Do you have to completely delete your account right away? Why don't you try gradually reducing your Facebook presence by following these steps: 1. Stop posting

Do you have to completely delete your account right away? Why don't you try gradually reducing your Facebook presence by following these steps: 1. Stop posting any content yourself. Stop using/playing all apps/games. If you need to contact someone, do it via phone, email, or some other non-Facebook medium. Disable Facebook chat so they can't message you on there, and reply to their messages/wall posts in person or over the phone (replying with another internet-based medium might raise some red flags, but using an entirely different form of communication won't). 2. Delete content you've posted in the past. Remove apps/games you have installed and remove yourself from the groups you're in. Remove information from your profile. Untag yourself from pictures others have posted. 3. Delete friends that you haven't talked to in a long time. 4. Contact your remaining friends and give them your contact info. 5. Delete your account.