If you’re looking for instructions on how to delete Facebook account, there could be 2 basic reasons for it.

1. You really want to delete your Facebook Account (Not just to deactivate Facebook Account).
2. You couldn’t find an option in Facebook that allowed you to delete your account.

Let’s discuss these one by one. First let’s see:

Why would you delete your Facebook account?

Facebook has been really aggressive in making more of users information more public with “Like” and SocialGraph. A recently posted infographic shows clearly how far has Facebook come from 2005 to 2010 in making users’ information public and how aggressive it has been off late. This has been cause of concern for many users while the recent security hole didn’t help either, that let any user access friends Facebook Live chat. Although Facebook resolved the bug very quickly yet it left many users wondering on how bizarre it could be if anything goes wrong with their accounts on Facebook.

That’s why we’ve seen the trend on how to delete Facebook account permanently to rise on search engines. Here are the images showing rising trends:

How to Delete Facebook Account

Delete Facebook Account

So now it seems there are enough reasons to leave Facebook. Here is the how-to part now.

How to Delete Facebook Account Permanently

First make sure you are logged into Facebook.

Click the link below, that will move you to account deletion page:

DELETE Facebook Account

Once you go to the page, click on “Submit” to delete your account. Following message will be displayed:

Your account has been deactivated from the site and will be permanently deleted within 14 days. If you log into your account within the next 14 days, your account will be reactivated and you will have the option to cancel your request.

Now don’t ever log into Facebook for 14 days and your account will disappear.