*I turned off all notifications, the truth of the matter is that no matter what you do your information will always be in the caches of their servers.
My new profile > http://www.facebok.com/globalsystemengineering
Had enough of Facebook? Here's how to permanently remove your profile from the social network.
Facebook can be a great tool for staying in touch with friends and family but, for some people, the constant bombardment of updates, messages, likes, pokes and advertisements can all become a bit overwhelming, not to mention highly addictive.
In a study by researchers at the University of Winchester, ten self-confessed Facebook “addicts” were asked to stop using their accounts for four weeks. Many quickly became isolated from friends and family and reported feeling "cut off from the world".
Ongoing questions over user Facebook's privacy practices – including a class action lawsuit in Austria involving 25,000 users that claim Facebook illegally tracked users’ browsing habits via software installed on other web pages, and participated in “Prism”, the American spy programme – are also making some people reconsider their membership of the social network.
If you've had enough and want to get rid of your account, you have two options. You can either deactivate you account, which means your profile disappears from the social network but all the information in your account is saved on Facebook's servers in case you decide yo go back, or you can permanently delete your account, which means all your data is removed and you will not be able to regain access.
Depending on whether or not you think you might want to return, here's what you need to do:
How to deactivate your account
Deactivating your account temporarily means you have the option to return to Facebook whenever you want.
- Click the downward arrow at the top right of any Facebook page
- Select "Settings"
- Click "Security" in the left column
- Choose "Deactivate your account", then follow the steps to confirm
If you deactivate your account your profile won’t be visible to other people on Facebook and people won’t be able to search for you, but some information, such as messages you sent to friends, may still be visible to others.
If decide you'd like to go back to Facebook, you can reactivate your account at any time by logging in with your email and password. Your profile will be restored in its entirety.
