Comments on: To Really Quit Facebook, Know The Difference Between “Deactivate” And “Delete”

By: Jaysunrayray

Jaysunrayray — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:11:37 +0000

I mizspelled alot of stufff.

By: Jaysunrayray

Jaysunrayray — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:10:15 +0000

All ya do is click on delete, it has you click on a box and pit in your password, then fettle 2 security words they randomly display on acreen. They say wait 14 days and then try to come back, and you will see all your data is GONE! It works. It’s easy.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:09:42 +0000

Do we go in and unfriend and like everyone first and unjoin groups or does delete cover the whole processs?

By: Shaun.

Shaun. — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:32:56 +0000

Facebook,Bigbrotherbook,Policebook,and fror the US 5.0/CIA book call it what you want its still more trouble than its worth! Get rid its only full of peeping tom‘s anyway! S,UK-DK.

By: TrentonR.

TrentonR. — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:00:56 +0000

Google+ is way better its the only one i actuallly like

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:01:08 +0000

it changed my life use your mums bed for sex ha ha ha ha

By: LizaB

LizaB — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:17:20 +0000

I am also looking to change my FB account to a business one… I was wondering if I delete my accounts and start over is the way to go. Can someone guide me on this please?

Thanks

By: Aevolve

Aevolve — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:15:23 +0000

Thanks for the info, I just deactivated my account then I read this and now I have deleted FINALY. I’ve wanted to do that for ages.

Thanks for the tipoff

By: dUFFY

dUFFY — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:57:42 +0000

No one seems to realise the amount of personal information being quietly stored about everyone. Its time to get the fuck off the grid. This is only the beginning

By: cotton candy

cotton candy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:43:13 +0000

this method worked for me
http://fancythought.blogspot.com/2010/05/deactivate-facebook-permanently.html

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By: brandy

brandy — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:47:53 +0000

i always thought the difference is clear i would rather deactivate and know my pics and friends r there shuld i choose to return…if u read the process it explains the difference.. either way tho ppl cant see or write to you so why care if u may eventually return or not?its the same point its a matter of personal permanence.…nothing to go against facebook for..its more of a personal preferance and lack of reading on your way out

By: lazy boy

lazy boy — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:30:33 +0000

this is not permanent. but doing this will work i think :/
http://fancythought.blogspot.com/2010/03/deactivate-your-facebook-account.html

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By: jill

jill — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:08:29 +0000

will someone please help me permanently delete my facebook account i woud really appreacite it

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:00:53 +0000

FB isn't for me - I'm not interested in 'networking' and I'm not looking for internet 'friends' in a big way, so I recently deactivated my account. You post is most helpful and thanks for drawing my attention to the 'delete' option - I may exercise this, but haven't quite made up my mind.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:34:27 +0000

I actually like that you have both options. I think that "delete" should require multiple steps, to prevent people from accidentally erasing a lot of information unless they're absolutely sure. It's kind of like the "trash" or "recycle bin" on your computer. Of course, I'm sure most of you disagree with me. But what's clear is that if you really want to delete everything, it's not exactly difficult and you don't have to write them to start the process.

Finally, those bemoaning the lack of competition: Facebook does have competition. MySpace, Friendster, Orkut, are just some of them. And Facebook is more popular for many reasons, one of which is its privacy and security. Some people may still be unsatisfied, but the reality is that Facebook has done better at these things than the runners-up. That said, it's your choice not to be on Facebook. I'm just not sure others are going to do a better job anytime soon.

By: Nina

Nina — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:53:37 +0000

Hello,

I am making a facebook for the company I work for. I orginally just made a regular facebook page, but later realized that I need to make a business page for them. I tried to deactivate the account so that I could use the same email for the business account. Facebook will not let me do this because the email was used on the original account that I have deactivated.

Any thoughts???

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:54:18 +0000

Itried to delete my account on facebook,tried for 2 hours,can’t find delete. i copied your page & printed it .

By: Barbecue Master

Barbecue Master — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:31:20 +0000

Thanks a lot, I just deactivated my account, then thought: there’s probably more to this, since I can reactivate it. So I googled REALLY deactivate facebook account, and luckily found this explanation, witch I followed. Now though the format of the website has changed, and the delete option is even HARDER to delete. I had to search deleting, and humourously enough, it was the top searched thing. Then “do you want to delete your face book account” was found only under some irrelevant superficial heading as some reason why you might. Bloodyy dumb, but now it’s done, I just have to wait 14 days.

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By: Kosmoproleten

Kosmoproleten — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:13:13 +0000

@ Ruth: thanks for the advices. First i tried to delete my account, but it didn’t work out, so after your help i managed to do it properly. Thanks best wishes from berlin/GER

By: webomatica

webomatica — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:11:50 +0000

Wow, that is another angle — so you had a little bit of a content retention attempt via emal. That’s too bad. I think we’re finally free though!

By: tigerlil

tigerlil — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:48:19 +0000

hmm. that's funny, you were so clear (in your original facebook quitting blog) that my info could get retained, that when I quit facebook, I requested full deletion with an email. My experience wasn't the same as our friend's. I in fact got questioned on my decision (was this based on that my account had so much data and his had less?). I wrote an email that made it very clear blah, blah blah AND .... "I also resent that you make it so difficult to completely delete your account and all my private info. Remove every bit of info you have on me please"

to this I got a response explaining how deactivating is such a nicer option, didn't I really just want to deactivate? Could I have been any more clear that NO that is not what I wanted.

Here's a portion of my testy response:

"I haven't regretted leaving mySpace! (I bet that hurt the customer service guy)
Delete it completely. That is what my email said."

By: webomatica

webomatica — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:27:40 +0000

I do agree there is an opportunity for a competitor. Facebook is certainly the epitome of a walled garden if ever there was one.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:08:17 +0000

If you want a step-by-step guide on deactivating your facebook account or deleting it, go to http://antisocial.nectareen.com/?p=15 and follow it. Well worth your time.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:53:58 +0000

Man, I wish there was a better service for connecting to people other than Facebook — here’s hoping OpenSocial becomes better and more widely adopted.

I’d quit Facebook, otherwise.

Thanks for the heads-up on the deletion/deactivation, I’ll point people here whenever I hear that someone wants to delete their account.