

There is a way to delete an account that you can’t access, but you have to create a new Facebook account to do it.


This will tell you your username, which you can enter in the “Find Your Account” page.įor example, if your user name was John Doe, then your Facebook page would probably be at If you didn’t make your email address visible, ask them to send you the internet address (the URL) of your page.

Ask them to go to your Facebook page, click on About and look for your email address under “Contact Information”. If you can’t find it, get a Facebook friend or family member to help. Go to the “Find Your Account” page at and try entering the email addresses and/or phone numbers you usually use, your user name or your full name and search for your account. But how many email addresses do you have? Too many to try them all? You can’t easily close an account unless you can log on to it. I don’t remember my email address and Facebook password. However, you can re-activate your account if you change your mind. The effect is exactly the same as far as your friends are concerned: you and your data disappear from Facebook. Otherwise, consider deactivating your account rather than deleting it. When the page loads, click the text that says “Download a copy of your Facebook data.” Facebook will email you when your data is ready to download. To do this, click the downward-facing triangle and select Settings from the drop-down menu. While we are deleting this information, it is inaccessible to other people using Facebook.” If you change your mind and log on later, you will be offered the chance to reactivate your account, but some or all of your data may have been deleted.īefore you delete your Facebook page, it’s a good idea to download a copy of your data. It may take up to 90 days to delete all of the things you’ve posted, like your photos, status updates or other data stored in backup systems. The Facebook help page says: “When you delete your account, people won’t be able to see it on Facebook. To delete your Facebook page, you must log on to your account, then go to the “Delete my account” page at /help/delete_account and click the big blue button.
