{"id":5477,"date":"2023-02-02T22:58:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T06:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2023-02-02T22:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T06:59:02","slug":"completely-remove-facebook-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/completely-remove-facebook-page","title":{"rendered":"Can You Ever Completely Remove a Facebook Page?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Completely-Remove-a-Facebook-Page\"<\/p>\n

Sometimes, it’s no longer a good idea to keep an active Facebook page.  Maybe the owner of the page died, and it needs to be protected against unwanted intrusion.  Maybe you’re just sick of having a time sink profile, and you would rather put it on hold.  Maybe you’ve decided Facebook’s notorious breaches of privacy are too much to take, and you want to delete every trace of your presence on the site.<\/p>\n

For a long time, Facebook was notorious about never deleting an account<\/em><\/strong>.  You could turn your account off, make it no longer public, but Facebook would retain all of its information in case you ever decided to come back.  These days, the site is a little more liberal with removing data, though some is always retained.<\/p>\n

There are three ways you can handle an account.  You can memorialize it, you can deactivate it or you can delete it.  Each has a purpose, and each has limitations.<\/p>\n

Deactivate vs. Delete<\/h3>\n

The easiest way to describe the difference between deactivation and deletion<\/a> is temporary vs. permanent.  If you deactivate your account, you can always change your mind and come back.  Activating it again publishes it once more, so you can pick up where you left off.  Deleting your account, on the other hand, removes virtually everything about your account permanently.  If you wanted to come back, you’d have to register a new account.<\/p>\n