How To Permanently Delete A Facebook Account
You want to delete your Facebook account permanently? If so, that must be a tough decision for you, right? This article will give you detailed instructions on how to permanently delete a Facebook account.
However, it’s crucial to note that deleting your Facebook account is a serious decision. You can’t retrieve or reactivate it any more once you delete it. Below are further details on what happens if you delete your account on Facebook permanently. And later on in this post will be the detailed steps for deleting an account on Facebook fully and forever, so keep scrolling down to find out.
Warning: What happens if you permanently delete your Facebook account?
Once you permanently eliminate your account, you will not be able to reactivate it. And here are more things that happen when your Facebook account is permanently deleted:
1. You will no longer be able to use Facebook Messenger via the account that gets deleted.
2. Everything that you have added to that account, including posts, videos, photos, and others, will be deleted permanently. Of course, you will not be able to retrieve any of them.
3. After deleting the account, you will also no longer be able to use Facebook Login for other apps (such as Pinterest, Spotify, or others) if you have signed up for those apps with your Facebook account. To recover your accounts on those apps, you may need to contact the websites or the apps.
4. Some information, like the messages you sent to other people via the account you deleted, may still be visible to them after your Facebook account is deleted.
5. As for Meta Quest, deleting your Facebook account will also mean that you delete your Meta Quest information (if you use that account to log in to Meta Quest). As a result, your achievements and app purchases will be deleted, and you will also lose your existing store credits.
Those are what will happen when you permanently delete your Facebook account. That’s why it’s said that deleting your account is a really serious decision. Well, if you still want to permanently eliminate your Facebook account, simply read on to learn how to do so.
How to permanently delete a Facebook account
It’s simple to delete your Facebook account fully and forever, and here’s how:
Step 1. Open a web browser on your device and go to https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
Step 2. Log in to your Facebook account. Skip this step if your account is already signed in.
Step 3. Click on or tap the "Delete account" option.
Step 4. Enter your password and press "Continue."
Step 5. If you are totally ready to delete your account, click "Delete account" to confirm.
That’s how to permanently delete a Facebook account!
Note: Before you delete your account, you may want to download a copy of your Facebook data.
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Can you cancel your account deletion?
The answer is, fortunately, yes. You can cancel your account deletion if you change your mind.
To be more specific, once you submit your Facebook account for deletion, you will still have 30 days to reactivate it and cancel the deletion if you want. In other words, if it has been less than 30 days since you initiated your account deletion, you can cancel it.
However, after 30 days since you initiated the deletion, your Facebook account will be fully and forever deleted, and you can do nothing to retrieve your information.
And here’s how to cancel your Facebook account deletion:
Step 1. Simply log in to your account within 30 days since you submitted it for deletion.
Step 2. Click Cancel Deletion.
Temporarily deactivating or permanently deleting your Facebook account?
If all you want is to take a break from the Facebook platform, then you just need to temporarily deactivate your account instead of deleting it completely and forever.
Here is what happens when you temporarily deactivate your account.
- If you deactivate your Facebook account, you can reactivate it anytime you want. But once your account is permanently deleted, it’s totally impossible to regain access.
- When you deactivate your account, people can’t search for you on Facebook or see your timeline.
- You can still chat with your friends on Messenger even when your Facebook account is deactivated.
- Some information, such as your messages sent to your friends, may remain visible to others.
- During the time your Facebook account is temporarily deactivated, you can’t use it to access Oculus products or your Oculus information.
If you find deactivating your account a better option, here’s how to deactivate your account through Facebook Settings:
Method 1. On a web browser, go to facebook.com and log in to your account. Next, click on your profile picture at the top-left corner of the Facebook screen, choose "Settings and privacy," and then select "Settings."
Now, on the left column of the screen, click on the "Privacy" option and then choose "Your Facebook information."
In the "Your Facebook information" page, select the "Deactivation and deletion" option.
Now, make sure that you choose "Deactivate Account" and then click on the "Continue to account deactivation" button.
Finally, follow the instructions to confirm.
Method 2. On your Facebook mobile app, tap the three-horizontal-line button, scroll down, and tap "Settings & privacy." Next, select "Settings" in the drop-down menu.
Under the Account section, tap "Personal and account information" and then choose "Account ownership and control."
Here, select "Deactivation and deletion." After that, choose "Deactivate account" and tap "Continue to account deactivation."
Finally, follow the instructions to confirm.
That’s how to deactivate your Facebook account. It’s not too complicated, right? However, it’s worth noting that Facebook settings may not be the same for everyone. So, if you can’t deactivate your account following the above instructions, please visit the Facebook Help Centre to learn further details.
Bottom line
Now that you know how to permanently delete a Facebook account as well as how to temporarily deactivate it. Once again, deleting your Facebook account fully and forever is a serious decision, so make sure that you really want to do so before starting the process to delete it permanently.
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