{"id":10799,"date":"2022-07-14T05:50:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=10799"},"modified":"2022-07-14T05:50:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:50:16","slug":"how-to-remove-your-facebook-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-your-facebook-account","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Your 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-6a69721b150a5\" 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-6a69721b150a5\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a69721b150a5\" ><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-remove-your-facebook-account\/#How_to_Remove_Your_Facebook_Account\" title=\"How to Remove Your Facebook Account\">How to Remove Your 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-remove-your-facebook-account\/#Cancel_deletion\" title=\"Cancel deletion\">Cancel deletion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-your-facebook-account\/#Cancel_deactivation\" title=\"Cancel deactivation\">Cancel deactivation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-your-facebook-account\/#Cancel_deletion_after_30_days\" title=\"Cancel deletion after 30 days\">Cancel deletion after 30 days<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-your-facebook-account\/#Cancel_deletion_after_permanent_deletion\" title=\"Cancel deletion after permanent deletion\">Cancel deletion after permanent deletion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-your-facebook-account\/#Cancel_deletion_after_30_day_period\" title=\"Cancel deletion after 30 day period\">Cancel deletion after 30 day period<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Remove_Your_Facebook_Account\"><\/span>How to Remove Your Facebook Account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to remove facebook account\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p6OQmqD.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>How to remove your Facebook account? Delete it permanently or just deactivate it? There are many options, but most of them are pretty much the same. Facebook still stores your user-generated content, log data, and activity, and you may not want any of that. If you do want to permanently delete your account, you can cancel deactivation or deletion. If you want to permanently delete your account, however, you need to contact Facebook support.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cancel_deletion\"><\/span>Cancel deletion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cancelling the deletion of your Facebook account is possible. You can do this in the first 30 days after the deletion is requested. If you don&#8217;t cancel the deletion, the information you&#8217;ve posted will be lost forever. Facebook will delete the information within 90 days, but some information will remain in backup servers. This information may be needed for legal purposes. To avoid this, you can download a copy of your information before deactivating your account.<\/p>\n<p>Once you delete your account, you&#8217;ll need to wait a month until the deletion process is complete. Once the deletion process is complete, you can go back to your account and use it as normal. However, deleting your Facebook account is not permanent, so you should back up all the information you have on the site. Alternatively, you can opt for deactivating your account. If you&#8217;re still having trouble deleting your account, you can use the 30-day grace period to get the deletion request reverted.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cancel_deactivation\"><\/span>Cancel deactivation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are thinking about cancelling the deactivation of your Facebook account, you must understand what the process will entail. Deactivation will result in a period of invisibility, where nobody else can access your information. However, you can still access your friends and other information. Facebook will not permanently delete your account, but it will keep all the data that you have stored there for 30 days. However, you will not be able to recover the data that you&#8217;ve uploaded. Moreover, the deletion process can take up to 90 days to complete.<\/p>\n<p>If your account has been deactivated by mistake, you can still log into Facebook. Facebook keeps a back-up of your data for 90 days, so you may have to wait for several days until you&#8217;ve finished. If you log in again shortly after deactivating your account, Facebook will automatically reactivate your account. Alternatively, you can contact Facebook customer support to ask them to reactivate your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cancel_deletion_after_30_days\"><\/span>Cancel deletion after 30 days<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can cancel the deletion of your Facebook account if you have not used it in 30 days. It is advisable to do this as soon as you realize that you no longer want to use Facebook. However, the deletion of an account may not be completed in 30 days if you have not logged into your account for more than a month. In this case, you can log into Facebook again and the account will be removed from the deletion queue.<\/p>\n<p>To cancel the deletion, you need to log into Facebook and go to the settings menu. Select &#8216;Deactivation and deletion&#8217;. Next, you will be asked to download the information that you&#8217;ve stored on Facebook. A dialog box will appear, letting you know how many posts and photos you&#8217;ll lose and what the cancellation process will entail. Once you have confirmed the deletion process, enter your password to confirm the deletion. You will then be given 30 days to choose whether or not to delete your Facebook account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cancel_deletion_after_permanent_deletion\"><\/span>Cancel deletion after permanent deletion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve decided to permanently delete your Facebook account, there are still some steps you can take to undo the process. First, log into the email account you used for signing up. Then, click &#8220;Delete Account.&#8221; You will be asked to provide a confirmation email. If you don&#8217;t receive it, you can try to reactivate it later. It will take up to a day, so be patient.<\/p>\n<p>After your Facebook account is permanently deleted, you&#8217;ll have to deactivate it again. This isn&#8217;t as bad as deleting it completely, because it won&#8217;t delete your messages or photos. If you&#8217;ve used Facebook Messenger extensively, you&#8217;ll have to switch to an alternative messaging service or let your friends know you&#8217;re leaving. If you&#8217;re really desperate, you can also create a status on Facebook asking friends to send you their contact details. You can also transfer your data to another social network if you&#8217;ve deleted your Facebook account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cancel_deletion_after_30_day_period\"><\/span>Cancel deletion after 30 day period<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking about deleting your Facebook account, you&#8217;re not the only one. If you haven&#8217;t logged in to your account in over thirty days, you can cancel the deletion. After that, your information is gone forever. If you decide to delete your Facebook account for good, be sure to read the steps carefully to ensure you&#8217;re doing it correctly. The deletion process takes about thirty days to complete.<\/p>\n<p>First, log into Facebook and click on &#8216;Deactivation and deletion&#8217;. You will be asked to download your account information. When you click &#8220;Yes&#8221; in the dialog box, you will be informed about the number of photos and posts that you&#8217;ll lose. You&#8217;ll also be prompted to confirm the deletion process. Finally, enter your password to confirm your request. After the thirty-day period is up, you will not be able to access your Facebook account again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Remove Your Facebook Account How to remove your Facebook account? Delete it permanently or just deactivate it? There are many options, but most of them are pretty much the same. 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