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How do I delete an old facebook account? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an old facebook account, I don't have access to or even remember my phone number or email that was associated with the account. I also don't have "three friends"....is there anything I can do to delete that account?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

I spent more than a year trying to delete a Facebook account just like yours and they didn't listen to me until I sent the 1000 mail

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Not saying it's the best course of action, but I've definitely left some accounts in the graveyards of the internet because the effort of deleting them was more than it was worth to me.

Depending on how Myspace handled their old data when they changed directions long ago, teenage me may or may not still have an account.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they delete accounts¹ after some time of inactivity, but this might only apply to newer (>2016) accounts. If you used your real name, and know the approximate time you created and abandoned the account you could just write them requesting the deletion. Won't hurt to include some vague legal basis (GDPR, wasn't 13 when registered etc.)

[1] They just set them as inactive in their db and garbage collect that occasionally, but at least no one can impersonate you if the login leaks or whatever

I also don't have "three friends"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Thanks for the sad face! But...I do indeed have more than three friends, just not on facebook!

I wrote to them, with a picture of my ID and was told, that my account "was not set up to recover with ID"! My account has been inactive since 2017 and it is still on line. I created another account with no picture and a random gmail, and then today, reported the old account as fake. I'm hopeing that will do it.