Although now, as I see it, Facebook is an extremely important tool for life on the internet and although it is certainly possible to use Facebook in a very private way, those who just can't take it anymore or those who have enjoyed creating fake profiles may want permanently delete the account from Facebook. Facebook is a website that, like many others, makes signing up very easy and immediate, but where it is more complicated to delete the account, at least if you want to do it definitively.
In this guide we see how to delete the Facebook profile forever and what it means to cancel the account for all the information published in it, comments, photos and status updates, as well as for the connected applications that have been registered or registered. access via Facebook account.
To permanently delete our Facebook account there is a quick and quick link on this page, //www.facebook.com/help/delete_account, where you just need a click on the blue " Delete my account " button to start the irreversible procedure of cancellation and closure.
Obviously you need to open this page from your account, the one you want to delete, and repeat the password entry.
If this link no longer works (but it has existed for years now) or if you want to follow the slower procedure, then open this Facebook help page to read the account closure instructions.
Find and click where it says " How do I permanently delete my account"> tell us ".
If you are using the app on your Android smartphone or iPhone, to cancel the account you need to go to the main menu, then search for Assistance and support, go to the Help Center and find the line How do I cancel my account permanently ? .
In any case, the Facebook account is not immediately deleted from the internet .
Facebook keeps it disabled, therefore not visible to others, for 14 days, a period during which you can also rethink.
In 14 days you can then rethink and reactivate your account immediately, only by connecting to it.
In practice what has been done from the cancellation page is just a way to plan the deletion of the account, which will only really happen if 14 days pass without accessing it anymore.
Furthermore, as the cancellation page warns, profile information, published photos, comments, other messages written on the pages and all the various updates, are made invisible on Facebook and permanently deleted only after a maximum period of 90 days .
Before deleting your Facebook account using the delete option, it is convenient to delete the most important information and connections with the various applications used.
As already explained in a previous guide to unsubscribe from Facebook, there are some preliminary steps that it is recommended to follow and that we are going to summarize:
1) Download all your profile data and Facebook messages so you don't miss any photos you have been tagged in, memorable comments or other important information.
If you decide to cancel your account forever, in fact, nothing more is saved in Facebook than we are concerned with, not even comments and likes.
2) Delete any published photos and videos.
The definitive closure of a Facebook account disconnects the user from the photos, you can no longer be tagged but the images that remain in the database can still be found, especially if they have not been published by us.
I refer to another guide to know how to delete photos from Facebook, delete albums and remove tags
3) Check the applications connected to the profile and, one by one, remove them.
This prevents apps from keeping our data stored.
To find and delete all apps from your profile, you can go to this page.
4) Pay attention to Facebook pages and managed groups, which will not be deleted if we cancel our account and will remain online without an administrator anymore.
You will have to proceed with the cancellation of the page or the group before deleting the Facebook account or appoint another administrator besides us.
Finally, consider that it is always possible to deactivate Facebook temporarily, which will be like deleting the account because no one will be able to see our profile anymore, but no data is deleted and you can always restore the account in the future.
