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."

To delete your account, you first need to regain access by resetting your password. Consider enabling two-step verification for extra security. Read this [article](https://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-Facebook-Password-When-You-Have-Forgotten-It) for instructions on how to reset your password.

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

You can follow the steps in the article to delete your father's Facebook account. If you don't have his password, you may need to refer to the article on resetting forgotten Facebook passwords for assistance.

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.

To reset your passwords, follow the directions provided [here](https://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-Facebook-Password-When-You-Have-Forgotten-It). Afterward, you can delete the accounts you no longer want.

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 .

You might benefit from deleting your Facebook account if it causes distress and anxiety, and reading resources like wikiHow's article on overcoming a Facebook addiction may help address your attachment to the site.

If you delete your Facebook account, then all data associated with it, including your friends list, will be deleted.

It will take a few weeks for your account to be de-indexed from search engines like Google.

Yes, deleting one account should leave your other account unaffected, since they both use different emails.

Yes, your Gmail account will be 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 can delete the account that you accidentally created, and continue to use the one that you want without any issues. You can't do this from your tablet, though; you will have to use a computer to delete an account. If you don't have a computer, you can use one of your friends' or family's computers, or go to the library.

If you know what email address and/or phone numbers she used, you can send a "forgot password" link to them, and access the accounts from there. You can delete them.

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.