Deleting your Facebook account is easy, but it requires a few simple steps to ensure you don't leave your data behind.

There are currently around 2.8 billion Facebook users, but backlash against the world’s largest social media site continues. Since it began in 2004, Facebook has been accused of mishandling data and ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

There are many different reasons you may want to completely obliterate your Facebook profile. For this scenario let’s just say you decided to go “Kerouac on everyone” and need to remove your digital ...

The past week's series of revelations about the misuse of user data by the election firm Cambridge Analytica has led to widespread calls for users to delete their accounts. Prominent supporters of ...

Deleting Facebook permanently erases all data -- your profile, posts, photos, etc. Deletion is irreversible after 30 days. After deletion, logins for Spotify and others reset too. On a computer, you ...

Facebook has long been criticized for collecting and selling our data. Also, it's easy to become hooked on the platform, wasting valuable time scrolling. If you wish to leave Facebook for these ...

Finally ready to kick the habit? Here's how to get rid of your account - and how to back up your Facebook history SCARED of fake news? Worried about last year's huge Facebook hack? Hiding from your ...