Sometimes you want to get rid of the Facebook world. Everyone knows about deactivating their Facebook. But it's also possible to delete your Facebook account permanently. But, remember to download a copy of your Facebook data before deleting your account.
Facebook is the largest social media network in the world with around 1.4 billion active users per day. An uncountable number of profiles come to existence on every single day. Many people post almost all of their daily life activities on Facebook. For some people, its only a medium to remain in touch with their old friends and remember their birthdays.
Sometimes you just want to get out of your social media life and enjoy the real world. You can do this by deactivating your Facebook account. Do you know that you can also delete your Facebook account permanently if you want to leave Facebook for the rest of your life.
Backup your Facebook data
Before deleting your Facebook Account, you should backup your data in case you need it at any point in time.
1. Go to Settings.
2. While in the General tab. Click Download a copy of your Facebook data.
3. Click Start My Archive.
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5. Enter your Facebook account password. Click Submit.
6. Click Start My Archive in the Request My Download box.
7. Facebook will then gather all your data and send the copy to your registered email address.
Its simple. You might be thinking why I am telling you such a simple thing. If you know how to deactivate your Facebook account, its good. But some people might not be aware of this. Here are the steps to deactivate your Facebook account:
1. How to Settings.
2. Click General in the left pane. Earlier the option to deactivate Facebook account was on the Security page (now Security and Login).
3. Click Manage Account on the screen. Then click Deactivate your account.
One thing that most users want to know is how to delete Facebook account permanently. For this, follow the steps:
1. Log into your Facebook account.
2. Visit this link, https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
3. Click Delete My Account.
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5. I cant go further as I dont want to delete my Facebook account. So, go ahead yourself.
Important things to consider before you close Facebook account
Make sure youve downloaded a copy for your Facebook data before permanently deleting it. Be careful, you wont get the chance to change your mind after youve deleted your Facebook account permanently. So, take your decision wisely.
It takes 90 days for Facebook to delete all your photos, videos, posts, likes, comments, messages, and everything. Other Facebook users wont be able to visit your profile during the deletion process. However, the text messages, images youve sent to your friends via chat will reside at their end because theyre a part of their account also. You can ask them to delete your messages.
