People have been fondly remembering the comedic highlights of Twitter’s ‘This tweet has been deleted’ label – 18 blasts from the past

Back when Twitter wasn’t quite such a swamp – and it was still officially Twitter – deleted tweets could be seen in the timeline for a short while afterwards, but they were identified by a five-word phrase.

Someone named @ImAVeteran lamented its passing, with this post.

“This tweet has been deleted” was such a powerful comedic tool

— ً (@ImAVeteran_) July 29, 2026

They weren’t the only one who thought so, and people shared their favourite examples.

1.

https://t.co/6MHYlwmkob pic.twitter.com/FGoxVVm20G

— no context memes (@nocontextmemes) July 30, 2026

2.

https://t.co/bud2hKbeO6 pic.twitter.com/jJtJe2Mndp

— alyssa (@spacedglam) July 30, 2026

3.

https://t.co/riovgzTVD2 pic.twitter.com/PGKgJnusss

— assistant inspector (@housetrotter) August 3, 2026

4.

https://t.co/ACZ15VsfJU pic.twitter.com/NKmbTMccfJ

— Llwty (@llwtydeer) July 31, 2026

5.

https://t.co/vr3z314j9r pic.twitter.com/FggX4RYddG

— (@EmmaTolkin) August 1, 2026

6.

https://t.co/woRvn3mizu pic.twitter.com/bGrOQ94Ptw

— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) July 31, 2026

7.

pic.twitter.com/PqaxDYfa3e

— ☆ (@S4GITTERRORIST) July 31, 2026

8.

https://t.co/pPcOTxSLgK pic.twitter.com/hjmtPO5n0H

— jill (@stevienicks420) August 2, 2026

9.

https://t.co/XchEsGGoGM pic.twitter.com/Du8yWVG5Ln

— meowtown (@hieywieyneue) August 3, 2026