Before we discussed explicitly how to delete Facebook account or deactivated your Facebook account. Let me quickly ask why would you just wake up one morning and subject your mind that you want to delete your Facebook account without a second thought.
Are you tired of meeting people again? Is Facebook really burning your time? Are you sure you can’t want to put Facebook behinds you?Aghhh!!! Well, let’s ride on.
Some even go to the extent of wanting to delete Facebook account without waiting for 14 days for Facebook to remove to take down every data such a status, images, etc they have posted on Facebook.
However, deleting your Facebook account either permanently or temporarily is subject to so many reasons but few of the reasons why you would want to delete your username name, remove your email, date of birth, in fact your entire data on Facebook could be any of the following reasons.
How to Delete Facebook Account Permanently, Why?
Some of the reasons why you may want to delete your Facebook account permanently without second thought could be any of the following.
1. You have multiple Facebook account
2. You have had enough of Facebook and you are ready to let it go
3. Facebook has almost ruin your relationship
4. You want to open a new Facebook account with more accurate data
5. You friends and family are against your for using Facebook (doubt)
6. You want to take a leave off social media
7. Facebook is irritating
8. You take up a job that will make you less active on Facebook
9. You are newly wedded couple and you will love to go on vacation
10. You don’t like Facebook at all
There are so many reasons why you may choose to delete your Facebook account permanently, however whichever your reasons are to delete Facebook account, you will find this post helpful.
Deactivate or Delete Facebook Account
When you delete your Facebook account it’s not the same as when you deactivate it. Deleting your Facebook, you will not be able to access it again. It may take up to 14 days before your Facebook account would be completely taken down but you will not be able to access any of your updates such as status, images, videos, photos, etc on your Facebook again.
Meanwhile, even after you have deleted your Facebook account your friends may still have your conversation in their inbox. To take it down, you will have to contact them before you delete your account on Facebook and asked them to help delete your conversation with them.
Note that even if you deleted your conversation with your friends on Facebook, they will still have their own copy of the messages.
Meanwhile, when you deactivated your Facebook account, it is very much possible to reactivate it again once the time frame expires. Just like activating and re-activating your Instagram account. When you deactivated your Facebook account, you will still be able to access your uploads once reactivated again.
But most importantly, before you learn how to delete Facebook account or deactivate your Facebook account permanently be so sure you know what you want to do.
How to Deactivate Facebook Account
What I do recommend is to deactivate your Facebook account first before you then finally delete it and see whether you will be fine without using Facebook for couple of days, if it works for you, extend it to weeks, after which you can extend it to month and if it works, then you can go ahead to delete your Facebook account permanently.
However, here we’d take a walk down the complete steps you need to follow to deactivate your Facebook instantly.
1. Login to your Facebook account with your password and username
Note: You cannot deactivate Facebook account without password and username. Since you’d have to access your Facebook account before you can either deactivate it or delete it.
2. Hover your mouse to drop menu besides your Facebook Gravatar and click on settings
3. Click on security tab below general when you are settings page
4. Move to the bottom of the page and click on deactivate your account. A new window will open just below it, and then click on deactivate your account.
Note: Deactivating your account will disable your profile and remove your name and photo from most things you’ve shared on Facebook. Some information may still be visible to others, such as your name in their friends list and messages you sent.
How to Delete Facebook Account Within 14 Days
Here is a whole process you need to delete your Facebook account within 14 days of waiting if you ain’t interested in deactivating your account. However, note that these steps will not put your Facebook account into holds like when you deactivated it, it will delete all of your data and you will not be able to regain them in the future.
In real sense, it may take up to 14 days or more before your Facebook account will be deleted permanently. But once you followed the steps below your account and associated information will be deleted within 90 days at maximum.
1. Open a browser either on mobile or on PC and visit Facebook account delete page at https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
2. On the window click on delete my account. Enter your password when prompt and hits on delete to delete your Facebook account.
3. Keep in mind that you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added.
Note: I’m not responsible for any havoc caused when you follow this method to delete your Facebook account.
How to Deactivate Facebook in Mobile
It’s quiet easy to delete your Facebook account in mobile permanently using Facebook app or deactivate it. However, if you are reading this on mobile and would love to deactivate your Facebook account in mobile here is a simple steps for you to follow.
1. Download and install Facebook Android app and login to your Facebook account using your Facebook username and password.
2. Click on the three horizontal line beneath chat and gravatar on your Facebook homepage
2. Scroll down the page and click on account settings just above Facebook code generator
3. Hit the security option below general settings
4. Navigate to the bottom page and hits account
5. A new window will open, then enter your password and click on continue and your Facebook account will be deactivated.
With this approach you should be able to temporarily deactivate your Facebook account in mobile for at least weeks or months if the need arise.
How to Delete Facebook Account After your Death
Here is a quick tips on how to delete your Facebook account, Facebook photos, videos, short stories, status etc on mobile.
With the mind that you have downloaded Facebook app from the link above, then you can proceed from this point else navigate back to download and install the app.
1. Click on the three horizontal line beneath chat and gravatar on your Facebook homepage
2. Scroll down the page and click on account settings just above Facebook code generator
3. Hit the security option below general settings
4. Navigate to the bottom page and hits legacy contact
5. Once the new window that opens click on account deletion. Select Yes, delete after death and click on save button.
Now, Facebook will delete your account after your death and no one will see your profile again.
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