Tired of the big kahuna of the social network? Well, be wary of all those ‘friends’ by following these steps to either temporarily deactivate or actually delete your Facebook account. With the general discourse of social media—or the world at large, for that matter—somewhat off-putting, you might be considering just taking a break from Facebook once more, and with how different Meta’s CEO has been recently, there has arguably never been a better time to do it.

As a huge bonus, it is honestly easy to get rid of your account! Here’s how to truly get rid of Facebook….. and Instagram, anyway, they are all Meta family. Remember, if you possess a Meta Quest VR, you get to access it through your Meta account.

Deleting your familiar Facebook account could also get rid of all of your Meta Quest accounts, including app purchases and achievements! That SUCKS. And don’t sweat it if account deletion just is not an option for you, can surely lock down the account settings to make it somewhat a decent space.

How to Delete Facebook for Good

To completely and permanently delete your Facebook account, visit facebook. com/help/delete_account. Just remember that, according to the Facebook data use policy, “After you remove information from your profile or delete your account, copies of that information may remain viewable elsewhere to the extent it has been shared with others, it was otherwise distributed pursuant to your privacy settings, or it was copied or stored by other users.”

Translation: If you wrote a comment on your friend’s status update or photo, that will still be on Facebook even after you delete your own profile. Some of your posts and pictures may linger for up to 90 days after deletion, though, but that is only on Facebook servers; once deleted, so they say, that data is wiped from the Facebook servers.

Note: we have a 30-day grace period for deletions. That gives you a month to change your mind and to return to Facebook before it truly deletes your account. It’s just another way Meta cares.

How to Delete or Memorialize Your Facebook From Beyond the Grave

You cannot remove someone else’s account when you cannot sign into it. But you can get others kicked off — underage kids in particular, because Facebook bans kids under 13 to comply with federal law.

To alert Facebook that a user is under 13, report the account. It deletes the account immediately, without telling anyone, if Facebook can “reasonably verify” the account’s owner is underage.

For people who are medically incapacitated and unable to use Facebook, there’s a separate form to request account removal. For this to happen, the requestor would have to prove they are the guardian of the incapacitated person (like via a power of attorney), and submit an official note from a doctor or medical facility that outlines the incapacitation.

Remove any information needed to retain a degree of privacy, including medical account numbers and addresses.

When a user dies, a legacy contact — a Facebook friend or family member designated by the account owner before they die — can get into the deceased person’s Facebook timeline, after it is approved by Facebook. The legacy contact may have to offer a link to an obituary or another proof, like a death certificate. A legacy contact can only be added to a main profile.

Facebook can “memorialize” the page, which keeps the deceased’s timeline available under the control of the legacy contact. The legacy contact can’t post as the deceased, but they’ll be able to change the profile pic and cover photo, and manage tribute posts that are pinned to the top of the deceased’s profile, as well as new friend requests sent to the account. The page will display the word “Remembering” before the person’s name.

If the legacy contact wishes, however, they can also request that the page be deleted forever.

You can authorize a legacy contact person to manage your account after you die by visiting Meta Accounts Center > Personal details > Account Ownership and Control > Memorialization and selecting the account. A legacy contact can only be set for a main profile page.

Enter a friend’s name to locate their Facebook profile and click Add. Next, click on Send so the person receives a notification. (You can also use this page to delete or update an active legacy contact.)

Once you choose a legacy contact (and you can choose only one), you will receive a reminder every year from Facebook to verify whether the contact should remain the same.

You decided that if your legacy contact does report you as deceased to Facebook after you’re gone, you would like your account to be deleted — even if your legacy contact wants it to be memorialized. That’s a creative way to seize control from beyond the grave.