Sonakshi Sinha removes her Twitter account with a message

Mumbai : Actress Sonakshi Sinha deactivated her Twitter account on Sunday, claiming it to be her first step to protecting sanity. The 33-year-old actress, in a tweet on Saturday evening, announced her exit from the social media platform for now, writing: "The first step to protecting your sanity is to stay away from negativity. And no where more of that than twitter these days! Chalo, I'm off - deactivating my account. Bye guys, peace out."

She deactivated her account within minutes of the tweet and shared a screenshot of the tweet on her Instagram page with caption, "Aag lage basti mein... mein apni masti mein! Bye Twitter."

She also removed comment option on Instagram before posting the screenshot.

Sonakshi Sinha is best known for starring in films such as the Dabangg series, Action Jackson, R... Rajkumar, Kalank, Lootera, Mission Mangal and Khandaani Shafakhana. Her upcoming movies include Laal Kaptaan, Dabangg 3 and Bhuj: The Pride of India.