Before You Start
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Remove Facebook Connect logins. If you use a Connect site to log in with your Facebook information, the account deletion will be cancelled and your account will be reactivated. Look through a [] (may not be complete or current) to remove these connections. If you have accounts on such sites, go to each of them, and:
- Make sure you have a way to login that does not involve Facebook Connect (you will most likely have to create a username and password on the site if you haven't already).
- Log out of the account, then log back in using the alternate method (not using Facebook Connect), ensuring that you will be able to access the account after your Facebook account is deleted
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Remove all Linked Accounts so that you won't accidentally log into Facebook.
Short Method 1
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Go to the Facebook account deletion page once you have logged in. You will see this screen:
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Click the "Submit" button and follow the instructions. There will be a password field and a CAPTCHA image to enter in. CAPTCHA images are to make sure you are the real owner of your account and not just an automated program.
Click the "Submit" button and follow the instructions.- 3
Do not login or connect with your Facebook account. You will receive an email saying that your account will be deleted in 14 days, which is 2 weeks. Any interaction with the account during that period could prevent it from being deleted, so in the meantime:
- Do not try to login to your Facebook account; you may want to clear your browser cache and delete your cookies so that you don't login inadvertently.
- Do not click the Facebook "Share" or "Like" button on any site you visit.
- Do not use Facebook Connect to login to or signup on any site (see Before You Start, above.)
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Wait and watch. After 2 weeks, all of your information will be permanently made inaccessible on Facebook.
Longer Method 2
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If the short method does not work for you, here is the longer method that sets out how to get to the deletion button.
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Go to the bottom of the home page. Click on the "Help" link to access the Facebook Help Center.
Go to the bottom of the home page.- 3
At the Help Center, type "Delete Facebook" into the search box at the top of the page. Click "Search."
At the Help Center, type "Delete Facebook" into the search box at the top of the page.- 4
Arrive at the page titled "Facebook FAQs." Look down the list of FAQs and open the one called: "I want to permanently delete my account. How do I delete my account?"
Arrive at the page titled "Facebook FAQs.- 5
Read the Facebook information - it basically asks you whether you want to deactivate your account or delete it permanently. (Deactivating means that Facebook retains your profile information (friends, photos, etc.) but you have disappeared from the Facebook service.) Facebook makes it clear that if you want your information removed forever, you can never recover the information and it will be wiped for good.
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Visit the account deletion page. You will be reminded that this is a permanent deletion and that your account cannot be reactivated and that none of the content or information you have added can be retrieved.
Visit https://ssl.- 7
Click "Submit." Follow the steps, such as entering your password, email, and Captcha code.
Click "Submit.- 8
Do not log in for the next 14 days and your account will be deleted completely. Note, however, that if you change your mind before the 14 days period is up, just log in and this will reactivate your account!
Emailing Facebook to Delete the Account
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To speed up the process and if the above failed, try emailing Facebook.
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Email Facebook directly. The email is: privacy@facebook.com. Request that Facebook deletes your account.
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Wait to get an email response from Facebook confirming that your account has been permanently deleted. This should take a few days.
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If you don't hear back from Facebook within a week, email them again. This time, not only email Facebook at privacy@facebook.com, but also send an email to support@facebook.com and one to info@facebook.com.
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Finally, attempt to log in to your account once you get an email from Facebook. If you're unable to log in and don't get a message asking you to reactivate your account, your Facebook account has been permanently deleted.
Deactivation
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If you're not 100% sure that you want to permanently remove all that information, you can temporarily "deactivate" your Facebook account. Just follow these instructions.
Edit Tips
If you really want to be secure, change the contact email back to the new email address and then remove your original contact email from the list. Then deactivate the new account. It should be noted that how deep your deletion goes is highly questionable — Facebook still stores some of your information even though you've destroyed your way of accessing it. For example, if you "create" a new account using the same email address as previously, Facebook will suggest you some people you might know : almost all of them will be friends of your former account. Further, there is currently no way of knowing. Download and backup your tagged Facebook photos, albums and friends' photos with a program such as FB Downloader. Edit Warnings
If you try to register using your contact e-mail address, Facebook will inform you that the address is currently in use. You must first register using an alternate e-mail address, then add your contact e-mail address when the account creation process is complete. Bear in mind that you will not be able to restore your account after the 2 weeks of the permanent deletion process have passed. Be aware that Facebook may still retain information from your account in their databases (they have been unclear about whether they do this). Even though it may never be given out in public, authorities can ask for this information
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