This post will show you how to temporarily deactivate a Facebook account. Don’t worry. You can always reactivate it. The second half of this post will guide you on how to permanently delete your Facebook account.

For one reason or the other, you might want to take a break from Facebook but don’t really know how to professionally go about it.

Just like leaving an overcrowded room for a silent place where you can think and re-plan your social life,  you can also do something similar to this on Facebook. this short and simple guide will point out how you can Deactivate your account Temporarily and how you can Delete the account Permanently.

Deactivating your account simply means hiding it from the public for a while and returning to it when you wish. When you deactivate your account on Facebook, all your data will still be active on the Facebook servers, and when you are set to start using it again, all you need to do is log back. Also, when you deactivate your account, people will not be able to use the Facebook search bar to find your profile or details.

But when you delete your account, all your profile information, such as photos, messages, posts, and groups or Facebook pages, will be deleted from the Facebook server.

How to Deactivate Your Facebook Account Temporarily

In order to deactivate your Facebook account, follow the steps below:

• Log in to your Facebook account
• Click on the downward arrow located at the top right corner of the Facebook page.
• Scroll down to settings and click on it
• You will be taken to the General Account Settings.
• Click on the security tab.
• Then scroll down, and you will see “Deactivate Your Account.”
• Click on it, and you will see a message that your profile, photo, and name will be removed.
• Then click the “Deactivate Your Account” link below it. This will take you to a page where some of your friends will be shown a message trying to convince you to stay.
• Scroll down, and you will see reasons for leaving. Select an option and ensure you opt out of receiving future emails from Facebook. (This will prevent you from being tagged, from being invited to an event, or from being asked to join any group.)
• Click the deactivate button.
• A pop-up message will appear to confirm your action. Click deactivate again to confirm. After this,  you will be automatically logged out.

Is Facebook Account Deactivation Permanent?

Nope, Deactivation And Deletion Are Very Different

1. Doing an account deactivation will hide your account from everyone.
2. Your data will be preserved in case you want to return it.

How about Deletion? Deletion destroys your Facebook data.

This means deleting a Facebook account is permanent. You can not recover a deleted account.

A wise thing to do will be to back up your data before deleting it.

Here is how Facebook describes the differences.