[header] How to make your twitter account private [title] Understand what protecting your tweets will do. [step] Before your decide to protect your twitter account and tweets by making them private, be sure that you understand what it entails. Once you make your tweets private : [substeps] Other users will need to make a request to follow you, and you will need to approve all requests. 
Your tweets will only be visible to approved followers. Other users will be unable to retweet you.