Facebook allow you to take down or delete your Facebook account yet they will not keep your data past the 90 days grace whether you can still change your mind or not. So, here, you will learn how to delete your Facebook account using your computer and phone.
Meanwhile, you cannot delete a Facebook account without a password as this is the only way to tell Facebook that it’s indeed your Facebook account and you are deleting someone else’s Facebook account.
So, if you are in dire need of how to delete Facebook account on your phone [Android and iPhone] and web [Windows and macOS], the steps below will guide you through.
Deactivate your Facebook Account
If you choose to delete your Facebook account permanently you will not be able to gain access to your account again except if you create another Facebook account and this will delete all your photos, posts, comments, videos, uploads, and all reels from the platform.
However, if you think you can still come back to Facebook soon or later and would love to use the old Facebook account then you can choose to deactivate it. Deactivating your Facebook account will hide your Facebook from the public and will not be visible to anyone on your friend list and Facebook will not display your name and information when other users use the search box to search for your name.
If this is the best option for you; you can take the following steps to deactivate your Facebook account.
Android
Follow the steps below on your Android phone using the primary Facebook app to deactivate your Facebook account.
- Launch the Facebook App.
- Tap on your “Profile Picture” at the top right.
- Click on “Settings & Privacy.”
- Tap “Settings.”
- Click “Account Centre.”
- Click on “Personal Details.”
- Tap “Account Ownership and Control.”
- Tap “Deactivation or Deletion.”
- Select your “Facebook Account” if you link your “Instagram” to your Facebook.
- Choose “Deactivate Account” and tap “Continue.”
- Scroll and hit the “Continue” tab.
- Type your “Facebook Password” and hit the “Continue” button.
For security reasons, Facebook will prompt you to type your Facebook account password and once the password is confirmed your Facebook account will be deactivated.
iPhone
If you are using an iPhone kindly follow the steps below to deactivate your Facebook account.
- Launch the “Facebook App” on your iPhone.
- Tap “Menu” at the bottom right.
- Select “Settings & Privacy.”
- Tap “Settings.”
- Click “Account Center.”
- Select “Personal Details.”
- Choose “Account Ownership and Control.”
- Tap “Deactivation or Deletion.”
- Click on your “Facebook Name.”
- Choose “Deactivate Account” and click on the “Continue” button.
- You will be told that all associated pages to your Facebook profile will be deleted. Then click on the “Continue” tab at the bottom.
- Type your Facebook account password and hit the “Continue” button.
Web
If you take the following steps on web.facebook.com, Facebook will deactivate your Facebook account.
- Go to web.facebook.com on your computer browser.
- Tap on the “Profile” icon at the top right.
- Click “Settings & Privacy.“
- Tap on “Settings” from the new menu.
- Click on the “Account Centre” option on the left panel.
- Click “Personal Details” under “Account Settings.“
- Choose “Account Ownership and Control.“
- Select “Deactivation or Deletion” and select “Continue.”
- Choose “Deactivate” account and select “Continue” at the bottom right.
- Scroll down and select “Continue.”
- Type your “Facebook password” for security reasons to deactivate your account.
Meanwhile, the easiest way to deactivate a Facebook account and keep your Messenger is via “Deactivate Facebook and keep Messenger.” and then re-authenticate your Facebook account by typing in the password.
How to Delete Facebook Account
The process to delete Facebook account is a bit similar to how to deactivate your Facebook account. The only difference is that you’d need to take a few steps further following the same process. So, here we will discuss how to delete a Facebook account permanently.
Android
- Launch the Facebook App.
- Tap on your “Profile Picture” at the top right.
- Click on “Settings & Privacy” >> Tap “Settings.”
- Click “Account Centre.” and click on “Personal Details.”
- Tap “Account Ownership and Control.”
- Tap “Deactivation or Deletion.”
- Select your “Facebook Account” if you link your “Instagram” to your Facebook.
- Choose “Delete” and tap “Continue.”
- Scroll and hit the “Continue” tab and type your “Facebook Password” and hit the “Continue” button.
- Choose the reason why you want to delete your Facebook account from the following
- I spend too much time on Facebook
- I have a privacy concern.
- I don’t feel safe on Facebook.
- My account was hacked
- I no longer find Facebook useful
- Click on the “Continue” tab.
- Depending on the option that prompted you to want to delete your Facebook account Facebook will persuade you not to go. If you choose the following options and click on “Continue” you will see:
- I spend too much time on Facebook
- Manage your notifications
- I have a privacy concern.
- Control your information
- We value your feedback
- I don’t feel safe on Facebook
- Block someone’s profile
- Send a report
- Learn more about safety
- My account was hacked
- Protect your account
- I no longer find Facebook useful
- Find friends on Facebook
- Learn more about Facebook
- I spend too much time on Facebook
- Facebook will persuade you not to delete your Facebook about and they would want you to do any of these instead.
- Deactivate your Facebook account.
- Save posts in your archive
- Download your Facebook information
- Transfer a copy of your information
- Edit group admin settings
- Manage ownership of apps
- Tap “Continue” to proceed.
- Type your “Facebook Password” to authenticate your account deletion.
iPhone
If you are using an iPhone and you’d love to delete your Facebook account kindly follow the steps below.
- Launch the “Facebook App” on your iPhone.
- Tap “Menu” at the bottom right.
- Select “Settings & Privacy” >> “Settings.”
- Click “Account Center” >> “Personal Details.”
- Choose “Account Ownership and Control.”
- Tap “Deactivation or Deletion.”
- Click on your “Facebook Name.”
- Choose “Delete” and click on the “Continue” button.
- You will be told that all associated pages to your Facebook profile will be deleted. Then click on the “Continue” tab at the bottom.
- Tap the “Continue” button if you don’t have a reason why you want to delete your Facebook account.
- If you no longer want to keep any of your information on Facebook just scroll down and click on the “Continue” button.
- Type your “Facebook Account Password” and hit the “Continue” button.
Web
Facebook allows you to delete your Facebook account permanently on web.facebook.com. To do this, just follow the steps below.
- Go to web.facebook.com on your computer browser.
- Tap on the “Profile” icon at the top right.
- Click “Settings & Privacy” and tap on “Settings” from the new menu.
- Click on the “Account Centre” option on the left panel.
- Click “Personal Details” under “Account Settings.“
- Choose “Account Ownership and Control.“
- Select “Deactivation or Deletion” and select “Continue.”
- Choose “Delete” account and select “Continue” at the bottom right.
- Scroll down and select “Continue” and scroll down again to select “Continue.”
- Scroll down and tap “Continue.”
- Sign in to your “Facebook” account and hit the “Continue” button to delete your account permanently.
How to Delete Facebook Account Without Password
Facebook does not allow users to delete their Facebook account without password. However, the easiest way to delete your Facebook account without the password is to do a password reset and then proceed to log in to your Facebook account and then follow the steps we discussed in this article to delete your Facebook account on your device.
Therefore, we will discuss how to reset your forgotten Facebook password to be able to delete your Facebook account permanently if you do not want to deactivate it.
- Go to web.facebook.com on your web browser.
- Click on “Forgotten Password.“
- Type the “Email” and “Phone” linked to your “Facebook” account.
- Click on the “Search” bar.
- Click on the “Continue” tab to allow Facebook to send you the verification code.
- Type the “Verification Code” and click on the “Continue” tab.
- Enter a new “Password” and click on the “Continue” button.
Once you have successfully reset your Facebook password you can then log into your Facebook account and follow the steps we discussed above to delete your Facebook account.