Delete, Cancel and Terminate Facebook Account and Profile

Facebook is a popular social networking website comparable to MySpace. You may receive many invite requests from friends, coursemates, colleagues or family members to join Facebook to connect with them. So you join and sign up a Facebook account but think that may be a phone call is a much better way to bring relationship with friends closer or Facebook account has seriously invaded your privacy and security, you can easily terminate, delete or cancel Facebook account, together with the Facebook profile.

  1. Sign in to Facebook account.
  2. Click on Account link on the top right corner.

    Facebook Account

  3. On the “Settings” tab (click on Settings if you’re not already there), click on deactivate at the end of “Deactivate Account” line.

    Deactivate Facebook

  4. “Confirm Facebook Account Deactivation” page will load. Select one of the reasons why you want to delete your Facebook account, such as I don’t feel safe on the site, I spend too much time using Facebook, I have another Facebook account, This is temporary. I’ll be back, I need to fix something in my account, I don’t understand how to use the site, I receive too many emails from Facebook, I don’t find Facebook useful or Facebook is resulting in social drama for me. If you have some special reason on why you want to terminate your Facebook account not listed in the list, click on Other and type in your own explanation in the text box provided.

    Confirm Facebook Deactivation

  5. If you no longer want to receive any invite, notification of friend requests, tag in photos, or ask you to join groups from Facebook, click and tick the check box of Opt out of receiving emails from Facebook. option to opt out and NOT receive these email invitations and notifications from your friends.
  6. Click on Deactivate button.
  7. Once the Facebook account is deactivated, the following message will appear:

    Your Facebook account has been deactivated.

    To reactivate your account, simply log in as you normally would, and we’ll send you a reactivation email.

    Come back soon,
    The Facebook Team

  8. Now your Facebook account is deactivated, but still can be reactivated. So do not attempt to login with to your Facebook account anymore, as doing so will reactivate your account if you click on the reactivation confirmation link sent to your registered email. According to Facebook Privacy Policy, removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be generally available to members of Facebook. So probably wait for a few months or years before attempting to login to verify that all your information is cleaned.

Although can be reactivated and restore your profile in its entirety (friends, photos, interests, etc), deactivation works to completely remove your profile and all associated content on your account from Facebook. In addition, users will not be able to search for you or view any of your information.


62 Responses to “Delete, Cancel and Terminate Facebook Account and Profile”

  1. kede
    October 25th, 2009 11:39
    62

    I do not want nothing to do with it was mistake

  2. alexis
    October 7th, 2009 03:15
    61

    delete my account

  3. andry
    October 5th, 2009 16:13
    60

    facebook saya telah di hack orang dan telah ditutup akunnya tetapi selalu muncul lagi tanpa saya aktifkan. bagaimana caranya supaya tidak aktif lagi kerena sering mengupload foto yg tidak senonoh

  4. marinos
    September 21st, 2009 01:29
    59

    please cancel my subscription to facebook

  5. spaceface
    September 14th, 2009 20:03
    58

    Cancelled facebook, it has a pseudo purpose in life and does not allow pseudo names.

    Great post, loved the fact how you visually showed how you can delete facebook.

    If people still want to stay face-2-face connected, start your own “facebook” on Ning.

  6. TaMriN
    August 29th, 2009 11:38
    57

    YuP…FAcebOOk SUcKs … Gara2x Nge aDd BanYAK TemEn, AkUN w Di nON aKtifKAn, PADAHAL SiTus SoCIAL NEtWOrkiNG YAnG funGsiNYA Untuk MenCAri TEMEn, TAPI KenaPA Di NOn AKtifiN KLO SeriNG aDd TEMEn (PadaHAL FB W TiDAK aDA Foto POrNO)…PaYAh….NOT ProFEssioNAL, KLO emanG ProfessioNAL, kNaPA NGA DiBAtesiN Add HariaNnya Aja…MisaL : DalaM 1 HAri MaksiMAL 100x aDd, kLO MeLEbIhI BAtaS itu, MAka TiDaK bsa Add, UNtuk BsA NGe aDD LaGi HArus NUnggU EsOk HAri…InI BAru ProfessiONaL

    … BUKAN DENGAN MENONAKTIFKAN ACCOUNT SEENAKNYA…FACEBOOK SUCKS …

    NoTe: BuaT PenGGeMAR FB / FB MAnIA …. sOrrY

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  8. Keith mcdonough
    July 30th, 2009 22:39
    55

    I want to keep face book but don’t want to receive text mesages

  9. Up yours
    July 22nd, 2009 04:39
    54

    Stupid article. Where the hell is the part about deleting you numb skull.

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    July 15th, 2009 05:27
    52

    I want to stay on facebook, but want to remove the auto sign in. I want to type in my password. I have as yet found out how to disable auto log in. Please help!
    Jody

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  15. Serena
    June 21st, 2009 10:35
    48

    Thank you so much, i really didn’t know many people in my school used facebook. so i tried it under a fake first name and a real last one and i didn’t like it. Thanks again

  16. Lucas
    June 6th, 2009 20:44
    47

    Hola saves la guia me sirvio para Desactivar mi facebook pero yo lo que nesesito es borrarlo , que no se pueda activar nuevamente si alguien me pueda responder porfavor,Gracias

    ————
    Hello you served to guide me off my facebook but I need deleted it, it can not be activated again if someone can answer me please, Thanks

    sorry my english sucks is google translation.

  17. shi-fuu
    May 27th, 2009 01:08
    46

    wouldnt it be much more clever if you delete all your photos videos and everything before you deacrivate your account ?

    otherwise it’s clear that these things will rest in peace on facebook servers. right ?

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  19. barbara turner
    May 6th, 2009 02:53
    44

    i,m trying to cancel my face book account andthey are making it very difficult to do so.

  20. edita ordenes mondaca
    March 19th, 2009 23:15
    43

    nesesito eliminar mi facebook
    como puedo eliminarlo

  21. edita ordenes mondaca
    March 19th, 2009 23:12
    42

    hola

  22. Celeste
    March 10th, 2009 21:08
    41

    Fallecio mi cuñado el 16/01/09 y la gente no le deja en paz en el facebook… se puede ahcer algo para q la gente deje de escribir o eliminar su facebook??
    XFA necesito una respuesta…
    Gracias!!!

  23. nico
    February 18th, 2009 03:45
    40

    gracias muy util

  24. friendly
    January 20th, 2009 06:00
    39

    except for your mother, she speak fluently anus!

    greetings

  25. John Doe
    December 16th, 2008 09:25
    38

    Speak English people, other languages are stupid… everyone should speak english.

  26. ginger
    December 1st, 2008 05:27
    37

    hallo, ich möchte mein facebook account löschen, da ide seitre kaputt ist und auf nichts mehr reagiert. aber genau deswegen kann ich nicht auf den “deactivate”- bottom klicken.! :S
    was kann ich tun?

  27. Sebastian
    November 26th, 2008 10:24
    36

    Sí, puede seguir viendo tu perfil tus fotos son de propiedad de facebook! y no las borraran de sus registros porque aseptaste los terminos.

  28. angie
    November 26th, 2008 01:58
    35

    hola… nena la verdad no se tampoco, por eso quiero q me ayudes a desactivar mi correo en facebook no me esta gustando por favor … gracias

  29. CARLOS ALDANA
    November 18th, 2008 03:02
    34

    HOLA COMO ESTAN LA VERDAD MI FACEBOOK FUE DESAVILITADO SOLO POR UN ADMINISTRADOR Y NO SE POR QUE !!!YO NO USAVA PARA NADA MALO Y LA VERDAD LO NECESITO DE URGENCIA LES AGRADESCO SI ME ENVIAN LA SOLISITUD DE REACTIVAR MI CUENTA EN FACEBOOK ES VITAL PARA MI !!!!
    EJEMPLOAZUL.-@HPTMAIL.COM GRAX!!!!!
    AYUDA PORFA

  30. conns
    November 13th, 2008 12:16
    33

    Ayuda… Desde hace casi una semana he estado esperando que me llegue el mail para reactivar mi cuent ay no llega. Alguien sabe cuánto tiempo tarda? Que puedo hacer para que me llegue?

    Gracias!
    Saludos
    Conns

  31. Cesy
    November 10th, 2008 21:42
    32

    Hola, muchisimas gracias por la informacion.
    me sirvio de mucho, saludos. bye

  32. cottonsnark
    November 4th, 2008 08:34
    31

    Thanks. It had run it’s course. I’m very happy that my whole profile is forbidden now.

  33. delete facebook
    October 27th, 2008 12:47
    30

    I think that with the new facebook look, more and more people will want to delete their facebook account.

    People just got so used to the old look that they could navigate quickly in between their work day, but now it takes longer and the cannot do facebook things as quickly as before.

  34. estefania
    October 9th, 2008 01:52
    29

    Hola necesito ayuda urgente, no puedo entrar a mi cuenta facebook, dice que la contraseña y el mail no coninciden y al rekerir la contraseña, me dice ke el mail no esta registrado :( . Aunke no pueda volver a entrar a mi pagina.. por ultimo ke se pueda eliminar. Por favorrr ayudenme, ke no se si me robaron la contraseña o ke paso.

    gracias, espero su ayuda

  35. feny
    September 26th, 2008 21:44
    28

    gracias me sirvio de mucho

  36. pablo
    September 26th, 2008 13:16
    27

    aqui lo borran
    http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

  37. Cindy
    September 19th, 2008 07:38
    26

    Hola,

    gracias por la información, fue muy útil..
    Yo les expliqué en inglés y todo el porqué no me gustaba Facebook.
    Aún así, tengo una pregunta:

    ¿Si tengo mi cuenta desactivada, la gente podrá seguir viendo mi perfil aún?

    Espero y alguien me responda :)

  38. sofia
    September 18th, 2008 07:06
    25

    Bonjour,
    Est ce que quelqu’un peut me dire comment faire pour fermer un groupe que j’ai créé sur facebook?

    Merci de votre aide

  39. jimmy exequiel gomez contreras
    September 9th, 2008 04:48
    24

    quiero eliminarlo porque no me a servido como esperaba y mas me a hecho daño por favor borren todos los datosfotos y mensages pliss me arian el mejor favor del mundo chao

  40. Z.J.D
    September 7th, 2008 21:50
    23

    qedao eliminada totalemnte del facebook???

    quiero estar en cer registro del facebook es posible????

  41. j.m.c.e
    September 1st, 2008 10:08
    22

    hola, porq asen esto? el facebook es una erramienta util que te permite incluso contactarte con amigos que no veias ase tiempo

  42. mario esparza
    August 30th, 2008 09:02
    21

    kiero elimar mi cuenta en facebook

  43. german
    August 30th, 2008 01:08
    20

    gracias por enceñarme a desactivar e facebook
    xd

  44. Enoka
    August 26th, 2008 03:13
    19

    Please delete my profile from face book

  45. nayive correa
    August 23rd, 2008 04:02
    18

    no quiero tener mas facebook, porfa

  46. maria
    August 22nd, 2008 03:42
    17

    quiero borrar para siempre mi facebook todo que no quede ningun registro mio plis

  47. Chantelle Holtzhausen
    August 12th, 2008 16:38
    16

    Please unsubscribe me from facebook.

  48. Monica
    August 2nd, 2008 21:06
    15

    muy util tu informacion pero yo no quiero cerrar mi cuenta nde facebook yo quiero es eliminar, cerrar un grupo que yo cree en facebook y no veo como, pueden ayudarme?

  49. janelle
    July 13th, 2008 13:11
    14

    iwant my facebook acount to be permanantly deleted becourse i am getting alot of problems getting into it an i am fed up of so please delete it nom.

  50. eduardo
    July 1st, 2008 05:00
    13

    gracias ya pude eliminar esa porqueria que es el facebook

  51. Anna
    June 18th, 2008 01:21
    12

    Tengo un problema, no puedo acceder a mi cuenta de facebook ya que me dice que he intorducido varias veces mal mi contraseña. Como puedo eliminar la cuenta si no puedo acceder a ella?
    Gracias

  52. juan carlos
    May 30th, 2008 21:27
    11

    por favor reactivar mi cuenta de face book

  53. Sangiseni
    May 29th, 2008 21:02
    10

    delete me on this thing idont fill safe

  54. Sangiseni
    May 29th, 2008 20:54
    9

    i dont fill safe in face book

  55. Darrel K Joyce
    May 21st, 2008 21:17
    8

    please cancel my subscription to facebook ?

  56. Ruth
    April 14th, 2008 16:15
    7

    Unfortunately the steps presented above are only a deactivation and not a permanent deletion of a facebook account. To permanently delete your facebook account follow the step-by-step guide at http://antisocial.nectareen.com

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  58. samantha
    February 28th, 2008 09:47
    5

    Please cancel my facebook..for good

  59. leo
    February 24th, 2008 16:10
    4

    deleted my profile.

  60. Jane
    February 14th, 2008 02:32
    3

    thanks for the info – got my account deleted immediately

  61. Glen Taylor
    January 17th, 2008 17:55
    2

    please cancel my subscription to facebook ?

  62. Jason Binning
    December 29th, 2007 15:40
    1

    I am really gutted about my account being disabled. I had alot of good friends on there. And i was really enjoying it pls can you enable me. Thanks jason

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