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Deleting Facebook isn’t exactly straightforward, though – as you’ve probably found out that if you’ve spent time digging through your account settings. It takes a little effort to backup your personal data, then totally erase yourself from the site.
If you instead want to keep using Facebook to
keep in touch with friends but don’t want your data shared with app developers,
you can disconnect your Facebook account from third-party sites. If you’re
absolutely sure you want to go with the nuclear option, here’s how to delete
your Facebook account permanently.
It's wise to back up your data before deleting
your account. It might take a while for the process to complete – particularly
if you've uploaded a lot of photos and videos
1. Download your Facebook data
If you’ve been using Facebook for a while, you
might have hundreds of photos and videos saved on its servers, as well as
thousands of posts and comments. Facebook also stores information about where
you've logged in, dates and times you’ve clicked on ads, and your account
status history.
Before you delete Facebook, save a copy of all
this by clicking the down arrow in the Facebook title bar, selecting ‘Settings’
and clicking ‘Download a copy of your Facebook data’. You won't be able to
retrieve this once your account is gone.
2. Delete your photos and posts
After you delete your Facebook account, it can
take up to 90 days for all your posts and photos to be removed. If you don't
want your information to hang around, get a head start by erasing everything
yourself first.
Social Book Post Manager is a plugin for Chrome that enables you to delete multiple
Facebook posts at once. Back up your data using the instructions above, then
install the plugin, navigate to your Facebook Activity Log and choose a
specific filter (such as 'posts you're tagged in').
Click the Social Book Post Manager icon and
search for a particular text string and/or date range. Posts that match your
criteria will be highlighted in yellow, and clicking the 'Delete' button will
erase them. Take care – there's no way to restore them once they're deleted.
3. Delete Facebook for good
Ready to delete Facebook once and for all? Once
you’ve backed everything up and deleted any posts and photos you want removed
immediately, visit Facebook’s account deletion page (Facebook isn't keen on you doing this, so it isn’t easily
accessible through the settings menu) and click ‘Delete my account’.
It can take 90 days for everything to be erased
from Facebook’s servers, but it will be inaccessible from the moment you click
the button.
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