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Guide on How to Delete Facebook Page, Facebook Account & Facebook Group

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Dr. John Kahen
Guide on How to Delete Facebook Page, Facebook Account & Facebook Group

The social media platform is a place where you will meet all kinds of people dwelling these days. It can be a blessing to be on these platforms. But why? It's a fantastic platform that helps you remain connected to your friends and family. Whether they are nearby or far away, you can connect with them with ease.

On that note, you can always have your dearest ones and interact with new friends and followers each day. Revolving around these people will help you build your brand, which promotes your business. Facebook has brought several people to close together than anything else before its emergence. But it can bring pain that may make you want to delete the Facebook page.

For some people, social media could be a curse. If you make posts of so many personal things, it can backfire on you big time. It may cause endless frustration both to you like the poster, your family, and even friends. When it reaches that point, delete the Facebook page. That will save you from more stress. 

 It is easy for your friends to turn into total strangers following Facebook posts. Even your built brand can crumble down quickly if you are not careful with Facebook usage. The best thing you can do is to delete the Facebook page if it starts hitting a negative trajectory.  

It's paramount to remain sane if social media has gone out of proportion. You can attain it by deleting your Facebook page. All this is because social media could turn into a cutthroat if you allow it. Ideally, it is a good idea to know how to get rid of how you can wipe the slate clean. 

Want to know how you can delete a Facebook page, account, and group? Get on board with the processes highlighted in this article.

How to delete a Facebook page

Are you using a desktop and want to delete the Facebook page? Don't forget that you should be the one who created the page that you want to delete. It will be hard if you're going to sabotage someone else.

Aren't you caring about your Facebook page any longer? You can go on and delete it from existence. Login to your Facebook page and navigate your way to settings on your Facebook menu. You will find the general tab. Just remain on it as you scroll down through the main window.

Just like the pre-deletion of the Facebook account, you decided to download and have a copy of your Facebook page. Go to the option' download page and click on it. That way, it will open up a larger dialog. While there, you can press the download page link. Once you have done that, the page information will be downloaded. You can then take the next step, and that is to delete the Facebook page. 

When you are through, don't forget to click the option 'remove the page. That will open its log. Your next step will be to press delete, and you will finalize the deletion process by clicking OK.

The process to delete the Facebook page via mobile phone

You can use a mobile phone and delete the Facebook page. Do you have a Facebook mobile app? Go on and login to your Facebook account through the app. Open the Facebook menu. Just tap on the three parallel lines. Once you are done opening, scroll down to where you have pages and click on it. Choose the page you wish to delete and ensure to tap on it. That opens the page. You will see an edit page option that appears like a pencil-shaped icon. Make sure you click on it. You will find it below the page heading to open up a new menu. If you can see the pencil, locate the triple dot icon, and tap on them. Once you are there, you can select the edit page option. You will be required to tap on the settings that open the setting page. 

Tap the 'delete option.' But ensure it has the name of the page you seek to delete. That's not all. You can finalize the process to delete the Facebook page by tapping the 'delete page' option and pressing the 'OK' button. Remember, you cannot undo that process once you click off. Within fourteen days, the Facebook page will have been deleted.

The process to delete a Facebook account

You may have become tired of Facebook, or maybe, isn't serving the purpose for which you had opened. It's easy to get rid of it. But before you permanently delete your Facebook account, below are some of the things you need to keep in mind.

  • You will never be allowed to use the messenger.
  • Specific data like messages you may have sent to your friends before will not be deleted altogether. You can always see them. 
  • Any app that uses a Facebook account will not be accessible even through a Facebook login.
  • The content you may have uploaded or added to your Facebook will go forever. You can never retrieve it again. 
  • Once you delete your Facebook account permanently, you will never be able to reactivate it again.

Have you gotten what you are driving yourself into by deleting your Facebook account? If you are still satisfied that deletion is the only option, you can follow these steps.

You can always consider downloading some of your Facebook information before you delete it. If you have done that, you can deactivate your account and then choose the delete account option. But how do you deactivate your Facebook account before deleting it?

Go to settings and click on it. Navigate your way to the option labeled 'Your Facebook information.' Make sure you click on that tab. You will be taken to other options. Look at where you have deactivated and deletion options. Click on that tab. You can then proceed to, but this round, you will be expected to choose the option for deleting your account permanently.

But before that, you will be given a chance where you can decide to keep messenger. If you are convinced that you must delete your Facebook account, go on and click the 'delete account' option. You will be prompted to confirm. Once you have provided the password, click the continue button. That way, you will be done with deleting facebook account.

Facebook then lets you know that it will take time to complete your deletion process. It may take around 30 days, of which you are not required to log in. In case you do it, you risk following the whole deletion process again.

Deleting Facebook group

Have you created a Facebook Group, and it turned toxic to the extent you can't handle everyday pressure coming from it? You don't have to go through all that stress. It's easy to delete the group from your Facebook account. Just follow the procedure below.

Login to your Facebook account. Navigate your way to the ground you wish to delete. Click on the group members tab. You will be expected to go through the list and check off all the names of your group members as you click the option to remove them from the group.

 When you are done removing all the group members, look at the option next to your name. You will find a tab 'leave the group.' Ensure to confirm you want to leave the group by pressing the 'leave and delete option. Once you have done that, you will have deleted your Facebook group. 

Conclusion

Facebook offers you a good platform to connect with your buddies and make new friends. You can also use it and promote your brand. But it can turn out the opposite of what you expected. If that is the case, you can use the process above and delete the Facebook account, page, or even Facebook group.

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