Facebook is still the most used social network worldwide. Although over the last year they have had many scandals, which have made it clear that privacy and security are not up to expectations. Therefore, there are users who want to stop using the social network. If this is your case, it is possible. You actually have two different options in this case. Since you can take a vacation from your account or delete it completely.
Therefore, Below we show you these two options. So, depending on what you want to do with your Facebook account, you can do it. Both options are very easy to get. But it is important to be clear about what you want to do, especially before removing it completely.
Deactivate your Facebook account
The first option we have available is deactivate Facebook account. It is something temporary, which means that if at a certain moment we want to use it again, we simply have to log in. So this is something you should do if you want to take a break from the social network. But, do you consider using it again at some point in the near future.
If you have made the decision to deactivate your account, go to Facebook. Within the web, you must click on the down arrow icon that appears in the upper right part of the screen. Then a series of options will appear in the list, of which one of them is the configuration, on which we must click.
Within the settings we look at the menu on the left side of the screen. There we have to click on the section called Your Facebook information. Next, a series of new options will be displayed in the middle of the screen. One of them is to delete your account and information. Click on the view button next to it.
On the next screen you get the possibility to deactivate your account on the social network. You just have to click on deactivate account. Facebook will ask you for a reason why you are making this decision, fill in whatever you want in this case. The social network will try by all means to prevent you from doing this, so they bombard you with questions. Go ahead with the process and you reach the final screen where you can deactivate the account.
How to delete your Facebook account
If you have made the decision to permanently delete your Facebook account, the process is similar to the previous one. But, in this case it means that our account disappears, so everything we have uploaded on the social network also disappears. So you probably want to download that data before this happens.
As in the previous case, we click on the arrow in the upper right corner and enter the configuration. Then, in the menu that appears on the left side of the screen, we look at the option Your Facebook information. Then new options appear on the screen. We want to enter delete Facebook account, so we click on the see button that appears on the right side.
You will get a screen in which you are given two options, deactivate the account and download the information. Below, there is a blue button that says delete account. We have to click on said button, which is the one that takes us to the desired section. Before clicking, you may want to download your Facebook account information.
Then we are asked to enter our password for the social network. To verify that we are the ones who are making the decision to delete this account. Then we hit the continue button. Finally, Facebook shows you a warning on the screen about what will happen to the account. But all you have to do is click on the delete account button. The process is now over.