Fact-checkers are being fired by Mark Zuckerburg, who is also suggesting more political material for Facebook and other Meta platforms.

We’ll show you how to permanently delete your Facebook account if that worries you.

It’s crucial to understand that deactivating your Facebook account is not the same as deleting it. If you wish to take a short break, deactivating your Facebook account will temporarily freeze it. However, it doesn’t stop the business from monitoring your internet behavior.

The only way to completely get away from Facebook is to delete your account. Additionally, deleting it breaks connections to Facebook Messenger, the messaging program on the platform. (You will need to do this individually if you also want to remove WhatsApp and Instagram, which are Facebook products.) Before beginning the procedure, which calls for patience and time, we’ll go over some items you should think about.

First, unplug your Facebook account from all other logins and applications.
For a long time, third-party apps like DoorDash and Spotify have allowed users to sign up and log in to their services using their Facebook accounts. You don’t have to remember another password, which makes it convenient. Until your Facebook account is deleted, that is.

You must get into each external account that uses your Facebook information and separate it from your Facebook account in order to handle those accounts.

To see which applications are connected to your Facebook account:

Log in to Facebook.
Navigate to Settings > Apps and Websites under Settings & Privacy.
For assistance in unlinking your Facebook account from a service, get in touch with the customer support division of the business.
Facebook-app-logins
Don’t lose access to the services and applications you use to check in with Facebook.
Then, get a copy of your Facebook information.
After that, do the following actions to obtain and download a copy of all your Facebook data:

Log in to your account by visiting the Meta Accounts Center.
In the sidebar, choose Your information and permissions.
“Download Your Information.”
To download or transmit information, click the button.
Click Available information when prompted for the amount of information you want. Keep in mind that this covers everything except data logs, which are recordings of information that may be linked to you. Make sure Data Logs is chosen at the bottom of the screen after clicking Specific sorts of information if you want them.
Select “Download to device.”
Click Date range in the Create files to download choices, then choose All time.
Your data will be in an easily navigable format if you leave the format set to HTML.
Adjust the Media Quality setting from Medium to High to preserve high-resolution versions of the images and videos you upload to Facebook.
Lastly, choose “Create files.” After compiling all of your data, Facebook will notify you via email when it is prepared for download. This is not a procedure that happens instantly; it may take some time.
Meta screenshots showing the user information selection and download procedure.
Before you proceed, download all of your Facebook data.

It’s time to remove your Facebook profile now.
Lastly, you may delete your account. Go to this page and log in to do this.

Prior to deactivating your account, Facebook will provide you with a list of chores and considerations. For instance, you may be requested to offer another account admin powers if you are the only administrator of a Facebook page, or you may be prompted to download all of your data. If not, your account and the page will be removed.

Okay, are you prepared? After entering your password and selecting “Delete Account,” click “Continue.” When you’re finished, click Delete Account once again.

Facebook account deletion
Before you delete your account, read Facebook’s last piece of advise.
You have 30 days to decide whether or not to use Facebook.
Facebook may take up to ninety days to remove all of the information associated with your account from its servers. You may still sign in and revoke your deletion request throughout the first thirty days of that time frame. It will be as if you never left once your account has been restored. For better or worse.

Go to Facebook.com, sign in to your account, then choose the Cancel Deletion option to reverse your deletion request.

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