X / Twitter Privacy Settings Card: Protect Your Posts, DMs & Data | Printable Guide

Who can see your X account right now?

Anyone with your phone number or email address may be able to find your account, even if you've never shared it. Strangers can message you and reply to everything you post. Posts you forgot about years ago are still public. Your posts may carry your location. Ads follow you based on what you read. Apps you connected years ago may still have access to your account.

X (formerly Twitter) is public by default and collects a lot of data about what you read, who you follow, and how you use it.

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his one-page card walks you through the settings that change that, whether you post every day or mostly scroll.

What's on the card

👁️ Who Sees Your Posts

• Protect your posts so only approved followers can see them
• Limit who can reply: everyone, people you follow, or only people you mention
• Review pinned and old posts for anything you'd rather hide

📩 Messages & Discovery

• Restrict DMs to people you follow, or turn them off
• Turn off discoverability by phone number and email
• Remove your phone number if you don't need it for 2FA

📊 Data & Ads

• Turn off personalized ads
• Limit data sharing with business partners
• Turn off location info on your posts

🔐 Account Security

• Turn on two-factor authentication with an authenticator app
• Review connected apps and remove the ones you don't use
• Save a backup code in case you lose your authenticator

⚡ Pro tip: "Discoverability" is the setting most people miss. If it's on, anyone with your phone number or email address can find your account, even if you've never shared it publicly.

Perfect for

• X and Twitter users, whether you post often or mostly read
• Journalists, writers, and public-facing professionals
• Anyone keeping a personal account separate from work
• Teens, college students, and anyone setting up a new account
• Anyone reducing their online footprint

Format

• 1 printable page, US Letter
• Instant digital download
• Unlimited personal printing
• Open X and work through it one checkbox at a time

Pairs well with the TikTok Privacy Settings Card, the Phone Location Privacy Settings Card, and the Social Media Privacy Bundle.

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Great Companion Guides

Pair this card with:

• TikTok Privacy Settings Card
• Vacation Social Media Don'ts Card
• Phone Location Privacy Settings Card
• Turning Off Location Sharing Card
• Phishing Email Detection Cheat Sheet
• Spotting Malicious Apps Cheat Sheet

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