How do you delete Facebook?

One of the widely used social media platform today is Facebook, helping us to make new friends, reconnect with old friends and stay in touch with family. As time goes on, we grow tired of owning a particular account and open another one or just think of abandoning Facebook altogether. If you are thinking of leaving an Facebook or opening a new account, it is best if you just delete the old one so as not to run the risk of that account being hacked. We are going to show you how you delete Facebook.

 STEPS ON HOW TO DELETE FACEBOOK

Downloading your data is a good idea because you may need to look back on some memories like photos and videos. To download your Facebook data:

1. Click on the downward arrow at the top of your Facebook page
2. On the drop down menu, click on Settings
3. On the pop-up screen, click on the link at the bottom of the page that says ''Download a copy of your Facebook data

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If you are done downloading, proceed with the following steps:

1. On the browser that automatically logs in your Facebook profile, type https:www.facebook.com/help/delete_account in the address bar. If you are not automatically logged in, do so by inputing your email address or phone number and password, then click on Log in
2. Click on Delete my account below the warning message in the middle of the page. Doing so brings up another screen
3. You will be asked to input your password
4. On the screen that pops up, type in the captcha code in the box provided. (If you can't see the code clearly, click on either Try another text or Audio captcha link below the code to generate a new one.
5. Click on OK to submit the code. At this point, if the captcha code and password were inputed correctly, another screen will pop up, if not, you will be asked to try again.
6. On the pop-up screen, click on OK to delete your account.

NOTE: It may take Facebook at least 90days to completely delete your account because they need to delete all your photos, videos, status updates and other data stored on their server. During this time your Facebook account details will not be made available to your Facebook friends.