There may be many reasons why a user would want to delete his Facebook account permanently. The most common way is to delete any digital trace of a profile across the Internet. Facebook does not see this decision with good eyes and resists it, but there is a way way to do it, yes, rather complicated and “buried” but there. We will explain the steps you have to take to carry out the permanent removal of your account.
Step 1: Make a Backup
First we will make a backup of photos , videos and messages from our profile. Click on the upper right corner, the icon of the down arrow, as shown in the image. Click on ” Settings “.
Then in General Account settings , click on ” Download a copy “.
Step 2: Disable Account
We return to perform the same steps that is above, say, click on the top right small arrow and go to ” Settings “, but this time click on ” Security “.
Facebook will ask you one reason why you want to leave your Social Network . You can give any answer you can think of , it is not important. At this time, Facebook will start deleting your index and your data. Do not get bogged down because of this, to have a copy of your data and safegaurd them to restore back to them is quite simple.
Step 3: Delete Facebook Account Permanently
By clicking on the button ” lock ” which is the ” Shortcuts Privacy “. You’ll see a ” magnifying glass ” on the top right, you click and search for ” How to permanently delete my account? “. Back to click on the result you appear, you click on ” Delete My Account “, write the password of it, filled the security code and ready.
Anyway, I leave you with the direct link: https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account