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Facebook Adds Delete Account Option

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-stay-out dept.

roseability writes "Facebook have quietly added the ability to delete you account. 'Deactivate Account', under Account Setting, has become 'Deactivate or Delete Account', and when checked it purports to permanently delete your account and all information you have shared. Facebook is actually willing to erase your data permanently? They must be counting on very few people doing so." Mixed reports on this: perhaps this is a limited test?

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  1. I deleted my account months ago by FictionPimp · · Score: 5, Informative

    They have always had an option to delete your account or deactivate. They just made finding the delete function easier now.

  2. Re:If this would allow us to get rid of... by bacon+volcano · · Score: 5, Informative

    There was a good article in the New York Times about this a week or so ago. It's actually a bit of an issue for the site. Turns out they do have a way of handling it, but it's far from perfect.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/technology/18death.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=facebook%20dead&st=cse

  3. Re:is "delete" really an option? by Goaway · · Score: 5, Informative

    I did the exact same thing, and got the same result. However, I recalled hearing that the option has existed for some time already, and has just been very well hidden.

    I looked it up, and the trick is to go to this address:

    http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account