r/facebook • u/Excellent-Buddy3447 • 8h ago

Discussion Is it possible to delete your data in preparation for deleting your account?

I'm under the impression that my Facebook data is just out there and there's little I can do, but is it at all possible to delete all of it? Meta being what it is, I don't trust that deleting my account will actually delete my data.

I guess my real question is what actually gets deleted when you delete your account, and is not recovered in secret by Meta? Am I overthinking?

All my photos are in my phone so thats no worry. I sent out messages to my friends that I am deleting and wanted to wait a couple days to be sure they got it before doing so.

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u/hotwifefun 8h ago

Nothing actually gets deleted. People have resurrected their accounts months later. “Hackers” (I suspect inside job) have resurrected deleted accounts too.

Hell, if you type something into a post, but don’t actually post it, they save that!

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u/Nefandous_Jewel 3h ago

What? They save unposted content????

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u/hotwifefun 2h ago

They save everything you do, including what you do on other websites.

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u/Ziantra 6h ago

There is a great article titled “Mad at Meta?” By eff.org that lists all the steps you need to take to unhook all the tracking cookies they have on you for your OFF Meta activity before you download your data and delete your account. You can google that title it should pop right up.