Anyway, I’m an adult now and I’d like to get rid of those accounts but I
don’t remember the passwords. I was young and stupid then and every time I forgot a password I’d just make another Facebook account. The only account I want to keep is the one I’m using now. Is there any way to delete the old unused accounts but keep my current one? Rick’s answer: This is a fairly common issue, Darren. Lots of folks create multiple Facebook accounts for one reason or another and end up
wanting to close them later. Luckily, it’s usually pretty easy to get most unwanted accounts removed simply by reporting them as fake accounts. Just follow the steps below for the device you use to access Facebook. If you use Facebook in a web browser on a laptop or desktop computer: 1 – Visit the Timeline of the first account your son wants to have deleted. 2 – Click the three dots on the far
right side of the top menu bar. 3 – Click Find Support or Report Profile. 4 – Select Pretending to Be Someone from the list of available options and then select Me. Note: I realize that in this case the unwanted accounts don’t actually fit the “Pretending to Be Someone” description since you created them as legitimate accounts at the time, but reporting them as such will likely get them taken down faster. 5 – Finish up by clicking Submit. 6 – Repeat the steps above for each of the other accounts that need to be closed. 7 – Ask a few of your Facebook friends to report the unwanted accounts as well. I’ve learned that the more people who report an account, the faster it usually gets taken. If you use the Facebook app on a mobile device: 1 – Visit the Timeline of the first account your son wants to have deleted. 2 – Tap the three dots icon over on the right. 3 – Tap Find support or report profile. 4 – Tap Pretending to Be Someone. Note: I realize that in this case the unwanted accounts don’t actually fit the “Pretending to Be Someone” description since you created them as legitimate accounts at the time, but reporting them as such will likely get them taken down faster. 5 – Tap Me. 6 – Tap Submit. That’s all there is to it. A Facebook rep will take a look at the accounts and make a determination about whether they should be closed. If the accounts haven’t been updated in a while and/or they appear to be fake or abandoned they will be deleted. I hope this helps, Darren. Good luck! Bonus tip: This post explains how to protect your Facebook account from hackers.
Facebook is a website, and all the data for your page is stored on various Facebook servers in giant data centres. It is not stored on your PC or on your phone: they are just ways to access it online. To delete your Facebook page, you must log on to your account, then go to the “Delete my account” page at facebook.com/help/delete_account and click the big blue button. The Facebook help page says: “When you delete your account, people won’t be able to see it on Facebook. It may take up to 90 days to delete all of the things you’ve posted, like your photos, status updates or other data stored in backup systems. While we are deleting this information, it is inaccessible to other people using Facebook.” If you change your mind and log on later, you will be offered the chance to reactivate your account, but some or all of your data may have been deleted. Before you delete your Facebook page, it’s a good idea to download a copy of your data. To do this, click the downward-facing triangle and select Settings from the drop-down menu. When the page loads, click the text that says “Download a copy of your Facebook data.” Facebook will email you when your data is ready to download. Otherwise, consider deactivating your account rather than deleting it. The effect is exactly the same as far as your friends are concerned: you and your data disappear from Facebook. However, you can re-activate your account if you change your mind. No email address, no password
You can’t easily close an account unless you can log on to it. But how many email addresses do you have? Too many to try them all? Go to the “Find Your Account” page at https://www.facebook.com/login/identify and try entering the email addresses and/or phone numbers you usually use, your user name or your full name and search for your account. If you can’t find it, get a Facebook friend or family member to help. Ask them to go to your Facebook page, click on About and look for your email address under “Contact Information”. If you didn’t make your email address visible, ask them to send you the internet address (the URL) of your page. This will tell you your username, which you can enter in the “Find Your Account” page. For example, if your user name was John Doe, then your Facebook page would probably be at https://www.facebook.com/John.Doe There is a way to delete an account that you can’t access, but you have to create a new Facebook account to do it. In this case, navigate to your old account and Report/Block it. Next, choose “This is my old profile” and then “Close this account”. Facebook says: “the profile will be reviewed and deactivated after we’re able to verify that it’s your old account”. There is no way to merge two accounts. People who are likely to forget their names, passwords and email addresses should add one or more “trusted contacts”. To do this, go to the Settings page, select Security (on the left) and then click on “Trusted Contacts”. This allows you to choose from three to five people – unfortunately, three is the minimum. If you ever have a problem accessing your account, you can ask for a security code to be sent to a trusted friend. They pass the code to you so that you can use it to access your account. Making a fresh start
Your Facebook account is tied to your email address and/or phone number, not your real name, because there may be hundreds or thousands of people with exactly the same name. You must therefore think carefully about which email address and/or phone number you want to use in future. Remember, you cannot use the same ones, because Facebook will reactivate your old account, instead of creating a new one. Before you delete your account, get a back-up of your data, as described above. After that, go to your account settings and change the key entries to something you don’t want. It’s most important to change your email address to another working email address – you can create one for the purpose. You can also change your real name, your user name, and possibly your password. (Changing your password will stop your smartphone and tablet apps from logging in.) The settings for “Account security” may also contain a list of “registered devices” that are associated with your account. You may want to remove those as well. Remember, when you create a new account, Facebook will do its best to reactivate your old account, based on whatever data was in the old account. Note that when you delete your old account, you will lose all your friends, photos, messages, comments, favourites, games and other data. You will also lose access to user groups and so on. Make sure you keep a record of everything you want to get back. Also, tell your important friends that you intend to delete your old Facebook account and create a new one. If you don’t, they may think you are being impersonated by a scammer and report you. If they have already confirmed that you are a friend, they won’t expect to get another friend request, unless you warn them. If you do all this, then you should eventually be able to create a new account, with your preferred email address and user name. I wouldn’t expect this to work until your old information has been flushed from Facebook’s system. That could take about two weeks, but it might take a month or more. You could, of course, create a new account and then Report/Block the old account, as described above. However, I prefer my method. First, it’s against Facebook’s terms and conditions to create more than one personal account. Second, you would not be able to create a new account with your old user name and email address. Third, you’d have to rely on Facebook to verify and deactivate the old account, instead of being able to do it yourself. Have you got another question for Jack? Email it to Can you delete an old Facebook account without password or email?Perhaps you have forgotten your Facebook login details or don't want to use an old account anymore, you can delete your Facebook account without password or login details.
What happens to abandoned Facebook accounts?Account Deletion
Like deactivation, Facebook will not delete your account for inactivity. It's something you must do from your “Account Settings” page. Once deleted, your account cannot be reinstated. All content, including your Timeline, photos, friend lists and other personal data, are deleted.
How can I get someones Facebook deleted?The first way is to block them. Another method is to wait for them to do it themselves. If you're not careful, you may be denied the request if there are incorrect settings. If you can find someone with a similar name, you can ask them to unfriend you or block them on Facebook.
How long do Unused Facebook accounts last?Facebook Waits 14 Days Before Deleting Account
The social network said there is no limit on how long a user can keep her account deactivated. But if a Facebook user really wants to make the separation permanent, she can choose to delete the account altogether.
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