

Deactivating your Facebook account won’t delete any of your data, but it will make your page inaccessible to other users. It might be a good option if you want to take a break from Facebook but don’t want to go so far as deleting your account entirely. Deactivating your Facebook account will also allow you to continue using any Facebook logins and Facebook Messenger. To deactivate your Facebook account, navigate to Settings through the downward-facing arrow on the top-right side of Facebook. Next, click on General and navigate to Manage your account.

There you’ll have the option to Deactivate your account.ĭepending on your privacy settings, everything you’ve ever posted to Facebook, as well as anything you’ve been tagged in, may be viewable on Facebook’s Your Information page.

Your data is separated into different categories, including posts, photos, likes and more. This is handy if you don’t want to delete all your Facebook data, but simply want to scroll through your user history and curate what your Facebook page displays. You can also manually delete your information on this page - but it will likely be a time-consuming process if you’ve been on Facebook for a while.Īfter navigating to the Download Your Information page as described above, you’ll see a link to the Access Your Information page.

If you’re interested in deleting things that you have posted to your own Facebook wall, click on the first option: Posts. From there, you can choose to see Your Posts, Posts You’re Tagged In, Other People’s Posts To Your Timeline, Posts Hidden from Your Timeline, Notes, and Polls.
