How to cancel a Facebook account

Another position against Facebook, that of President Emmanuel Macron. The Head of State declared in an interview published in Le Point in April 2022 that he wanted to see the dismantling of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. According to him, these platforms greatly participate in the dissemination of false information and the spread of certain violence. After this massive shield lifting against Facebook, you may want to leave the social network. We explain how to do.

How to delete your Facebook account definitively ?

Here’s how to delete your Facebook account from a smartphone or a computer. We also detail the procedure to deactivate your Facebook account.

Let’s see together how to delete your Facebook account. Even if the social network founded by Mark Zuckerberg has more than two billion users, several people regularly share their desire to leave the platform. So here is a tutorial to help you in this process.

We will first see how to permanently delete your Facebook account, then if you want a less radical solution, how to deactivate your Facebook account. For Instagram, it’s here.

How to permanently delete your Facebook account

Below, we will detail the best step to delete your account from a computer and from a smartphone. Also remember to download your data before.

Delete your Facebook account definitely from a smartphone

1. Open the Facebook application.
2. Click on the three -bars icon at the top right.
3. Scroll until Parameters and confidentiality and open this menu.
4. Then select Settings.
5. Click on See more in the Espace Accounts.
6. Tap on Personal informations.
7. Press on Ownership and account control.
8. Go to Deactivation or deletion.
9. Choose the Facebook account to delete.
10. Check Delete account.
11. Validate by pressing Continue then by following the last instructions.

Delete your Facebook account definitively from a computer

1. Connect to Facebook on your browser.
2. Click on your profile image at the top right.
3. Select Parameters and confidentiality In the drop -down menu.
4. Then go to Settings.
5. In the left column, click anywhere in the section Espace Accounts.
6. Meet in Ipersonal normations From the left column.
7. Choose Ownership and account control.
8. Opt for Deactivation or deletion.
9. Indicate the Facebook account to delete.
10. Check Delete account.
11. Continue the operation by clicking on the button Continue and then finalizing the procedure.

Cancel the deletion of the Facebook account

To cancel the deletion of your Facebook account, you must reconnect on the social network within 30 days after launching the deletion procedure.

If you exceed this period, the deletion of your account will be final and irreversible.

How to deactivate your Facebook account

Disable your Facebook account allows you to suspend your activity on the social network while continuing to use the Messenger messaging service.

It is also practical for all people who want to test life without Facebook, but are not yet quite some of their decision and therefore wish to preserve a way to go back.

Disable your Facebook account from a smartphone or a computer

To deactivate your Facebook account, you must follow the same steps as for deletion, unlike that, on smartphone or computer, you will have to check Disable Account Instead of deleting.

You will then only have to finalize the latest steps by letting yourself be guided to deactivate your Facebook account.

Reactivate your Facebook account

To cancel the deactivation, simply reconnect to your Facebook account when you want. It also works if you log into another service using your Facebook profile.

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How to delete your Facebook account

How to delete your Facebook account ? The impact of the social network in our lives is considerable. And the need for disconnection is increasingly pressing. We explain to you how to carry out this operation from a computer or smartphone, but also how to save your data and delete your activity to really disappear from the social network.

[Tutorial] How to delete your Facebook account

Want to Facebook ? The social network is in turmoil, particularly since the 2016 US elections which highlighted the perverse effects of the platform. The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica case, the hacking of Facebook in 2018, the theft of hundreds of millions of telephone numbers, the problem of fake news on the Internet … and these are only a few of the many problems encountered by the platform to regard to its users.

Not to mention the billions of false accounts that the company was forced to remove (54 billion in 2019). So many cases that prove to which it is increasingly complicated to trust the social network. To arrange anything, the average age on the social network increases and young people are increasingly deserting the platform for the benefit of alternative social networks (Snapchat, Instagram, Tiktok)).

Another position against Facebook, that of President Emmanuel Macron. The Head of State declared in an interview published in Le Point in April 2022 that he wanted to see the dismantling of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. According to him, these platforms greatly participate in the dissemination of false information and the spread of certain violence. After this massive shield lifting against Facebook, you may want to leave the social network. We explain how to do.

How to delete or deactivate a Facebook account from a Windows, Linux or Mac PC

To delete or deactivate a Facebook account, proceed as follows:

1. First of all we advise you to Save your data And erase your activity on Facebook (see below)
2. Click the small “arrow” icon located at the top right
3. Go to Parameters and confidentiality> Settings>Your Facebook information
4. Click Deactivation and deletion
5. In the deletion or deactivation section of your Facebook account, select the option Delete account
6. Click on Continue the deactivation of the account And confirm with your password

The total and final deletion of your account Facebook will take effect after 30 days. Your personal data is kept for 90 days. This process can still be canceled at any time during this period.

Your newspaper will no longer be available and your profile will no longer appear in search results. After this period of time, all your data will be forever lost as long as you have correctly deleted all your interactions.

A word of advice: if you are really sure of your choice, we advise you to log out manually, to delete your cookies and the Facebook password in your managers, in order to avoid any accidental connection which would then immediately reactivate your account.

How to delete or deactivate a Facebook account from an Android smartphone

The approach on Android or iOS smartphone is similar. In addition, it is also possible to remove one by one your interactions via your Personal history, But it is even longer and laborious, and there is no way on smartphone to automate this task.

1. Go to the menu ≡>Settings and privacy> Settings> Properties and account control. From there you can simply deactivate your account
   
2. If you are sure you want to delete it, go to Deactivation and deletion
3. Touch Delete account and validate by touching Continue the deletion of account
4. Touch Delete account And confirm with your password
5. Uninstall Facebook on your smartphone and on all devices where the application is installed

How to download data from your Facebook account before deleting it

You want to disappear from Facebook, either. That said, are you sure you don’t want to find a photo or a publication that had made you laugh in a few months ? Another argument, you might need to find information published a long time ago on your wall.

Thus, it is better to play security by preserving all the information accumulated during your presence on Facebook, before losing all access. You can do this manually so little information you really interest you (texts, photos).

If you have a lot of memories to collect, there is a more practical option – Download a copy of your Facebook data ::

1. Go to the arrow at the top right on the home page
2. Click on Settings and confidentiality> Settings> Your Facebook information (in the menu on the left)
3. Click on Download your information
4. Select the content that interests you then click on Create an archive

Your password will be requested, and you will receive all the data in a period of up to a few hours in your mailbox.

How to erase your activity on Facebook

Even if you close your account, Your actions, publications, comments, etc., will remain on the social network. It is therefore necessary to go through an additional step to delete your activity on Facebook. It is a step too often overlooked by those who wish to leave the social network.

1. Go to your Personal history
2. From there, you can delete all your interactions … but one by a ! You have read correctly: Facebook does not allow you to delete everything suddenly. By hand, The removal of your posts will take around 20 to 30 minutes per month of activity. Which can take care of you for a very long time if you have been on Facebook for several years.
3. Fortunately, there are Chrome or Firefox extensions to automate this task groty laborious !
4. To do this, install the social book post manager extension in Google Chrome by clicking here
5. Open Facebook Since Chromium
6. Go to the arrow at the top right then in Personal history. This is where all your posts are. You can display a reduced list of posts to be deleted using the filters available by Facebook.
7. Click on the icon of Social Book Post Manager in the extensions at the top right of the window of Chromium
8. Choose All In Year And Month
9. If you are sure you want to delete everything, uncheck the box PRESCAN ON PAGE SPEED
10. Click on Delete
11. Wait (the process can take several hours)

How to cancel the deletion or deactivation of a Facebook account

We told you, You have 30 days to go back and cancel the deletion or deactivation of a Facebook account. It could not be easier :

• Connect to Facebook

A message is then displayed and asks you to confirm or cancel the deletion. If you click on the blue button without reading too much what is displayed, the whole procedure will be automatically canceled without any other intervention on your part. Note also that the result will be the same if you log into another service using your Facebook profile. Some will say that This complicates the deletion of the account, because it is possible that a person connects there and cancels the entire procedure without you knowing it.

So think, as previously reported, to delete your cookies and your Facebook password from your manager if you want to avoid at all costs that everything is canceled without your knowledge … We hope that this tutorial was useful to you ! Do not hesitate to bring us back the difficulties you have encountered – we will update this tutorial according to your feedback.

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