How to delete your Facebook and WhatsApp account permanently (Using your phone or PC)

Since the introduction of social networking sites, they have become an integral part of our lives. They were designed to connect with many like-minded people from the ease of their homes.

Today, social networking sites help us in many other ways. One of the biggest examples of it is, help in small as well as established businesses

Many local businesses today, are dependent on social networking sites for their day-to-day sales.

In a very small period, these sites were able to make a special space for themselves among us. Now we all have become more or less dependent on them for some of the other things.

Besides, the advantages of social networking sites, there are also several disadvantages which come along with the bundle.

Some of the major disadvatages inlude-

• Getting addicted to it.
• Saftey issues online.
• Cyberbullying.
• And privacy issues being one of the major disadvantages.

And there can be many other issues faced by users on their behalf.

These issues can sometimes force people to delete their social media accounts.

But in this try many people think that deleting that service's application from their phone, they have deleted their account from the company's database. But this is not the case.

If you simply delete the social networking service's application from your phone, you'll be only marked as an inactive user. Your account can still be misused for an unethical use by some hijacker(if he can find a back door sort of fault in your account using any unfair means ).

So, in this article, I'll be mentioning how to delete your Facebook or WhatsApp(which are one of the most used social networking services) account permanently by either using your phone or their website.

Why oneself might be feeling to delete his WhatsApp account?

WhatsApp is, no doubt, world's largest messaging app which provides the user with a ton of features.

You can share text messages, videos, photos, documents, audio, location and contacts with your friends by just a click. The process is hassle-free.

Before the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook, WhatsApp was the most private messaging app which was ad-free to its users.

But after the acquisition, Facebook has started to change the working of WhatsApp. It has updated the privacy policy of WhatsApp and has also built a plan to introduce WhatsApp's payment service.

These changed policies are not liked by many WhatsApp users and hence, it has resulted in a lot of users migrating to other messaging services.

For this reason, those people need to delete their existing WhatsApp account before migrating to the other messaging service, to ensure that their account does not fall into the hands of a mischievous person.

How to delete your WhatsApp account?

There is no possible way of deleting your account using WhatsApp's website or WhatsApp's PC version. So, you need to have your phone for deleting your account.

If you don't have your phone, you can download an Emulator(such as BlueStacks) on your PC which will allow you to download Android apps on your PC. Once you download it, you then need to install WhatsApp on your device and sign in to your account.

After that, you can follow the below method to delete your account.

NOTE: Deleting your WhatsApp account is permanent. Once you delete your account, you will no longer have access to your WhatsApp messages, no matter even if they are backed up in your Google Drive Account. There no method to recover your account.

To delete your account, you need to follow the below steps-

1. Open the WhatsApp app on your smartphone.
2. Now click on the options button located on the top right corner.
3. A drop-down menu will be displayed in front of you. Select the last option from the menu, which will be named 'Settings'.
4. On the next page you will notice that several options such as Account, Chats, Notifications, etc. will be displayed.
5. Now select the 'Account' option on this page.
6. On the next page tap on the last option which will be displayed as 'Delete' my account'.
7. On this page, you will be asked to choose your country and confirm your mobile number. You can also change your number (using which you run WhatsApp on your phone) on this page.
8. After you are done with the process click on the 'DELETE MY ACCOUNT' button.
9. After that you will be directed to this page, where it will ask you select a reason why you are deleting your WhatsApp account. You can select an option that's relevant to you or simply select the other option from the drop-down menu.
10. You can also provide some feedback to the WhatsApp team, on the same page and when you are done, click on the 'DELETE MY ACCOUNT' button.
11. On the next page, a confirmation message will be displayed on which you again need to click on the 'DELETE MY ACCOUNT'.
12. Congratulations! you have successfully deleted your WhatsApp account.

Why oneself might be feeling to delete his Facebook account?

Facebook, from the time it had been launched, has been very famous among the social networking service lovers. The wide variety of features which it provides to its users is responsible for its fame. But, in recent years Facebook's fame has gradually declined. There are some major privacy issues, which have badly hurt Facebook in recent years.

Another reason is that people are now getting better alternatives to Facebook which they think are more productive than Facebook(it depends on the user).

This is the reason why many people are now thinking to permanently delete their Facebook account. So, without wasting any more time lets get to know, how to delete a Facebook account permanently.

How to delete your Facebook account permanently?

Deleting your Facebook account is a bit lengthy process. You need to observe each process and understand what are they are trying to convey.

So let's get started...

Delete facebook account using your PC

1. Go to facebook.com.
2. Login to your account on the website.
3. Click on the downward-facing arrow on the top right corner. A drop-down menu will be displayed on your screen.
4. From the menu, select the 'Settings and Privacy' option and from the next menu select the 'Settings' option.
5. The settings page will now get opened on your screen, with some tabs on the left pane.
6. Now click on the 'Your Facebook Information' tab from the left pane.
7. After that, click on the 'Deactivation and Deletion' option which will be listed as the last option on your screen.
8. On this page, you will be provided with two options which will be, 'Deactivate Account' and 'Delete Account'.
9. Here we are willing to delete are account permanently, therefore select the 'Delete Account' option. But if you wanted to disable your account temporarily, then you would have selected the 'Deactivate Account' option.
10. After you have selected the option, click on the 'Continue to Account Deactivation'.
11. On the next page you can back up your info which you have uploaded on your Facebook account. After you are done with it, click on the 'Delete Account' button.
12. After doing so, Facebook will ask you to confirm that it's your account. Confirm it by typing in your Facebook account password.
13. On the next page Facebook will display a confirmation message for you. Click on the 'Delete Account' button after you have read the displayed message.
14. Congratulations! you have successfully deleted your Facebook account.

Note: Your account is still not deleted. It will be deleted after 30 days from the time you have completed the above process. Meanwhile, if you wish to recover your account you just need to log into your account within the 30 days.

Delete Facebook account using your mobile phone

You can follow the below steps to delete you Facebook using your mobile phone-

1. Open the Facebook app on your mobile phone.
2. Click on the options button on the top right corner and select the 'Settings & Privacy' option from the displayed menu.
3. A drop-down menu will now be displayed on the screen. Select the 'Settings' options from there.
4. Now on the next page, scroll down the screen and under the 'Your Facebook information' select the 'Account ownership and control' option.
5. On this page select the 'Deactivation and deletion' option.

The rest of the process remains the same as the process for deleting your account using your PC, so you can follow it from above.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• How to delete facebook account on phone?
  Answer: You can use the method, metioned prior in the article to delete your Facebook account using your phone.
• Can you provide the link to delete facebook account?
  Answer: Yes, ofcoarse. Use this link Account deletion link.
• When you delete WhatsApp account will others know?
  Answer: When you delete your WhatsApp account you will be simply removed from all the WhatsApp groups in which you were present. And if someone wants you to message personally, it will show an option to 'Invite' you to WhatsApp because you are no more a WhatsApp user.
• How do you delete facebook account?
  Answer:The only method to delete your Facebook account is the one mentioned prior in this article.

If you still have any other questions relating how to delete your Facebook or WhatsApp account, you are free to ask in the comment section.

Conclusion

WhatsApp and Facebook, both are no doubt, extremely useful services, if used wisely.

But if you think that these services are harming you in any way or taking control over your life, then it is the time for to take the call and take your steps back from these services.

You can easily delete your Facebook or WhatsApp account just by following the steps mentioned in this article so that when it is necessary for, you can easily back out from these social networking services.

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