{"id":27052,"date":"2022-07-21T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=27052"},"modified":"2022-07-21T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:58:02","slug":"can-you-reactivate-your-facebook-account-after-deactivating-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-reactivate-your-facebook-account-after-deactivating-it","title":{"rendered":"Can You Reactivate Your Facebook Account After Deactivating It?"},"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-69f19ae08c9cf\" 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-69f19ae08c9cf\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f19ae08c9cf\" ><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\/can-you-reactivate-your-facebook-account-after-deactivating-it\/#Can_You_Reactivate_Your_Facebook_Account_After_Deactivating_It\" title=\"Can You Reactivate Your Facebook Account After Deactivating It?\">Can You Reactivate Your Facebook Account After Deactivating It?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-reactivate-your-facebook-account-after-deactivating-it\/#Can_you_reactivate_your_Facebook_account_after_deactivating_it\" title=\"Can you reactivate your Facebook account after deactivating it?\">Can you reactivate your Facebook account after deactivating it?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-reactivate-your-facebook-account-after-deactivating-it\/#Is_deactivating_your_Facebook_account_permanent\" title=\"Is deactivating your Facebook account permanent?\">Is deactivating your Facebook account permanent?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-reactivate-your-facebook-account-after-deactivating-it\/#Can_you_save_your_Facebook_data_before_deactivating_it\" title=\"Can you save your Facebook data before deactivating it?\">Can you save your Facebook data before deactivating it?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_You_Reactivate_Your_Facebook_Account_After_Deactivating_It\"><\/span>Can You Reactivate Your Facebook Account After Deactivating It?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Does Facebook really delete your account\" style=\"max-height:337px; max-width:39% height:auto; margin:0px 10px; width:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/a6F182h.jpg\" align=\"left\"> <\/p>\n<p>So you&#8217;ve deactivated your Facebook account, but can you reactivate it? If you do, you need to do it on all your computers. But wait, is deactivation permanent? Or can you save the data you&#8217;ve posted before? Thankfully, yes. The company says it will honor your request. If you&#8217;re still concerned, watch the video below to learn how you can protect yourself.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_reactivate_your_Facebook_account_after_deactivating_it\"><\/span>Can you reactivate your Facebook account after deactivating it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may wonder if you can reactivate your Facebook account after de-activating it. Fortunately, you can. All you need to do is sign into Facebook using a computer, mobile phone, or third-party app. Once you&#8217;ve logged in, Facebook will send you a code you must enter to confirm your identity. If you forgot your mobile number or email address, you can still retrieve the account.<\/p>\n<p>To reactivate your Facebook account after de-activation, you&#8217;ll need to sign into the website with your email address, phone number, and password. Login to Facebook as normal by entering your email address and password. If your account is still inactive, you&#8217;ll need to re-enter your password and provide your ID, and then you can log in to Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Although deactivating your Facebook account is an effective measure to protect your privacy, it also prevents others from viewing your information. However, you can still re-activate your account whenever you wish. Just make sure to use your old email address and mobile phone number. You can re-enter these details once you&#8217;ve completed the process. However, your account&#8217;s name and mobile number may still appear in your friends list.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_deactivating_your_Facebook_account_permanent\"><\/span>Is deactivating your Facebook account permanent?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While deactivating your Facebook account may seem like a good way to step away from the social media site, the action won&#8217;t actually delete your account. Facebook will store the information you have on your profile and do their best to preserve the information if you return at a later date. Although deactivation means that you can no longer access your profile or make posts on your page, it doesn&#8217;t remove the information permanently.<\/p>\n<p>In case you want to keep your data, you can download it from Facebook. The data you have on Facebook is completely safe if you&#8217;ve deleted it, so there&#8217;s no need to worry. However, if you&#8217;ve deleted any posts or photos from your account, they may still be available 90 days after deletion. Fortunately, there are other ways to preserve your data if you&#8217;re concerned about privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Even after deactivating your Facebook account, you can use Messenger and other services that are tied to your Facebook login. Although deactivating your Facebook account will make your profile inactive, the company can&#8217;t guarantee that your data will be completely removed. In fact, deactivating your account may leave some posts on your friends&#8217; timelines, so it&#8217;s a good idea to check your account periodically before you delete it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_save_your_Facebook_data_before_deactivating_it\"><\/span>Can you save your Facebook data before deactivating it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are about to deactivate your Facebook account, you may be wondering how you can save your Facebook data before deletion. The process varies depending on the type of data and how much you have stored on the site. Once completed, you will have a file you can download onto several devices. Be sure to download this file before its expiration date. Once you have downloaded the file, you can proceed with the deactivation. To do this, you will need to click the arrow in the top right corner, select Permanently Delete Account, and then click Continue.<\/p>\n<p>You can download your Facebook data by following these steps. After completing these steps, Facebook will notify you that your data has been downloaded. This may take some time, but it should not be more than an hour. You can review the data before deleting it. If you are unsure whether you want to delete it, you can download it again. This way, you can keep a copy of your Facebook data without deactivating it.<\/p>\n<p>While Facebook has promised to improve their privacy policies, the missteps it made in the past have cost them the trust of some users. According to a recent survey, 74% of adults have altered their privacy settings, taken a break from Facebook, or deleted the Facebook app from their phone. 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