While the Facebook social network is a handy tool for keeping in touch with family, friends and organizing events, it has become bigger and far too powerful than the site many of us originally signed up to. Although Facebook is a great way to constantly stay in touch with friends and family. Sadly, for some people, this is not usually the case. The constant assault most people receive from updates, messages, likes, pokes, and advertisements can become a bit overwhelming, not to mention highly addictive.
Ongoing questions over Facebook User’s privacy practices – including a class action lawsuit in Austria involving 25,000 users that claim Facebook illegally tracked users’ browsing habits via software installed on other web pages, and participated in “Prism”, the American spy program – are also making some people have a rethink about their membership of the social network.
If you are fed up and want to rid yourself of your account, you have two choices. You can either deactivate your Facebook account, which means your profile will disappear from the social network but all the information in your account stays saved on Facebook’s servers in case you decide to return, or you can permanently delete your account, which means all your data will be wiped from Facebook’s servers and you will not be able to regain access to that particular account.
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But before you delete your Facebook account, I would like to share with you some important things that you may, or you should remember to do before giving up your social life.
Here are 5 important things you should consider before deleting your Facebook profile:
1. Be Very Sure You Want To Leave Facebook:
If you have decided to leave Facebook, be sure that you have made that decision correctly and you won’t click on any ‘like’ button, you won’t wish to chat with anyone on Facebook, and you won’t wish to browse any Facebook page. This is because some people decide to delete their account, but just a day after deleting their account, they log back in and like statuses, chat with friends and other stuff.
2. Give Your Pages And Groups To Other Users:
If you have created a group or a page on Facebook, and other members are happy using your group or sharing news on your page, let them keep on enjoying Facebook and don’t take the group away from them simply because you want to leave Facebook. Just grant admin privileges to other members of that group or page and let them enjoy while you are out of Facebook.
3. Inform Your Friends:
It’s a good idea to let your close friends and acquaintances know that they won’t find you on Facebook anymore. Just inform them that you are about to delete your Facebook account, by doing this, you can exchange contacts and other means of communication with some other good friends that you will miss and who will miss you on Facebook.
4. Download Your Information:
It’s also a good idea to download your data from Facebook, these may include your messages, photos, videos, contacts, and other stuff. To download your information from Facebook, read this help: https://www.facebook.com/help/131112897028467
5. Uninstall Mobile Apps, Clear Your Browser History And Log In Sessions:
The last thing to consider and remember to do is to uninstall your Facebook app in your mobile devices and also clear your Facebook log in sessions and history. This will help you because someone else can use your device, either mobile or desktop computer and log in again, reactivating your account in the process if you have left the option of your password being remembered on your device.