To the fact that]@ it's rather hard to truly Facebook Account Deactivated, even when you want to. Appears that the company wants to hang on to your information even when you say you're all done, so while you can 'shut down' your account, Facebook will cheerily email you later on saying "we've saved your data and you can reactivate whenever you're all set. We miss you currently!"

A bit frustrating from a privacy perspective, for sure, however I wish to believe that after a certain quantity of time shut down accounts are wiped from the data storage, though that could simply be wishful thinking in the 21st Century, the age of data mining.

 

Facebook Account Deactivated

I can step you through every part of this process since I sadly needed to deactivate my dad's account after he passed away. No point in keeping it around and while there is a method to "memorialize" someone's presence by having their account remain, that simply appears weird to me so we didn't decrease that path. Curious? Learn more here: memorialize a deceased person's Facebook account.

Unusual.

To deactivate your own account, start by going to "Settings", then "Security":.

See that last link, in a different typeface and color? Click "Deactivate your account".

You'll get here:.

See all those factors for leaving? Facebook has responses for almost all of them that aim to keep you around, convenient Frequently asked questions on how to deal with a hacked account, excessive email, the best ways to discover Facebook, time management, etc. In truth, it appears like the only way you can really * stop * Facebook is to pick "Other".

Do that, click "Validate" if you're sure you wish to proceed, and ...

Makes good sense. However then a click "Deactivate Now" and ...

Yeah, it's their website, not yours, so you need to back up and provide a factor.

I think you can simply state "Fed up" in that box. I suggest, exactly what are they going to do, say your reason isn't really legit and you can't shut off??

Lastly, when you do get things lined up for their process, you'll see this:.

Here's what I find curious: I inspected "choose out of future e-mail" and Facebook nonetheless sent out an e-mail message with guidelines on ways to reactivate the account. Apparently "leave me alone" isn't rather clear enough:.

I can just hope and presume that the account is now appropriately shut down and won't show up in individuals's buddy lists, on searches, etc. Which's how it's done.