Elon Musk’s X is pulling the plug on Twitter.com. Starting November 10, users who log in with hardware security keys will need to re-enrol their 2FA credentials under x.com or risk being locked out.
The update, announced through X’s Safety account, marks the final step in the platform’s migration from Twitter’s legacy systems to its new identity.
“By November 10, we’re asking all accounts that use a security key as their two-factor authentication (2FA) method to re-enrol their key to continue accessing X,” the company said.
At the time of writing, Twitter.com still redirects to X.com, but that redirect will end in November. When the switch is complete, Twitter.com will no longer function, officially ending the platform’s transition to X.
“Security keys enrolled as a 2FA method are currently tied to the twitter[.]com domain. Re-enrolling your security key will associate them with x[.]com, allowing us to retire the Twitter domain,” X added.
According to the company, users who fail to re-enrol by the deadline will be locked out until they update their keys, switch to another 2FA method, or disable 2FA entirely.
X stressed that the update is not related to any security issue—it’s purely a domain migration.
The long goodbye
The move has been in motion for more than a year. X dropped the Twitter name in July 2023, when Musk replaced the blue bird logo with an “X”—a mark he said “embodies the imperfections in us all.” By May 2024, users were already being redirected from Twitter.com to x.com, signalling the start of a full migration.
Since then, Musk’s team has stripped away what was left of Twitter’s core systems: Circles shut down in late 2023, audio and video calls rolled out, and content rules were loosened to include adult material by mid-2024.
The domain switch now seals that transformation, closing the final chapter of the Twitter brand.
A platform remade under pressure
X is still being reshaped into Musk’s version of an “everything app”—part social network, part communications tool, part payment hub. That vision has come with turbulence. Internal data shows ad revenue fell 64% between early 2023 and 2024, while looser moderation and NSFW (not safe for work) content have made major advertisers wary.
Even so, Musk hasn’t backed down. He continues to describe X as a platform for “free expression,” prioritising user control over corporate comfort.
Yet, for much of the world, especially across Africa and Asia, many users still say “Twitter” when they mean X. The brand has been deeply woven into how people talk about the internet. For them, the name change might never fully stick.
