Facebook has an option that lets its users delete their account, however, you may prefer to deactivate your account rather. The reason is this; a deactivated account is temporarily erased from the social network, but you can reactivate it when you are ready. There are some dangers associated with deactivating your account. See: How Do I Temporarily Deactivate My Facebook Account?
You Lose Some Information in the Network
The various information contained within the Facebook network vanishes the minute you deactivate your account. Any posts you made to the walls of your friends remain there. Nevertheless, they won’t be able to have access to your account by clicking on your name anymore. Users also won’t be able to access your page or site when they click on your link in tagged pictures. Your status updates all but vanish, and any community pages you are part of won’t show you as a member anymore.
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Whenever you deactivate your Facebook account, you cease to appear on searches. Previously, anyone who wanted to connect with you and send you a friend request would search your name on Facebook and locate your profile. That isn’t possible after you deactivate your account. Your friends won’t be able to notify you via a poke, message, or otherwise that they want to connect with you. They also won’t have any way of knowing from the network that you have temporarily taken down your account. The only way they’ll know is if you tell them. See: How To Deactivate And Re-Activate Facebook Account 2018
The whole aim of Facebook is to make networking super easy for people. When you deactivate your Facebook account, you evaded yourself off from enjoying this advantage. You won’t be able to see your relatives, friends, work colleagues and associates on the website anymore. You won’t be able to connect on the social media platform and won’t be able to see their posts or get their notifications. You lose connection with your online social circle until you reactivate your account.
Facebook pledges to protect your personal information on your account when you deactivate it. It should be there waiting for you as soon as you reactivate and get back online. This information includes posts, emails, and friends lists. But, there is no guarantee that this is what will happen. There is the off chance that Facebook could inadvertently delete all that information or at least some of it from your account. Although it is unlikely, a few cases of this occurred in Facebook’s early days. Data loss can happen when Facebook carries out an upgrade on its network or a routine maintenance operation.
Interestingly, deleting your Facebook account is different from deactivating your account – it’s permanent after a 14-day waiting period. If you choose to delete your Facebook account, you should download a copy of your data first because you lose any data including photos linked to your Facebook account when you delete it. During the 14-day waiting period, your account is deactivated and doesn’t display on the website, however, after 14 days, none of your information can be recovered. See: How Do I Deactivate My Facebook Account?