Facebook is an incredibly popular platform, with over two and a half billion monthly active users.
Thats almost a third of the entire planets population, but not everyone enjoys using Facebook.
Many people dont like the pervasive monitoring and analytics being run on users across the web.
Others just dont enjoy sharing photos and posts and havent posted on Facebook in years.
For whatever the reason, wanting to delete your profile is perfectly common.
This guide will cover how to delete your Facebook profile for good.
Click Deactivation and deletion at the bottom of the Your Facebook information page.
you’re able to start the account deletion process by clicking Deactivation and deletion.
To delete your account, select Permanently delete account, then click Continue to account deletion.
A deactivated account can continue to use Facebook messenger and can be reactivated at any time.
Select Permanently delete account, then click Continue to account deletion.
The next page will give you another opportunity to deactivate your account instead.
A link will also be provided to download your Facebook information, such as your uploaded images and posts.
slide in your password and click Continue to proceed to the last page.
slide in your password and click Continue to continue the process.
The final page informs you that Facebook will deactivate your account for thirty days before deleting it.
During the thirty-day deactivation period, you might reactivate your account as normal.
To notify Facebook that you want your account deleted, click Delete Account.
Click Delete Account to delete your account.
Deleting your account on mobile
On mobile, the start of the process is slightly different.
On mobile, the tweaks can be accessed through the burger menu icon.
hit Account ownership and control under the Your Facebook information section.
