{"id":27516,"date":"2022-07-21T09:47:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=27516"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:47:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:47:09","slug":"what-do-my-friends-see-when-i-deactivate-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-do-my-friends-see-when-i-deactivate-facebook","title":{"rendered":"What Do My Friends See When I Deactivate Facebook?"},"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-69ed5f065c153\" 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-69ed5f065c153\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ed5f065c153\" ><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\/what-do-my-friends-see-when-i-deactivate-facebook\/#What_Do_My_Friends_See_When_I_Deactivate_Facebook\" title=\"What Do My Friends See When I Deactivate Facebook?\">What Do My Friends See When I Deactivate Facebook?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-do-my-friends-see-when-i-deactivate-facebook\/#If_someone_blocks_you_on_Facebook\" title=\"If someone blocks you on Facebook\">If someone blocks you on Facebook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-do-my-friends-see-when-i-deactivate-facebook\/#If_someone_deactivates_Messenger\" title=\"If someone deactivates Messenger\">If someone deactivates Messenger<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-do-my-friends-see-when-i-deactivate-facebook\/#If_someone_blocks_you_on_Facebook_but_hasnt_deleted_their_account\" title=\"If someone blocks you on Facebook but hasn&#8217;t deleted their account\">If someone blocks you on Facebook but hasn&#8217;t deleted their account<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Do_My_Friends_See_When_I_Deactivate_Facebook\"><\/span>What Do My Friends See When I Deactivate Facebook?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>When I deactivate my account, what do my friends still see? Facebook still keeps the information from your previous account. You should not worry. Facebook does not delete your old account. Instead, it keeps your data, including your pictures and profile. This information is useful to your friends, so you should not worry about the deletion. This article will explain why. In this article, I&#8217;ll explain why your old account information is still visible.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_someone_blocks_you_on_Facebook\"><\/span>If someone blocks you on Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If someone blocks you on your Facebook account, your profile will not appear on the friend list or in search results. If you&#8217;ve deactivated your account, the person you blocked won&#8217;t see any of your posts, but you can still view the conversation they had with you through messenger. However, when you reactivate your account, you won&#8217;t be able to send them any messages.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see if someone has deactivated their account, you can check the search bar to see if your friend has done the same. If you don&#8217;t see a picture, they probably haven&#8217;t deactivated their account. If you can&#8217;t find the person, try searching for their email address and see if they&#8217;re still on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see if a friend has deactivated their account, you can check their friends list. A person who doesn&#8217;t appear in your friends list has deactivated their account, while those who do will remain on your friend list. Simply open up the person&#8217;s profile and select &#8220;Facebook.&#8221; You should see a horizontal menu that contains options for Friends, Photos, and About.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_someone_deactivates_Messenger\"><\/span>If someone deactivates Messenger<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can still see messages and posts sent by your friends even if someone has deactivated Messenger. Facebook will ask you if you want to deactivate Messenger before you can delete it. Facebook Messenger is separate from your Facebook account. To deactivate it, you must first deactivate Facebook. If you&#8217;re able to do this, go to your account settings and tap Legal &amp; Policies. Scroll down and select Deactivate Messenger.<\/p>\n<p>If someone has deactivated their Facebook Messenger account, their profile photo will no longer appear in your chat window. Instead, you&#8217;ll see a gray outline of a person, with their name replaced by &#8220;Facebook User.&#8221; If you&#8217;re still seeing their profile, the person&#8217;s Messenger account has been deactivated for a variety of reasons, including violation of the terms of service and being blocked by Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>You can check your profile to see if you&#8217;re still blocked by your friend. If the person deactivated their account, they&#8217;ll no longer receive messages from you. If you want to communicate with them, try writing a message. You can do this using a simple message, such as &#8220;hi!&#8221; or &#8220;my name.&#8221; If the person doesn&#8217;t reply to your message, the icon will remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_someone_blocks_you_on_Facebook_but_hasnt_deleted_their_account\"><\/span>If someone blocks you on Facebook but hasn&#8217;t deleted their account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If someone blocks you on Facebook, but hasn&#8217;t deleted their account, the next thing you&#8217;ll likely notice is a new message icon in the message field. This icon will show a checkmark when it has been sent, and it will turn solid if it hasn&#8217;t been opened yet. If you&#8217;ve previously messaged the person, the message icon will remain visible and show a checkmark. If you&#8217;re unsure whether the person has blocked you, the message icon will remain as the same as it was before.<\/p>\n<p>If someone blocks you on Facebook but hasn &#8216;t deleted their account,&#8217; you&#8217;ll have to contact them to unblock them. You can do this by copying and pasting the instructions below into an email or text message to them. Remember to wait until you get a response before helping them, and don&#8217;t make them feel bad for blocking you.<\/p>\n<p>If someone blocks you on Facebook but hasn &#8216;t deleted their account, what do my Friends see when I deactivate Facebook?\u2019 It&#8217;s difficult to say. You might be able to find them on your friends&#8217; list even if they&#8217;ve blocked you. 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