Before You Start1 Remove Facebook Connect logins. Many sites, like Digg.com and Meetup.com, allow signup and login using Facebook Connect -- List of Facebook Connect sites (
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/User:Facebook_Connect_Live_Sites) (may not be complete or current.) If you have accounts on such sites, go to each of them, and:
Access Private ProfilesAccess private profiles and photos on MySpac, Facebok... All for Free!
spokeo.com/Access.Private.Profiles
• make sure you have a way to login that does not involve Facebook Connect (you will most likely have to create a username and password on the site if you haven't already.)
• logout of the account, then log back in using the alternate method (not using Facebook Connect), ensuring that you will be able to access the account after your Facebook account is deleted.
Short Method 11. Copy and paste
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account once you have logged on. This screen will present itself:
2. Click "Submit" and follow instructions. There will be a simple password and a Captcha spam check to enter in.
3.
Do not login or connect with your Facebook account. You will receive an email saying that your account will be deleted in 14 days. Any interaction with the account during that period could prevent it from being deleted, so for 14 days:
• do
not try to login to your Facebook account; you may want to clear your browser cache and delete your cookies so that you don't login inadvertently.
• do
not click the Facebook Share or Like button on any site you visit.
• do
not use Facebook Connect to login to or signup on any site (see
Before You Start, above.)
Longer Method 2If the short method does not work for you, here is the longer method that sets out how to get to the deletion button.
1.
Go to the bottom of the home page. Click on the "help center" (
http://www.facebook.com/#!/help/?ref=pf).
2.
At "help center", type in "Delete Facebook" into the search box at the top of the page. Click "Search".
3.
Arrive at the page titled "Facebook FAQs". Look down the list of FAQs and open the one called: "I want to permanently delete my account. How do I delete my account?"
4.
Read the Facebook information - it basically asks you whether you want to deactivate your account or delete it permanently. (Deactivating means that Facebook retains your profile information (friends, photos, etc.) but you have disappeared from the Facebook service.) Facebook makes it clear that if you want your information removed forever, you can never recover the information and it will be wiped for good.
5.
Click on http://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account. You will be reminded that this is a permanent deletion and that your account cannot be reactivated and that none of the content or information you have added can be retrieved.
6.
Click submit. Follow the steps, such as entering your password, email, and Captcha code.
7.
Do not log in for the next 14 days and your account will be deleted completely. Note, however, that if you change your mind before the 14 days period is up, just log in and this will reactivate your account!
Emailing Facebook to delete the accountspeed up the process and if the above failed, try emailing Facebook.
1
Email Facebook directly. The email is:
privacy@facebook.com. Request that Facebook deletes your account.
2.
Wait to get an email response from Facebook confirming that your account has been permanently deleted. This should take a few days.
3.
If you don't hear back from Facebook within a week, email them again. This time, not only email Facebook at
privacy@facebook.com, but also send an email to
support@facebook.com and one to
info@facebook.com.
4.
Finally, attempt to log in to your account once you get an email from Facebook. If you're unable to log in and don't get a message asking you to reactivate your account, your Facebook account has been permanently deleted.
