With more than 300 million monthly users, Twitter is a prominent player in the world of social media networks. The platform has been around for more than a decade and has seen an increase in Twitter users every year.
While Twitter keeps its users happily tweeting most of the time, it’s not without its issues. One of the common issues you might experience is that Twitter keeps logging you out automatically.
Typically, this occurs after an iOS or Android app update or when you clear your browser’s cache and cookies, small text files that store information about websites you visit.
While Twitter tries to avoid most of these issues as much as possible, Twitter logging you out every time is a problem you might experience, and you should be prepared to tackle it. The good news is that solving this issue is not rocket science.
So, are you experiencing issues where Twitter keeps logging you out? Here are some common reasons why that happens and five different steps to resolve them.
1. Reason Twitter Is Logging You Out #1 – You Are Using a Private Browser
Are you using Incognito or Private mode from your browser menu? If you use Incognito or Private mode from your browser menu, Twitter will log out of your private browser with every new tab.
This is because Twitter doesn’t maintain a session in either of these browsing modes, so your login info is cleared every time you open a new tab. If you want to stay logged in to Twitter without needing to enter your password every time, turn off private browsing.
2. Reason Twitter Is Logging You Out #2 – Your Cookies Are Disabled in Your Browser
Your browser saves cookies to remember your login information the next time you visit a site, but sometimes these cookies get deleted after you close the browser or reboot your computer.
You must have cookies enabled in your browser for websites to remember who you are. Every web browser has different settings for cookies — check yours to see if they’ve been disabled.
3. Reason Twitter Is Logging You Out #3 – There Is an Issue with the Twitter Mobile App
If you use the Twitter mobile app and Twitter keeps logging you out, there’s likely a problem with the app. You might think that deleting the app or signing out of your account will fix it, but it won’t!
The issue is that you may have a corrupted app cache on your phone. This means that when you open up the app, it tries to read from your old app cache and logs you out. Below is how you can fix this issue.
How To Fix Your Twitter App
The solution is to start by clearing the app cache. If that doesn’t work, fully uninstall the Twitter app and reinstall it.
If you don’t know how to clear your cache, follow these steps:
- Press the “Home” button on your device (iPhone or Android) and open “Settings” from there.
- Go to “Apps” and look for “Twitter” in the list of installed applications. Tap on it to open its settings screen.
- Tap on the “Storage” option under the General Settings category. Then click the “Clear Cache” button, which will delete all cached data related to the Twitter application on your device.
4. Reason Twitter Is Logging You Out #4 – You Are Using a Third-Party Twitter App and It Is No Longer Authorized
Another common reason for being logged out of Twitter is because you’ve been using a third-party app, and Twitter has revoked some permissions.
This is usually because the app developer may have broken their agreement with Twitter. It could be that they have sold user data, or they haven’t updated their app to comply with new security standards from Twitter.
Regardless of the reason, the app loses its ability to communicate with Twitter properly. When this happens, Twitter keeps logging you out every time you log in or you’ll be prompted for your password again.
The solution is pretty simple: reconnect the third-party app to Twitter and make sure it has the right levels of permissions. If that doesn’t work, uninstall the app fully and reinstall it.
5. Reason Twitter Is Logging You Out #5 – It’s a Twitter Problem
You’re not alone if you’re a Twitter user and got logged out of the app or website. Many other Twitter users experience the same thing.
There’s no need to panic, though. It’s a Twitter problem, and it’s happening to many users. You might have even been asked to re-enter your username and password again when you tried to log back in.
One possible cause for Twitter logouts could be a local problem on your devices, like a bug or a glitch with your iPhone, iPad, Android phone, or computer. The first thing we recommend is restarting your device as it can help fix the issue on its own.
If you’re still logged out of Twitter after rebooting your device, then it’s probably a Twitter problem. The solution is to check the @TwitterSupport account to see if it’s a known issue then wait for Twitter to resolve it.
Final thoughts
Why does Twitter keep logging me out, you might ask? It seems some users experience difficulties logging in and staying logged in. We hope this information was valuable in resolving your Twitter logout issues.
Whichever approach or mix of methods you use, we hope it works out well for you and you’re back tweeting in no time! We’d also like to hear about your Twitter experiences (both positive and negative) and any other suggestions for resolving login/logout concerns.
Fill us in on your Twitter login and logout issues in the comments!
— Sean