Yes, it's a glaring omission from the privacy features in Facebook, but it also doesn't matter much. Facebook. Learn how in our Help Center: https://www.facebook.com/help/132243923516844/?ref=u2u Best, Natasha However, you can re-activate your account if you change your mind. If you can’t find it, get a Facebook friend or family member to help. You can use any service to do this, but I'd personally just make a new Gmail address separate from my regular Google account, sign into it using Private Browsing mode (so you don't sign yourself out of your regular Gmail), set up the forwarding filters, and forget it.

The effect is exactly the same as far as your friends are concerned: you and your data disappear from Facebook.

English (US) Español; Français (France) 中文(简体) I want to completely start over on my page but I don't want to lose all my friends. Again, keep in mind that even if applications were to share your information—you don't really have any information to share, so you're probably safe. With all the privacy issues surrounding Facebook, many people are considering quitting the site altogether. Trump mocks Biden for wearing a mask amid pandemic, Trump tries to undermine election's legitimacy, Bad news for 28,000 Disney theme park workers, Patrick Mahomes's fiancée: I'm having a baby, Debate derails as Trump hammers Biden on son, Chrissy Teigen speaks out from hospital bed, Notre Dame coach: Meal likely caused virus outbreak, How Trump voters feel about his transfer-of-power stance, Amanda Knox lends support to NXIVM cult leader, 'Bleach' comes back to bite Trump at first debate, Biden hits Trump on health care: 'He has no plan'. Suzette. The only fool-proof solution to the photo tagging problem is to kick your friends in the shin if they post embarrassing pictures of you. thanks :). Guess I don't get it, but to me this seems like a useless service in general unless you only have one kind of "Friend". Make sure you keep a record of everything you want to get back. Click on it and hit customize. There is currently no way to actually prevent people from tagging photos of you. Remember, you cannot use the same ones, because Facebook will reactivate your old account, instead of creating a new one. Jean. Conveniently, Facebook will then ask you to suggest friends for your new account (if not, you can do so by visiting your new account's profile page from your old account). At the same time, you may wish to have complete control over who you become Facebook friends with, and that's fine too. That way, you won't have to check this separate one, but if something ever happens (like Facebook making your email public for 30 minutes), you can delete the disposable address, make a new one, link it with Facebook, and not have to deal with the spam forever.

I guess I am not "getting" how to use Facebook correctly, but my issue is the "single layer" nature of the beast. You may want to remove those as well. You probably don't want your profile showing up in Google, but if you want people to find you on Facebook you might want to stay in those search results (since people won't be able to find you through activity on your friends' walls, because there won't be any). ), From the files of the Facebook's Tenuous Grasp on Privacy Dept. Have you got another question for Jack? Email or Phone: Password: Forgot account? Still have questions? So if you're really ready to give up wall posts, comments, Farmville, and fan pages, here's how to proceed without falling off the face of the Earth. There are a few things Facebook will always have on you, such as your email address and list of friends, so these are the important things to check up on. Down next to your registered email address is the privacy setting for who can see it.

The settings for “Account security” may also contain a list of “registered devices” that are associated with your account. Why in the world would I want a service where I interact with my insane friends, my conservative boss and my Mom in the same environment? If you didn’t make your email address visible, ask them to send you the internet address (the URL) of your page. Note that when you delete your old account, you will lose all your friends, photos, messages, comments, favourites, games and other data. On the Reset Your Password page, click Continue if you recognize the partial email address or … Log out of Facebook and create a new account using that email address. Second, you would not be able to create a new account with your old user name and email address. 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.

After that, go to your account settings and change the key entries to something you don’t want. But, if you are seriously thinking about quitting, I think this is a set-up to consider, if you haven't already. To do this, go to the Settings page, select Security (on the left) and then click on “Trusted Contacts”.