweetDeleter's Pro tier is around $24.99/mo billed annually for tweets-only deletion — likes is an add-on, follows aren't supported.

Per-deletion math, the tools split clean. XWipe runs 4 cents an item on the small pack and about 2 cents on the largest, and you pay it once. TweetDeleter Pro is a flat monthly charge: better value if you want tweets auto-deleted month after month, worse value if you want one full-history wipe and then nothing.

TweetDelete vs TweetDeleter vs Redact.dev — Side by Side

These three names get confused constantly, partly because two of them differ by one letter. Here's how they actually stack up in 2026:

Where each one is strongest

TweetDelete is the right pick if you want a one-and-done sweep based on tweet age and you never want to think about it again. Free, no account on their side, no recurring subscription. The limit is the limit: it does tweets, period. No likes, no follows, no DMs. And if you have more than 3,200 tweets, you need to upload your X archive — which is fine, just a manual step.

TweetDeleter is the right pick if you want scheduled, ongoing auto-deletion specifically for tweets — say, anything older than 30 days, gets removed automatically forever. Their Pro tier handles that well. The downside is you're paying a subscription for what's effectively one feature, and likes/follows/DMs are either limited or absent.

Redact.dev is the right pick if you live on the desktop and want a local app you run on your own machine, with broad multi-platform support (it covers Reddit, Discord, and others, not just X). The one-time license appeals to people who hate subscriptions. The trade-off is setup is more technical, and the UI is dense.

XWipe is the pitch we'd make honestly: if you want everything cleared in one tool — tweets, likes, retweets, follows, bookmarks, DMs — without running four different apps, that's the gap we fill. Cloud-based, no install, archive upload supported. Where the others specialize, we cover the full surface area. Ten free deletions let you see it work, and the $4 pack lets you buy a little before you buy a lot.

Pick the one that matches what you actually want gone.

Every tool on this list still needs you to sit there and run it. The one exception is a done-for-you Twitter cleanup service, where you sign in once and somebody else builds the jobs, runs them, and sends the counts.

TweetDelete alternatives in 2026

The four working TweetDelete alternatives in 2026 are XWipe ($4 one-time for 100 deletions, six data types), TweetDeleter (subscription, tweets-first), Redact.dev (desktop app, multi-platform) and Cyd, formerly Semiphemeral (free, open-source, runs on your own machine).

People look for an alternative to TweetDelete for one of three reasons, and the right replacement depends on which one you have:

• "It only deletes tweets." TweetDelete does not touch likes, retweets, bookmarks, DMs or follows. If you want the account genuinely cleared, you need a tool that covers all of them — XWipe draws all six types from the same credit balance.
• "It can't reach my old posts." The X API exposes only your 3,200 most recent tweets. Archive upload is the only way past that ceiling; XWipe and TweetEraser support it, Redact and Cyd do not.
• "I don't want a subscription." TweetDeleter and TweetEraser bill monthly. XWipe sells deletion credits once and they never expire; Cyd is free if you are happy installing software.

Head-to-head write-ups: XWipe vs TweetDeleter, XWipe vs Redact and XWipe vs Cyd (Semiphemeral) vs Redact.

Is TweetDelete free? The 2026 free-tier limits

Yes — TweetDelete (singular) is free to run, but it is a single-purpose, tweets-only sweep capped by X's 3,200-post API window unless you upload your archive.

What "free" covers, and what it does not, as of September 2026:

The pattern across all five: free is real, and free is capped. If a capped free run is all you need, take it. If you need the whole account cleared, you are choosing between a subscription, a desktop install, or paying once for credits. You can delete your first 10 tweets free here to see which side of that line you are on.

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