How to delete an account on Facebook?

In some social networks, there is a functiondelete and then restore the account (within a certain time), in other pages delete without the possibility of recovery. But on Facebook, you can deactivate your account (delete for a while) or permanently delete it. Let's find out how to delete an account on Facebook.

Deactivation - temporary disconnection

After deactivation, your profile will not be searchable and viewed by third-party users, but it will retain all the information.

How do I deactivate my account? To do this, perform the following actions:

1. In the main top menu, select the leftmost icon (triangle with the vertex down).
2. In the expanded menu select the item "Settings".
3. In the appeared window in the menu on the left we select the item "Security".
4. In the right part of the window at the very bottom we see the inscription "Deactivate account". We press on it.
5. We go to the deactivation page, where we indicate the reason and confirm the temporary deletion of the profile.
6. In the appeared window we enter the password of our profile, we press the button "Disconnect now".
7. Pass «Security check», where we introduce the two codewords.

You can restore profile activity at any convenient moment by entering your previous login and password to log in to Facebook

Delete profile

Unlike deactivation, deleting a profile is notimplies the possibility of its subsequent restoration. That is, your profile is not blocked, becoming simply invisible and inaccessible to search, but completely removed from the social network.

To permanently delete your Facebook account, follow these steps:

1. We pass by this link.
2. On the opened page we see the button "Delete my account" and click on it.
3. In the new window that opens, enter the password and control words.
4. We receive a system notification that the profile will be permanently deleted within two weeks. That is, in these 14 days you can still restore your account.

If you still have any questions, then read the article How to delete the page in Facebook.