X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing a widespread outage, affecting users across multiple regions including India, the US, and parts of Europe.

X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, is inaccessible for tens of thousands of users on Friday morning. More than 62,000 users reported issues with accessing X, as of 10 a.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 15, according to Downdetector, which tracks live service outages. 56% of the reported issues were related to the mobile app.

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, went down for tens of thousands of users Friday morning.

X, formerly Twitter, has gone down in what appears to be a major outage. The site and its app did not load at all, with visitors instead seeing a blank screen. Some users also saw Cloudflare error pages – though the issue was at X itself,

A major X outage disrupted millions of users worldwide on Thursday. Reports peaked at over 77,000 before services were gradually restored. A possible server or Cloudflare issue is believed to be the cause.

While it's unclear what caused the apparent X outage, the platform has in recent months faced issues when internet infrastructure platform Cloudflare went down. Late last year, X was one of many websites disrupted when Cloudflare went down in two separate incidents – one on Nov. 18, 2025 and another on Dec. 5, 2025.

If you're using X on your computer's web browser, here's how to delete your account. Again, before you close it down, consider creating an archive of your posts. 2. On the left menu, select More > Settings and privacy. 3. Under the Your Account section, click Deactivate your account.

Some users also saw Cloudflare error pages – though the issue was at X itself, and the problem did not seem to be a repeat of recent Cloudflare technical issues that did take X offline. Often, during outages at X,