Anyone who uses Twitter should regularly delete their old tweets — here's how to do it (TWTR)

• In case you haven't noticed, it doesn't pay to keep around your old tweets — you could end up the target of a harassment campaign, or find your job in jeopardy.
• People have lost their jobs or seriously damaged their careers because old, immature, or otherwise inappropriate tweets were unearthed.
• If you're using Twitter, and you care at all about your career, you should be deleting your old tweets on a regular basis — and we've outlined how to do that.
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"Never tweet" is one of the most common phrases said on Twitter.

It's ironic, but it's true: Nothing good has ever come of a tweet. In fact, lots of people have lost their jobs — or worse — because of something they said on the service.

But if you do decide to post tweets, for one reason or another, you should also be deleting them.

We've outlined a guide on the various ways you can delete your tweets. It's really not hard to do, and you'll be glad you did it.

If you ever want to archive your tweets before deleting them, it's easy. First, open up settings under "more" on Twitter.

Under "data and permissions," select "your Twitter data."

Next, just press the big button that says "Request archive." It might take awhile, but you'll eventually get an email from Twitter with a big ol' ZIP file full of old tweets.

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