These days many people are afraid of their private information being leaked due to the various issues going on with Facebook .Last month alone 50 million accounts of Facebook users was hijacked putting all that you ever posted in Facebook or even the apps connected with your Facebook account in danger .Many users have lost faith in Facebook and want to get rid of Facebook forever !!! So how do you do it is the main question here !!! Following are a few steps to make sure that you are doing it right and make your account deletion process as painless as possible.
1.Make sure to see what you might loose
Many users normally create accounts in different apps or websites through Facebook .Deleting your Facebook account will also make it difficult for you to access these accounts such as spotify , pinterest etc. So make sure that your first go to these accounts and change your login details . To make sure that you have changed the details of all the apps connected to your Facebook first visit 'Facebook' and go to the apps section in settings ,here you will find all the apps that you ever gave permission through your account.
2. Press the delete button
go the settings menu and click the button "Your Facebook information " and from there click "delete your account and information" a box will pop up when you click the button saying that the account deletion was permanent .Hooray !!! your are half way there!!!!!!!!!!!
3. 30 days grace period
Facebook will not delete all your data as soon as you click "delete your account and information" It gives you a 30 days grace period to get back in case you change your mind .So just be patient for a month.
4. Delete your Instagram account.
If you have linked your Facebook with Instagram you know that Instagram will still have your information because they are the same and hence i recommend deleting Instagram too but that is completely your choice ( The ball is in your court)
5.Ensure that you have no tracks left behind.
This is the last step in this process ....After deleting your account you make sure that you delete all your web cookies or maybe install a tracker blocker to make sure that Facebook does not follow you . And that is it ......
( Remember in case you change your mind you still have 30 days left to get back to Facebook)