Q&A for How to Permanently Delete a Facebook Account

You can't bypass the 14-day waiting period to permanently delete a Facebook account. This period is a grace period in case you change your mind and wish to reactivate your profile.

No, once you permanently delete your Facebook account, all traces are removed, and you will not be able to log in again.

No message will be provided to any of your contacts. They just won't be able to see your profile anymore.

Visit the account page, click the ellipses button next to "Message," and select "Report." Choose the option to report the page as someone pretending to be you. Facebook will review the report and may remove the page.

Yes, people can still see your messages and photos, but your name will be changed to "Facebook User."

No, the pictures you sent will remain in your friends' inboxes, and you have no way to delete them.

To delete a deceased family member's Facebook account, follow the steps outlined in the article. If you don't have their password, you can use Facebook's guidance to reset forgotten passwords.

Once you delete your profile, your tags will disappear. Your name might still appear in the photo description, but it won't link to any profile.

Before permanently deleting your account, you should download and save your photos on a backup file offline.

Yes. Deletion of your Facebook account will lead to the deletion of your account on Messenger. You could, however, sign up for Messenger with your phone number.

Turn on 2-step verification. When accessing your account from an unknown device, 2 step will require a one-time use code, sent to you via email, text or phone call. Without the secondary code, they are automatically denied and nothing needs be changed. Deleting cookies also will trigger this to be done on any previously know device.

You can log out of your wife's account and then log into yours.

While you can create a new account, if Facebook finds out that they previously banned you, then they will delete the new account.

You can if you want, but it's not necessary, you just need to Change Your Facebook Password and you can also Activate 2 Step Verification in Facebook .

If you delete your Facebook account, all data associated with it, including your friends list, will be permanently deleted and no longer visible to others.

It may take a few weeks for your account to be removed from search engine indexes like Google.

Yes, you can delete one of your Facebook accounts without affecting the other, as each account is linked to a separate email address.

Yes, your Gmail account will be automatically unlinked from your Facebook account once you delete it.

You can Report a Fake Account on Facebook , and if you want to make sure your account is extra secure, then you should Activate 2 Step Verification in Facebook .

Yes, but you have to wait 14 days after you deleted your old account so that your email gets cleared from the system.

You should delete the account you accidentally created while keeping the original one you want to use. To do this, you'll need to use a computer, as you can't delete an account from a tablet. If you don't have access to a computer, consider borrowing one from a friend or family member or visiting a library.

If you know the email addresses or phone numbers associated with the accounts, you can request a "forgot password" link to regain access and then delete the accounts.

First, you should report whoever did this to Facebook and possibly tell the authorities. It's against the law to post someone's personally identifying information without their permission, especially if it's used to humiliate or anger them. You don't have to delete your account, but you should be very careful in the future to not share private/embarrassing content in public or with people you don't trust.

No. It doesn't matter what computer the accounts were created on, all accounts are separate from each other. Deleting one account won't affect the other account in any way. As for your other question: Ask yourself, do you want to use this account for anything? It's okay to have more than 1 account, if it's not used for malicious purposes. You could deactivate the extra account until you're ready to use it. But if you're really sure you don't want to use it, delete it. Be careful though, as deleting an account is irreversible, once it's deleted, it's gone forever.

No, you cannot delete another's user account yourself unless you have their log-in information. You can report a user if they violate Facebook's guidelines. Creating accounts to sell illegal items is against the law, so you should report this as "Unauthorized Sales."

No. When you delete your account, everything on your profile will be gone. If someone attempts to see a deleted user page, it will say the page is unavaillable or has been deleted.

Yes, you can. Unlike Instagram, email addresses become reusable after the account associated with them has been deleted.

When you delete your account, everything on your profile will be deleted forever, including your photos. To keep your photos, be sure to download all your photos before deleting your entire account.

If someone is impersonating your husband, report the account as "Pretending to Be Someone" and select "A Friend." Creating an account that impersonates someone violates Facebook's guidelines. If the account uses your husband's image or personal information, report it and consider contacting Facebook directly to verify his identity.

To ensure you delete the correct inactive Facebook account, verify that each account has a distinct email address and, if possible, a different name. Check the profile of the inactive account for a lack of recent activity, while the active account should show recent interactions. Review each account’s timeline, friends, and creation date to identify which one is inactive.