Are you tired of using the world’s largest social media network? You can easily go away with it by following the instructions below. How to deactivate your Facebook account permanently.
Following the Cambridge Analytica Facebook saga, over 50 million people’s Facebook data was illegally harvested and misused by the two parties. Facebook insisted that only public profiles and a few other pieces of data were disclosed to Cambridge Analytica.
If you’re sick and tired of the way your Facebook account is being handled and manipulated, Then it’s time you give social media a break, here’s how to delete Facebook / how to deactivate Facebook.
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How to deactivate Facebook account permanently.
In this step-by-step guide, I will show you how to deactivate your Facebook account permanently. Follow the procedures below to delete any Facebook account.
How to deactivate Facebook account temporarily
In this first part, we shall go through procedures if you want to deactivate your Facebook account and reactivate it after some time.
Facebook keeps your information safely away from friends and anyone who would like to see your timeline details.
Follow the procedures below to deactivate the Facebook account temporarily and reactivate it later.
How to deactivate facebook account on Desktop .
Step 1: Navigate to your Facebook account through the desktop browser and log in as shown below.
Step 2: On the Facebook homepage, click the drop-down menu from the top right-hand corner and select settings.
Step 3: Click General on the top left, Edit next to “Manage Account.” Scroll down and you’ll see a “Deactivate My Account” link at the bottom.
Step 4: Click deactivate your account and you’ll be taken to the www.facebook.com/deactivate page.
Remember Deactivating your account will disable your Profile and remove your name and photo from most things that you’ve shared on Facebook. Some information may still be visible to others, such as your name in their Friends list and messages that you’ve sent.
However, if you choose to reactivate your account, you can always do so by simply logging into your account with your email/phone number and password.
How to deactivate Facebook account using mobile device.
If you’re using an android or iOS mobile device and you need to deactivate your Facebook account you’ll need to follow the procedures below.
Navigate to Settings > Account Settings > General > Manage Account > Deactivate. You can reflect on some of the instructions above if you didn’t find any of these steps on your android or iOS phone.
How to delete Facebook account permanently.
Facebook gives you two options in this case: To delete or deactivate your Facebook account. The first could have been easier, in the next option we shall deactivate the Facebook account permanently.
Facebook gives you a lot of attention whenever you choose to deactivate your account as such “Deactivation” is not the same as leaving Facebook.
Facebook will keep your timeline information, friends won’t contact or see your profile, won’t post or receive any friend request, you’ll lose access to all those third-party services that use (or require) Facebook for login but they will still save your information on their servers.
However, this might not be the case with you and you still need to delete or deactivate your Facebook account permanently. The step-by-step guidelines below will help you through deactivating your Facebook account permanently.
Facebook account Deletion
If you want to fully deactivate your Facebook account permanently or perhaps you want to delete it for good. You’ll need to go to the Delete my Facebook account page.
But before you think of even deleting your account make sure you download a copy of all your Facebook data on Facebook—posts, photos, videos, chats, etc.—from the settings menu (under “General”).
How to download a copy of my Facebook information.
If you want to download a copy of your Facebook data, you can use the download your information tool.
Step 1: Go to the top right-hand corner of your Facebook home page and select the drop-down menu.
Step 2: Click settings > Your Facebook information > Go to Download Your Information and click View.
Step 3: You can check or uncheck categories depending on what information you need to download from your Facebook account. Then create the file to confirm the download request.
After you’ve made a download request, it will appear as Pending in the Available Files section of the Download Your Information Tool. It may take several days for Facebook to finish preparing your download request.
After they have finished preparing your download request, you’ll receive a notification from Facebook.
Deletion of Facebook account on behalf of others
Facebook allows you to delete Facebook accounts on behalf of other users. Sometimes these users may be minors below 13 years of age or perhaps a friend who lost an account to a hacker.
Facebook bans kids under 13 to comply with federal law—it will delete the account instantly, without informing anyone.
But for you to delete someone else’s Facebook account, you must prove to be a guardian of the user in question such as by the power of attorney, death certificate, or any other document legally accepted by Facebook.
If you have a deceased friend’s account and you need to access it, you can easily do so by contacting Facebook via the legacy contact.
The legacy contact may need to provide a link to an obituary or other documentation such as a death certificate. Facebook will “memorialize” the page so the deceased timeline lives on (under control of the legacy contact, who can’t post as you), or if preferred, remove it.