How to Deactivate or delete a Facebook and Instagram account

It is very important to get your social media network website deleted when you stop operating on it or it is no more serving you or is no more of importance to you again. Doing this simply means all your profile and necessary details about you will no more surface online and will not even be searchable when searched for online. The article below is here to give us some guidance about How to Deactivate or delete a Facebook and Instagram account and what is the outcome of these actions.

FACEBOOK

Facebook is one of the most, if not the most recognized social media platforms in the whole world. This social media platform is used by black, white, young, old, males, and females. As Facebook has its own advantages, it also has a lot of disadvantages, which makes a lot of people lose interest in it (Facebook), which leads to users wanting to delete or deactivate their accounts while some reasons are based on personal issues. A Facebook user will always have an opportunity to delete or deactivate their Facebook account.

Things to know when you Deactivate your Facebook Account

Your account can easily be reactivated whenever you wish to have it back. This means that your profile, pictures, videos, groups, friends, and all other information can be accessed back with ease.

Your friends can not see your timeline or any information about you online unless you reactivate your account, except the private messages you have sent to your friend might still appear.

Users who have deactivated their accounts are allowed to reactivate their accounts at any time of their choice. The only thing needed for the reactivation is the mobile number or email account used to log in, for a successful reactivation.

Below is the method to Deactivate your Facebook account:

Click on the short three (3) horizontal line at the top right of Facebook: after clicking, several options will be displayed under your name.
Then click on “Settings & Privacy” under “Settings”.
Then click on your “Facebook Information” in the left column.
Immediately after that, click on “Deactivation and Deletion”.
Finally, choose Deactivate Account, then proceed to the Account Deactivation option and follows the information step by step to confirm your deactivation.

Despite the fact that you have deactivated your account, you can still chat with friends on messenger if you have the Facebook Messenger app on your phone. As your profile will be visible through your conversation on Messenger. One more thing is that people can search and send you messages on Messenger alone.

Things to know when you Delete your Facebook account.

Once your account is deleted, you will not be able to reactivate your account again i.e., once deleted, not retrievable again. All your profile, picture, videos, groups, friends, and all other information cannot be accessed back again as it has been deleted permanently. Even you will not be allowed to use Facebook Messenger, as it is been allowed when you deactivate your account.

Also, you will be deprived of using your Facebook login for other sites or other apps to which you might need to sign in, like Instagram and other sites. Some information. As we have it when an account is been deactivated, same as when an account is been permanently deleted, some of your messages with friends will still appear, because copies of messages you have sent to your friends are stored in their inboxes.

Below is the method to Delete your Facebook Account:

Click on the short three (3) horizontal line at the top right of Facebook: after clicking, several options will be displayed under your name.
Then click on “Settings & Privacy” under “Settings”.
Then click on your “Facebook Information” in the left column.
Immediately after that, click on “Deactivation and Deletion”.
And then choose “Permanently Delete Account”, then proceed to the “Deletion of Account” option, and follows the information step by step to confirm your deletion.
Finally, click on “Delete Account”, then enter your password, and then click continue.

INSTAGRAM

This social media platform can either be disabled temporarily or permanently deleted also.

Things to know when you Temporarily disabled your Instagram Account.

It is important to know that all your profile, pictures, likes, comment, and followers will all be hidden (not shown). Users can reactivate their accounts by logging in and following the simple basic steps given below.

To Temporarily Disable your Instagram Account.

Log on to “Instagram.com” either on your system or smartphone
Then click on your “profile picture” at the top right and then select “Profile”, then select the option “Edit Profile”.
After that, scroll the options that are displayed down to select the option “Temporarily disable my account” at the bottom right.
Then select from the options saying “Why are you disabling your account”? and re-enter your password. To disable your account will then appear after you might have stated your reason for disabling and entered your password.
Finally, tap on Temporarily Disable Account.
Things to know when you Permanently Delete your Instagram Account.

It is important to know that all your profile, pictures, likes, comment, and followers will all be “deleted permanently”. And user cannot log in again to the account already deleted with the same username and can never be reactivated. This is why it is very important to think about it before you delete your account.

How to Permanently Delete your Instagram Account.

Log on to “Instagram.com” either on your system or smartphone.
And go to the “Delete your Account page”.
Then select from the options saying “Why are you deleting your account”? and re-enter your password. To delete your account will then appear after you might have stated your reason for deleting and entered your password.
Finally, tap on “Permanently delete my account”.

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