Looking a way to temporarily Deactivate or Delete Your Facebook Account on Mac? Today, every person has a presence on social media platforms, especially Facebook.
Using Facebook has become part of daily life as it is a great medium of entertainment, communication, networking and making money for around 3 billion users. However, sometimes we need a break from the hustle and bustle of social media to have a peaceful time.
The best way is to temporarily deactivate your Facebook account instead of completely deleting the account, which is an irreversible step.
It does not affect the uploaded data like photos, videos and personal and contact information. This blog post explains how easily a Facebook account can be deactivated or deleted on a Mac.
◈ The first step is to log in to your Facebook account from the browser of the Mac.
◈ Then click on the down arrow on the top right corner of the screen.
◈ Click on the drop-down menu and select ‘Settings and Privacy’. Go to ‘Settings’.
◈ In the top-left corner, go to ‘Meta Account Center’ and click on ‘Personal Details’ which will open a new screen.
◈ Then select ‘Deactivation and Deletion’ under the ‘Account Ownership and Control’ header. This step will open the page related to deactivation or deletion.
Up to this step the process is the same but from here onwards there are two options, deletion and deactivation. The further steps for both are different.
Deletion: If you want to delete your account, select it and click a blue button with ‘Continue’ written on it.
Facebook will ask you to select a reason for account deletion, choose it from the options and click ‘Continue’. As account deletion is an irreversible step, Facebook again asks the user before permanently deleting the account by providing other options instead of deleting it.
Once you continue, you have to re-enter your password to confirm your identity. The last step is to click ‘Delete Account’. Now your account is permanently deleted.
Deactivation: If you choose to deactivate the account, go to the deactivation option and click the blue button with ‘Continue’ written on it. Another screen will appear asking you to deactivate the pages you have as well, click again on ‘Continue’.
Now you have to re-enter your password to confirm your identity. This will temporarily deactivate your Facebook account.
In Conclusion
The process of deletion or deactivation of your Facebook account on Mac is just like a piece of cake. It takes a few minutes to do each process.
However, account deletion should be carefully done as it is not a reversible process. Once deleted, all the personal data including photos, videos and other stuff cannot be recovered whereas all these are secure after account deactivation.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Q1: Can a deleted Facebook account be recovered?
A deleted Facebook account can be recovered from Facebook within 30 days of deletion. After that Facebook permanently deletes it.
Q2: Is the personal information and data secure after account deletion?
No! Facebook account deletion permanently deletes the data as it is an irreversible process.
Q3: Is the process of deletion or deactivation different on different operating systems?
Yes, there is a slight difference in the way to delete or deactivate Facebook accounts on Mac, iOS and Android.
Q4: For how long a Facebook account can be disabled or deactivated?
There is no limit of time for this, your Facebook account can be deactivated for days, weeks, months or even more than that.
