Sometimes you may want to get rid of your Facebook account using following ways:
Deactivate: When you deactivate your Facebook account, it will go invisible to everyone instantly. But everything belonging to your account will still be preserved on Facebook servers. You can reactivate your account after 24 hours of deactivation.
- Deactivating it
- Deleting it (beyond recovery)
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Deactivate: When you deactivate your Facebook account, it will go invisible to everyone instantly. But everything belonging to your account will still be preserved on Facebook servers. You can reactivate your account after 24 hours of deactivation.
To deactivate your account, click on the down arrow icon beside Home link as shown in the picture.
Go to Security tab on the left side.
Then you can find the option to deactivate your account.
After clicking on Deactivate your account option, you will be presented with a confirmation message along with a Captcha code.
After confirmation and entering Captcha code, you will be redirected to Facebook page along with ack that your account was deactivated.
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Delete it: To delete your account beyond recovery, you can go to the URL:
You will be asked to enter your password and a Captcha code. Then confirm your action.
Once you are done with it, your account will be deleted in around 14 days. Avoid logging into your account after that.
* WARNING: if you choose to delete your account, it cannot be recovered by any means afterwards!
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