Deactivate vs. Delete Facebook allows for two levels of cutting ties with the social network: deactivation, which simply puts your account on pause; and deletion, which completely removes all of your data from Facebook and its servers. Deactivate: If you simply deactivate your account, you will still appear in your friends’ “friends list,” which means that information can still be accessed by Facebook or any third-party website, game, or application that gain access to your friends’ contact lists. You can also easily reactivate your account at any time. Delete : Deleting your account is permanent, and cannot be undone once you do so. Most of you data will be deleted from Facebook’s servers — but the process takes up to 90 days to complete. (Why it takes so long, Facebook doesn’t say.) But beware: Even if you delete your account, certain information — like all of you conversations with other Facebook users, or group posts — will remain on the site, as they are not exclusively associated with your account. So keep that in mind.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 03:45:27 +0000