{"id":10596,"date":"2022-07-14T05:40:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=10596"},"modified":"2022-07-14T05:40:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:40:15","slug":"how-to-delete-my-facebook-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-my-facebook-account","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete My Facebook Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e87966c1ff8\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e87966c1ff8\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e87966c1ff8\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-my-facebook-account\/#How_to_Delete_My_Facebook_Account\" title=\"How to Delete My Facebook Account\">How to Delete My Facebook Account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-my-facebook-account\/#Cancel_deletion_process\" title=\"Cancel deletion process\">Cancel deletion process<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-my-facebook-account\/#Delete_your_Facebook_account\" title=\"Delete your Facebook account\">Delete your Facebook account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-my-facebook-account\/#Reactivate_it\" title=\"Reactivate it\">Reactivate it<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-my-facebook-account\/#Remove_your_name_from_your_friends_lists\" title=\"Remove your name from your friends&#8217; lists\">Remove your name from your friends&#8217; lists<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-my-facebook-account\/#Reactivate_your_Facebook_account\" title=\"Reactivate your Facebook account\">Reactivate your Facebook account<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Delete_My_Facebook_Account\"><\/span>How to Delete My Facebook Account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Are you wondering how to delete my Facebook account? This article will explain how to delete your account, reactivate it, or remove your name from your friends list. If you&#8217;ve decided to delete your account, you&#8217;ll need to confirm your password. But before you do that, read on to find out how to cancel the deletion process. Here are some tips:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cancel_deletion_process\"><\/span>Cancel deletion process<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have already submitted a request to delete your Facebook account, you may wonder how to cancel the process and save your account information. Facebook has simplified the deletion process by allowing you to do this up to 30 days after the deletion process has started. In case you decide to delete your account after the grace period, you can always log in and reactivate your account. Here are some steps to do this. Once you&#8217;ve successfully confirmed the deletion, you&#8217;ll need to log back in and change your password.<\/p>\n<p>The deletion process will take around 90 days, so you have 30 days to do it. However, it&#8217;s not enough time &#8211; you&#8217;ll also have to wait for that long for the data to be cleaned up. So, it&#8217;s a good idea to download a backup of your data before you complete the deletion process. You can then delete your Facebook account and keep the information on other services. However, keep in mind that your account will be marked for deletion and no one else will be able to access it during that period.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delete_your_Facebook_account\"><\/span>Delete your Facebook account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re considering deleting your Facebook account, there are several factors to consider. While many people use Facebook as a photo album, it&#8217;s important to keep in mind that the information you store on its servers won&#8217;t be accessible by other Facebook users. Additionally, there is a good chance that you&#8217;ll have some messages and posts on the site. If you think that you won&#8217;t need them, you can always go back and recover them.<\/p>\n<p>Before deleting your Facebook account, you should be able to regain access to your previous account. You can do this by searching for the account through your email address or mobile number. Facebook will then send you a password reset code via SMS. You can choose one of these recovery methods, or combine several methods. After logging into your old account, Facebook will give you the option of saving your data on its servers or moving it to another service.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reactivate_it\"><\/span>Reactivate it<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may be wondering if it is possible to reactivate your Facebook account after you have deleted it. It is actually possible, but you&#8217;ll need to re-enter your email address and password to re-activate your account. If you haven&#8217;t done so already, follow these steps to reactivate your Facebook account after deleting it. Once you have done so, you can begin using your account again.<\/p>\n<p>Deleting your Facebook account does not affect your privacy settings. You can still see your posts, photos, and videos, but your Timeline will not reflect anything you&#8217;ve posted in a while. Your posts won&#8217;t appear on your Timeline, but they will still be accessible to your friends. Your profile picture will be replaced with a Facebook silhouette. Users who were following you on Facebook may notice that you&#8217;ve reactivated your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remove_your_name_from_your_friends_lists\"><\/span>Remove your name from your friends&#8217; lists<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How do you remove your name from your friends&#8217; lists? Facebook does not notify you when you remove your name from their friend lists. That means if you remove your name from someone&#8217;s friend list, they will have no way of knowing that you&#8217;ve done it until they search for you. That could leave them wondering where you went or wishing you a happy birthday. However, there are three easy steps you can take to make sure that your former friends will know.<\/p>\n<p>First, navigate to the Friends tab of your Facebook account. From the main screen, select Edit Lists. Select the friends you want to remove from the list. To delete a friend from your friends list, click the blue checkmark beside their name. When you click on the friend&#8217;s name, the checkmark will disappear from the person&#8217;s name. It&#8217;s as simple as that. This step is also applicable for any other friend you may have.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reactivate_your_Facebook_account\"><\/span>Reactivate your Facebook account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To reactivate your Facebook account after deleting it, you can log in to the website or third-party app and follow the steps outlined in the guide below. Before deleting your account, it is recommended to download the contents of your account, especially your photos and posts from your friends. Using a webcam or camera will help you take these photos and upload them to Facebook. Click &#8220;Continue&#8221; to proceed to the next step. After you&#8217;ve completed these steps, you&#8217;ll be asked to enter your new password.<\/p>\n<p>Reactivating your Facebook account does not remove your old information. However, the information you had shared on Facebook will be hidden from the public. In case you decide to delete your account again, you may be interested in recovering some of the old information. After you reactivate your Facebook account, you can make the necessary changes to your account settings. However, you should note that this process might take a while, and you may need to reactivate your account before it will work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Delete My Facebook Account Are you wondering how to delete my Facebook account? This article will explain how to delete your account, reactivate it, or remove your name from your friends list. If you&#8217;ve decided to delete your account, you&#8217;ll need to confirm your password. 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