While Facebook does not use a means to auto-merge all your friends, images, standing updates, check-ins or other info, you can by hand merge parts of your accounts. All it takes is a little preparation as well as persistence. Unfortunately, you won't be able to move or re-create all your Data.
Combine Two Facebook Accounts
Mass Download Data
As an initial step I recommend to bulk download your Facebook Data, a procedure I have described formerly. This treatment could take a while as well as the archive will serve as a minimal back-up, must you choose to deactivate or erase your account. It will not be of terrific help in bring back any type of Data, however.
Briefly, go to your General Account Settings as well as click Download a copy of your Facebook Data near the bottom.
This will lead you to a web page where you can download your info and obtain a duplicate of just what you have actually shared on Facebook.
Now do begin your archive on this initial web page. On top of that find where it says You can additionally Download an increased archive ... as well as click the respective web link. This will certainly lead you to the Expanded Archive Download web page where you will be asked to re-enter your password.
Currently here is where you will need patience. Depending upon how big your major as well as your expanded archive are and also how many various other archives remain in the line up, this could take a while. And keeping that I suggest a couple of hours.
Note that you need to Download both archives, to obtain a full back-up of your account!
Once your archive is readily available for download, this is just what the web page will look like.
Although your own photos are intended to be consisted of in the archive, you ought to download your Facebook Photos separately. Not only is this treatment one more back-up, it is likewise a great deal faster as well as could provide you with more alternatives.
Restore Friends
As mentioned over, you will not be able to Restore or move all your Data which includes your friends. You have to by hand include friends to your new account. However, it is not possible export your Facebook friends to a 3rd party account then re-import them to a brand-new Facebook account.
Nevertheless, you could import get in touches with from 3rd party accounts such as Skype or Gmail. So if you have contact details of a lot of your friends on accounts beyond Facebook, you could take a small shortcut. Go to your brand-new Facebook account and import calls from any type of supported 3rd party account (CSV documents are additionally supported) through the Discover Friends page.
While you can export your Facebook get in touches with to Yahoo! Mail, it is not be feasible to re-import them to Facebook. And get in touches with imported from Facebook will definitely not be included in a Yahoo! CSV data.
I wrote a different write-up on how to back up your Facebook contacts. Note that just contact information of friends that have agreed to have their e-mail address included in details downloads can be imported right into your Yahoo! account.
Restore Account Data
Below comes the big disappointment. There is no way to post or otherwise import your archive to Restore or transfer Data from your old Facebook account to your new one. Whatever you want to Restore, you need to do it (semi-) manually or use third party tools. Right now, the archive merely serves as an individual backup, absolutely nothing even more.
So just what are your choices? You can re-add your old friends as revealed over, re-upload images you downloaded from your old account, re-tag your friends in your photos, re-join groups you belonged to, re-add Facebook apps, by hand re-do all your personal Settings, consisting of basic account and also privacy Settings, e.g. protect your Facebook account, include trusted get in touches with, or hide your personal Settings. I want I had excellent news, but as I said previously, you could not auto-merge two accounts or Restore Data, so you essentially start from scratch.
What You Will Shed
You will certainly lose a great deal! Your whole Timeline as well as News Feed background will be gone, including articles or pictures you were tagged in, areas you checked into, all the Sorts you released or got, or groups you belonged to, all your account as well as privacy Settings, and also any other records you gathered gradually. Your pictures as well as friends are truly all you can take with you, everything else needs to be re-created manually.
Deactivate or Close Your Old Facebook Account.
If you decide to deactivate or shut your old Facebook account, make sure to include your brand-new account as an admin to any kind of Teams or Pages you take care of. Or else you will certainly shed accessibility to them.
When you have actually looked after admin duties, have downloaded all your Data, and are sure you wish to entirely eliminate your account, log right into the Facebook account you want to shut, and also check out the Remove My Account web page to kick off the procedure. We have previously discussed Ways to Properly Close Your Facebook Account.
Verdict
Facebook permits you to Download an archive of your account. However, there is no coordinating system in place to restore your Data, should the account get jeopardized. Facebook never ever planned to offer a bring back feature; rather they were legitimately required to supply a means for individuals to download their Data. As a result, individuals are left with just half-baked solutions or uncomfortable workarounds, should they want to merge or relocate accounts.
What would trouble you most if you needed to relocate to a new Facebook account?