How to Deactivate Facebook Account Temporarily – In the next few seconds to minute we are going to cover the steps on how to deactivate Facebook account and for whatever reason you have chosen to deactivate your account, this tutorial will guide you. Meanwhile, if you are interested in creating a new Facebook account, then learn how to sign up or create a new account here. But if you so want to temporarily deactivate your account, then let’s proceed. Before then, let us quickly look into understanding what it means to deactivate your Facebook account. And what are involved when you finally deactivate your Facebook account.
Understanding Facebook Account Deactivation
Deactivating your Facebook account is completely different from permanently deleting your Facebook account. When you deactivate your Facebook account, you can still reactivate the account any time in the future.
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But to delete your Facebook account permanently means, you will loss your account and will never have same account back, except you create a new Facebook account for free.
What Happens When you Deactivate Facebook Account Temporarily?
Below are few important things you need to know about deactivating your Facebook account.
i. You can reactivate your Facebook account just at any time you want.
ii. When you deactivate Facebook account, people can no longer find you on Facebook.
iii. Messages you sent remain visible to the recipients of such messages in their Facebook inbox.
iv. Facebook keeps your Facebook account information safe should you decide to reactivate in the future.
v. It is important to keep your Facebook account login details (Username and password) safe as you will need them when you want to reactivate your account, just as we are going to see below.
Having said, let us now take practical look into how to deactivate Facebook account without difficulties.
How to Deactivate Facebook Account Temporarily
Follow the steps below to temporarily deactivate your Facebook account. It is very simple and easy.
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NOTE: You must have your Facebook login details for you to be able to deactivate your Facebook account. And if you, then follow the guide below to deactivate the account;
1. Go to Facebook.com and login to your Facebook account
2. Click the downward arrow at the top right of your Facebook account home page, this will reveal some drop-down menu item.
3. Select “Settings” from the list of drop down.
4. Look at the option at the left side, and then click “Security”. It is just below “General”
5. Scroll down and click on “Deactivate your account”.
6. Confirm you want to deactivate your Facebook account and you will have your Facebook deactivated.
And that is it on how to deactivate Facebook account. I know you may be asking, what happens when you decide to re-activate your Facebook account. I will show right below how to reactivate your Facebook account.
How To Reactivate Your Facebook Account
This is a very simple one because in this case, once you try access your Facebook account, Facebook automatically assumes you want to reactivate your account and it is as simple as it gets.
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Thus below is how to reactivate your Facebook account under seconds of time;
1. Go to www.facebook.com
2. Enter your Facebook account login details, which includes your Username and password.
3. Click “Sign In”
And these steps simply reactivate your Facebook account.
NOTE: Once you deactivate your Facebook account, it is important you keep your login details (username and password) very safe, as you will need them when you want to reactivate the account in the future.
