How do I deactivate or permanently delete my Facebook account?

How do I deactivate or permanently delete my Facebook account?: Deactivating or deleting Facebook is an option you have to choose when deciding to leave Facebook. If you choose to deactivate your FB account, you can always return to Facebook and recover all your information. But be very careful if you choose to delete your Facebook account permanently because you will not be given the chance to regain your account. If you are sure about deleting your account, then you must download and backup your data from Facebook.

According to Facebook, it will take 90 days for Facebook to completely delete all photos, videos, posts, likes, comments, messages, and everything else concerning you off from Facebook. Other Facebook users including your friends won’t be able to visit your profile during the deletion process. Keep in mind that the text messages, images you’ve sent to your friends via chat will reside at their end because they’re a part of their account also. If you don't want to keep such message(s) or photos, You can ask them to take it down. They'll like to respect your privacy!!!

Facebook is the biggest social network in the world with over 2 billion active users. Sometimes you want to get out of your Facebook life and enjoy the real world. You do this by deactivating your Facebook account. But you can also delete your Facebook account permanently if you want to leave Facebook for the rest of your life.

Backup your Facebook data

Before saying goodbye to your Facebook life, you should backup your data in case you need it at a later point in time.

1. Go to Settings.
2. While in the General tab. Click Download a copy of your Facebook data.
3. Click Start My Archive.
4. Enter your Facebook account password. Click Submit.
5. Click Start My Archive in the Request My Download box.

Facebook will then gather all your data and send the copy to your registered email address.

How to deactivate your Facebook account?

It’s simple. You might be thinking why I am telling you such simple thing. If you know how to deactivate your Facebook account, it’s good. But some people might not be aware of this. Here are the steps to deactivate your Facebook account:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Click Security in the left pane.
3. Click Deactivate your account.
   

How to delete your Facebook account permanently?

One thing that most users want to know is how to delete Facebook account permanently. For this, follow the steps:

1. Log into your Facebook account.
2. Visit this link, https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
3. Click Delete My Account. 

Farewell from Facebook!!!