How to Delete your Facebook Account

Do you think you are done with Facebook as you are too much occupied with Facebook and think it sort of affecting your concentration and other work and decide to delete it. If you are definitely sure that you won’t be using the Facebook account ever again, then you can place a request to permanently delete your account. And once you have permanently deleted your account, it cannot be reactivated at any cost and you cannot retrieve any kind of data from your account. So it is always safe to have the information from your FB account downloaded and then you can permanently delete your FB account.

It would normally take around 90 days by Facebook to complete the deletion process as all data including all your posts, photos, videos and status updates, profile pictures and everything will be deleted permanently. Also, during the deletion process, your friends or others cannot access any information from your account. But some of your actions won’t be deleted like the messages sent to your friend will still be seen by your friend even after your account is deleted as the sent message will be stored under his account.

Download a Copy of the Data on your Facebook Page

It is always a safe option to download a copy of all the data on your Facebook page for future reference as you cannot access any of your data after permanently deleting your Facebook account. To download a copy of your Facebook data:

• First step to download data from your Facebook account is to click the downward arrow at the top right of any Facebook page
• Click “Settings”
• And now click on the link on the bottom of the main menu saying “Download a copy of your Facebook data”
• And your data gets downloaded in your computer and you can proceed with the permanent deletion of your Facebook account

How to Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account?

To delete your Facebook account permanently:

• Go to the Facebook Delete Account page
• And click “Delete My Account”

And your request for deleting your account permanently is placed with Facebook and will be completed within a maximum of 90 days.

How to deactivate your Facebook account?

However, if you are thinking to a take a break from Facebook for a while and return when you think it is apt for you, there is an option to deactivate your Facebook account temporarily and return back whenever you want.

Follow the steps provided below to deactivate your Facebook Account:

• Click the downward arrow at the top right of any Facebook page
• Select “Settings”
• Now click the “Security” in the left column
• And select “Deactivate your account” and follow the required steps to confirm deactivating your account

Once you’ve deactivated your account, your Facebook profile will be hidden and won’t be visible to anyone on Facebook and your name will also not be listed in the Facebook searches too. But the only information available with others about you is the messages sent to them from yourself.