Delete, deactivate or reactivate an additional Facebook profile

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You can delete or deactivate your additional Facebook profiles individually. If you delete or deactivate your account, you also delete or deactivate all profiles under your account.
Delete an additional profile
Deleting an additional Facebook profile will permanently delete all data for that profile after 30 days. Before deleting an additional Facebook profile, you can choose to download a copy of your profile data.
Learn about what happens when you delete your account.
Deactivate an additional profile
If you deactivate an additional Facebook profile:
  • No one else can see this profile.
  • Your deactivated profile's friends may still see your profile name in their friend list and messages that you sent from that profile.
  • You can reactivate it at any time in account settings from your main profile.
Learn about what happens when you deactivate your account.
How to deactivate or delete an additional profile
  1. Click your profile photo in the top right of Facebook.
  2. Click See profiles, then select the profile that you want to deactivate or delete.
  3. Click your profile photo in the top right.
  4. Click Settings and privacy, then click Settings.
  5. On the left, click Privacy, then click Your Facebook information.
  6. Click Deactivation and deletion.
  7. Select Deactivate profile or Delete profile, then click Continue.
  8. Follow the instructions on the screen to deactivate or delete your additional profile.
How to reactivate an additional profile
  1. Click your profile photo in the top right of Facebook.
  2. Click Settings and privacy, then click Settings.
  3. On the left, click Privacy, then click Your Facebook information.
  4. Click Reactivation, then select the profile that you want to reactivate.
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