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Deleting your Facebook is difficult? I believe mine is hard deleted (not deactivated), and it was the same workflow as deactivating it, if I remember correctly

Deleting your Facebook is difficult? I believe mine is hard deleted (not deactivated), and it was the same workflow as deactivating it, if I remember correctly. I just clicked "delete" instead of "deactivate" or whatever. Facebook leaves the account deactivated for a week so you can ponder on your choice, but if you don't do anything, it was my understanding that the account gets deleted.

puredemo 13y ago
I don't think that option has existed for a long time.
- ubercow13 13y ago
  Of course it does, https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
wrhs 13y ago
Your understanding is incorrect and the option to "delete" an account hasn't existed for a long time. You might want to check these things next time, since the only thing your comment is likely to do is mislead people and waste their time looking for something that isn't there.
jrs235 13y ago
I believe doing the delete account via Facebook will only delete [your own] posts and things on "your timeline/wall". Any comments you made on other peoples posts do not get deleted. I believe, using the "automation" method or similar methods actually goes through and finds all your posts and comments on other people's walls/timelines and also deletes them.
- ubercow13 13y ago
  I deleted my account and I am pretty sure all your comments on others' things do get deleted..
  - ta_delallthings 13y ago
    Nothing gets deleted ever, your account and related data still lives in facebook servers but only accessible to facebook and their commercial partners (also NSA, US government, spy agencies and crackers).
    - ubercow13 13y ago
      Unless I am misunderstanding, that is all but totally unrelated to what we are talking about, however true it is.
dhughes 13y ago
But you may have a shadow account on Facebook, if that rumour is true.
ta_delallthings 13y ago
You can't delete the data you gave to facebook, you can make it disappear to the other facebook registered slaves but it will live forever in facebook storage.

puredemo 13y ago

I don't think that option has existed for a long time.

ubercow13 13y ago
Of course it does, https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account

wrhs 13y ago

Your understanding is incorrect and the option to "delete" an account hasn't existed for a long time. You might want to check these things next time, since the only thing your comment is likely to do is mislead people and waste their time looking for something that isn't there.

jrs235 13y ago

I believe doing the delete account via Facebook will only delete [your own] posts and things on "your timeline/wall". Any comments you made on other peoples posts do not get deleted. I believe, using the "automation" method or similar methods actually goes through and finds all your posts and comments on other people's walls/timelines and also deletes them.

ubercow13 13y ago
I deleted my account and I am pretty sure all your comments on others' things do get deleted..
- ta_delallthings 13y ago
  Nothing gets deleted ever, your account and related data still lives in facebook servers but only accessible to facebook and their commercial partners (also NSA, US government, spy agencies and crackers).
  - ubercow13 13y ago
    Unless I am misunderstanding, that is all but totally unrelated to what we are talking about, however true it is.

dhughes 13y ago

But you may have a shadow account on Facebook, if that rumour is true.

ta_delallthings 13y ago

You can't delete the data you gave to facebook, you can make it disappear to the other facebook registered slaves but it will live forever in facebook storage.