Temporarily Deactivate Facebook Account

Temporarily Deactivate Facebook Account: Facebook has become quite some stress to some of us, from the hassle of trying to keep up with every other person's post to the struggle of trying to get acceptable pictures of ourselves. You may be long over due for a break, you can deactivate you Facebook account, your friends wont be able to post on your wall. You can just get back to your account after your rest by just logging back into that account, pretty easy!. We would show how to in steps below:

Steps to Temporarily Deactivate Account

Method 1 

Removing Your Profile Temporarily on Mobile.

• Open Facebook and log in with your details.
• Secondly, tap ☰. It's in either the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android).
• Scroll down and tap Settings. If its Android, skip this step.
• Tap Account Settings. It's either at the top of a pop-up menu (iPhone) or toward the bottom of the ☰ menu (Android).
• Tap General. This tab is located near the top of the screen.
• Tap Manage Account. It's the bottom option on this page.
• Tap Deactivate. This link can be found to the right of the "Account" heading.
• Enter your password, then tap Continue.This will take you to the deactivation page.
• Tap a reason for deactivating your account. If you tap the Other option at the bottom of the section, you'll need to type in a reason for deactivating.
• If you would want Facebook to reactivate your account automatically after a week or less, then tap this is temporary. I'll be back. and then select the number of days to keep your account deactivated.
• Tap Close if prompted to take separate action. If your selected reason is deemed fixable by Facebook, you'll receive a pop-up messaging with an alternative (optional) action; tapping Close will remove this pop-up.
• If you like, you can opt out of email notifications and/or Messenger . To do so, simply tap the boxes next to Opt out of receiving future emails from Facebook and Keep me signed into Messenger respectively.
• Tap Deactivate. It's at the bottom of the page. Doing this will immediately deactivate your account.
• You may be asked to enter your password once more before the deactivation occurs.
• You can easily re-activate your account by logging back into Facebook the next time you open the app.

Method 2

Removing Your Profile Temporarily on Mac and PC.

• Go to the Facebook website and log in.
• Click ▼. This icon is in the top-right side of the Facebook page, just right of the ? icon. Clicking it w invokes a drop-down menu.
• Click Settings. It's toward the bottom of the drop-down menu.
• Click the General tab. You can find  this option in the top-left side of the page.
• Click Manage Account. It's the last option on the page.
• Click the "Deactivate your account" link. This option is just above the Close button.
• Type in your Facebook password. This should be done in the text field near the middle of the page.
• Click Continue. As long as your password is correct, doing so will take you to the deactivation page.
• Click a reason for deactivating. You'll do this in the "Reason for leaving" section near the bottom of the page. If you want Facebook to reactivate your account automatically after a week or less, click this is temporary, I'll be back option. and then select a number of days for Facebook to keep your account deactivated.
• Click Close if prompted to take separate action. Depending on your selected reason for leaving, Facebook may recommend that you log out or add friends instead of deactivating your account.
• Review the exit options. Before deactivating your account, you can check or uncheck the following options:
• Email opt out - Check this box to prevent Facebook from sending emails to you.
• Messenger - This deactivates Facebook Messenger as well. If you don't check this box, people will still be able to look you up and send you messages through Messenger.
• Delete applications - If you're a Facebook developer and you have created applications, they will be listed on this page. Checking this box removes them from your developer profile.
• Click Deactivate. It's the blue button at the bottom of the page.You may need to re-enter your password after this step.
• When prompted, Click Deactivate Now. Doing so will deactivate your Facebook account. If you want to re-activate it at any time, simply go to the Facebook login page, enter your email address and password, and click Log In.

Enjoy your break.