A lot of people are deleting their facebook account, outraged by what some see as Facebook ruining civilization in cooperation with Cambridge Analytica.<\/p>\n
I am currently involved in a number of efforts to sustain civilization that, for better or worse, are organized via Facebook. If I were to delete my facebook account now, it would stop my daily efforts, which are not inconsiderable, to move forward towards a fossil fuel free world, and to push the Republican Party off the edge of the planet. So I will not be doing this. Also, if you are an activist working in the areas I’m working, and you delete your account, I doubt I’ll be able to spend the effort compensating for your decision, nor will others, so keep that in mind.<\/p>\n
But, with that disclaimer, I can see why people would want to do it. And, I will likely do it myself once I’ve migrated over to the alternative system.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, if you want to delete your Facebook account, read this over, and also read over the material in the link at the bottom, and plan it out. <\/p>\n
First, back it up,<\/strong> downloading the contents, if you want. Facebook provides instructions here.<\/a> Essentially, you go to the upside down pyramid triangle thingie<\/strong> in the upper right part of your page, go to Settings, then click “Download a copy of your Facebook data<\/strong>” and then “Start my Archive”<\/p>\n No, you cant decide to download a subset. All or nothing.<\/p>\n Then, to delete your Facebook account:<\/strong><\/p>\n Go to the down arrow thingie<\/strong> again (upper right) and Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Go to General Account Settings<\/strong> then to the category Apps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n On the App Settings<\/strong> page, “show all<\/em>” the apps. There will be a lot of them.<\/p>\n Move your mouse over each app and use the X<\/strong> to remove them. Now, all those third party apps will not get messed up when they try to interact with you, or you with them, via Facebook.<\/p>\n Then, go to THIS LINK<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Then hit the kill switch, Delete My Account<\/strong><\/p>\n You will be asked to supply your password, and possibly pass a capcha challenge.<\/p>\n There are some alternative routes you can take do to this. A good summary can be found here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A lot of people are deleting their facebook account, outraged by what some see as Facebook ruining civilization in cooperation with Cambridge Analytica. I am currently involved in a number of efforts to sustain civilization that, for better or worse, are organized via Facebook. If I were to delete my facebook account now, it would … Continue reading “How do I delete my facebook account?” you ask?<\/span>