{"id":25448,"date":"2022-07-20T18:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=25448"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:31:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:31:05","slug":"how-do-you-delete-a-facebook-account-on-a-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-delete-a-facebook-account-on-a-phone","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Delete a Facebook Account on a Phone?"},"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-6a1176b8354b0\" 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-6a1176b8354b0\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1176b8354b0\" ><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-do-you-delete-a-facebook-account-on-a-phone\/#How_Do_You_Delete_a_Facebook_Account_on_a_Phone\" title=\"How Do You Delete a Facebook Account on a Phone?\">How Do You Delete a Facebook Account on a Phone?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-delete-a-facebook-account-on-a-phone\/#How_to_delete_a_Facebook_account_on_a_phone\" title=\"How to delete a Facebook account on a phone\">How to delete a Facebook account on a phone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-you-delete-a-facebook-account-on-a-phone\/#Saving_archived_files_before_deleting_a_Facebook_account\" title=\"Saving archived files before deleting a Facebook account\">Saving archived files before deleting a 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-do-you-delete-a-facebook-account-on-a-phone\/#Temporarily_deactivating_a_Facebook_account_before_deleting_a_Facebook_account\" title=\"Temporarily deactivating a Facebook account before deleting a Facebook account\">Temporarily deactivating a Facebook account before deleting a Facebook account<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_You_Delete_a_Facebook_Account_on_a_Phone\"><\/span>How Do You Delete a Facebook Account on a Phone?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>How do you delete a Facebook account on your phone? Hopefully you have a back-up of your account, but if you do, it&#8217;s important to save any archived files before you delete your account. You can also choose to temporarily deactivate your account before completely deleting it. Read on for more information. We hope these tips have been helpful to you. We hope they are as useful as we have found them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_delete_a_Facebook_account_on_a_phone\"><\/span>How to delete a Facebook account on a phone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may have been wondering how to delete a Facebook account on a cell phone. Although Facebook is the world&#8217;s largest social networking site, the company has faced security and privacy issues in recent years. If you no longer feel safe using Facebook, here&#8217;s how to delete an account from your Android phone. First, open the Facebook app on your phone. Click the menu button. Click Settings. Scroll down to Personal and Account Information. Click Account Ownership and Control. Next, select Deactivate and Deleting. This will prompt you to enter a reason for deletion.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve chosen the reason you want to delete your Facebook account, you can choose to deactivate it. In order to do so, click the drop-down menu next to Settings. Select Personal and Account Information. Scroll down to the &#8220;Deactivate Account&#8221; option. Click the link to confirm. Then, follow the steps in the instructions. Then, you&#8217;re ready to delete your Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>To delete your Facebook account, you must have a smartphone. To do so, go to Settings&gt;General &gt;Account Info&gt;General Information&gt;Delete Facebook account. Select the option that says Delete account. Once you&#8217;ve confirmed deletion, follow the instructions on the screen. Facebook will let you have a grace period of 30 days before it deletes your account. During this time, you can still log into your account to check for new messages and other information.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Saving_archived_files_before_deleting_a_Facebook_account\"><\/span>Saving archived files before deleting a Facebook account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can download the archive of your Facebook data from your phone&#8217;s memory card by clicking the Download button on the top-right corner of the screen. The archive should contain all the data you want to save. The archive consists of a generalizing HTML file, a folder for downloaded photos and videos, and the data from your Timeline. After you download the archive, you can browse it or double-click a particular file to delete it.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve decided to permanently delete your Facebook account on your phone, you should first back it up. It&#8217;s easy to forget to back up important data, but if you&#8217;ve made a lot of friends or gotten into a lot of conversation on the social network, you shouldn&#8217;t worry. By deleting your account, all of these data will be deleted permanently. Thankfully, there are options for backups.<\/p>\n<p>You can download a copy of your Facebook data, and choose the type of information you&#8217;d like to save. This way, you can easily recover all the data you&#8217;ve stored on your phone. You can choose the date range you want to download and the format. You can also select which type of data you&#8217;d like to save. Once you&#8217;ve created the archived file, you can return to the Delete Account page and confirm the deletion of your Facebook account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Temporarily_deactivating_a_Facebook_account_before_deleting_a_Facebook_account\"><\/span>Temporarily deactivating a Facebook account before deleting a Facebook account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning on permanently deleting your Facebook account, deactivating it first is an excellent idea. Temporarily deactivating a Facebook account prevents other people from accessing your profile and will ensure that it doesn&#8217;t appear in search engines. When you deactivate an account, Facebook archives your information, which can be recovered later if you decide to reactivate your account. However, the deactivation will not remove your old messages, friends list, or &#8220;about&#8221; information. Facebook keeps these things for future use, so be sure to keep a backup.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to deactivate your Facebook account before permanently deleting it, you can do this in two ways: through the web browser or via a mobile device. Both ways require that you use the Facebook app on your device. You&#8217;ll need to log into your Facebook account and then click on the down arrow on the top-right corner of your Facebook page. From here, click on &#8220;Settings.&#8221; Next, click on &#8220;Deactivation and deletion&#8221; in the dropdown menu.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that you may want to delete your Facebook account, you should keep in mind that you can still use Facebook Messenger to chat with friends. And although you won&#8217;t be able to access your profile, you can regain access to your Facebook account at any time by logging in again. When you reactivate your Facebook account, you&#8217;ll need your username and password to log in again. 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