How to Deactivate My FB Account Temporarily

How to Deactivate Your Facebook account

Do this to deactivate your FB account:

1. Click the account menu  at the top right of any Facebook page
2. Select Settings
3. Click General in the left column or visit www.facebook.com/settings?tab=account
4. Choose Manage your account then follow the steps to confirm

You don't even need to go through all those long processes, simply visit this link: www.facebook.com/deactivate on your web browser and proceed to temporarily close your Facebook account.


But remember, you haven't "deleted" your account. It is merely suspended from public viewing.

However, all that information gets saved by Facebook, including your friends, photo albums and any groups you joined. Facebook says it does this in case you change your mind and want to use Facebook again in the future.


"A lot of people deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their profiles to be there when they return to the service," says the Facebook help page on deactivation.

Reactivate Your Facebook Account

If you change your mind later, you can easily retrieve your account. To reactivate your deactivated account, simply login with your Facebook login details.

Facebook will automatically reactivate your account again.

How to Permanently Delete Your Facebook

If you really want to quit Facebook, there is a way of making a permanent exit.
This method permanently wipes out your profile information and Facebook history, so you can't reactivate your Facebook account later.

It takes about 14 days to permanently delete your Facebook account, but it's not hard to do.

Visit Learn Facebook Basics for more details on Facebook related problems.