What is disabling Facebook? How is it different from deleting Facebook accounts?

Disabling Facebook and deleting Facebook accounts are two phrases you encounter a lot when you want to stop activities on Facebook for a certain account. These two actions are essentially different. In this article, we will help you to make a clear distinction.

What is disabling Facebook?

Disabling Facebook is pausing the activity of the Facebook account you are using. If using the English interface, it will be Deactive. You can consider disabling Facebook just like temporarily deleting Facebook, then:

You can reactivate your Facebook account at any time.
People (including friends) can't find your Facebook page, can't see your timeline.
Some information may still be displayed (for example: The message you sent).

You can see how to disable Facebook here: How to delete a temporary Facebook account

What is the deletion of Facebook account?

Removing a Facebook account is an act of deleting all data, information and activities of a Facebook account, making it disappear on this social network. Understandably, permanently delete your Facebook account, then:

You cannot access your Facebook account after it has been deleted.
Deleting Facebook may be delayed for a while (about 14 days) after you request. If you log back into Facebook during this time, the Facebook removal request will be canceled.
It may take up to 90 days to delete data stored on Facebook's backup systems. Your information will not be accessible on Facebook during this time.
Some data is not stored in your account. For example, friends may have messages from you after you delete the account.
Copies of some documents (eg, logs) may remain in our database but are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Hopefully, through this article, you can distinguish the difference between disabling Facebook and deleting your Facebook account.

Kareem Winters

Update 24 May 2019

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What is disabling Facebook? How is it different from deleting Facebook accounts?