How to Temporarily Disable A Facebook Account On a PC
If you’re ready to take a break, these steps will help you deactivate your FB account from a web browser until you’re ready to go back online.
How to Deactivate Your Facebook Account From the Mobile App
If you’re using the Facebook mobile app, the general process of deactivating your account is the same, but the steps look a little different. The instructions vary slightly depending on whether you’re using an Android device or an iPhone.
Choose your Reason for leaving.Add additional explanation if desired.Decide whether to opt-out of email.Decide if you want to Keep Using Messenger or not.
When you’re finished, click Deactivate.
What Happens When You Deactivate Your Facebook Account
When you deactivate your Facebook account, it’s essentially like pausing it. You will no longer receive notifications about activity on the account, and your account will not be findable in search. You won’t ever show as active and no one will be able to view your profile or any images associated with your account unless someone else is tagged in them and they are still active. You can still use Facebook Messenger, but there are some limits to that, too, as mentioned above. And you may also experience some issues when logging into or using other accounts that you used your Facebook credentials to log into or create. Otherwise, it’s almost like logging out of your Facebook account.
How to Reactivate Your Facebook Account
When you’re ready to go back to Facebook, it’s simple to reactivate an account that has not been deleted. All you need to do is log into the account. Once you’ve logged back in, everything goes back to normal and you can use your Facebook account just as you always have.
