Twitter Inc., an American social media company based in San Francisco, California, said it is planning to remove all the idle accounts on its platform. The company's chief executive officer, Elon Musk, further said that the affected accounts are going to be archived.

As per Reuters, the purge on Twitter will also affect the number of followers that the inactive accounts have. Musk tweeted on Tuesday, May 9, that users who have not been active for several years will see their accounts taken down from the site. He added that users will also see their follower count dropping.

In the updated policy of Twitter, it was stated that account holders must log in to the site at least once a month or every 30 days. By doing this, they can avoid the permanent removal of their Twitter accounts. The company placed this in the policy as it saw that many users were already inactive for a long time.

The new regulation comes after the social media platform blocked out the legacy verified blue check mark last month. Thousands of profiles, including celebrities, politicians, and journalists, have lost their blue verified symbol after Musk created the Twitter Blue subscription plan, where people with the blue check must pay subscription fees.

Fox Business reported that Twitter would start the purging of the idle accounts that showed no activity for years. This was personally announced by Musk today by tweeting, "We are purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop"

Finally, Twitter already warned users via its Help Center page that its "inactive account policy" is taking effect soon and may permanently delete accounts with no activity for a long time. And now, with Musk's announcement, it seems that the purge is starting very soon.

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