A political data analytics firm called Cambridge Analytica used peronsal information of more than 50 million Facebook users without their permission to help Donald Trump to win the U.S presidential election.
Facebook had known about this security breach for two years, but did nothing to protect its users.
So, people are getting angry about Facebook and making #deleteFacebook trending. Even WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton tweeted #deleteFacebook from a unverified twitter Account.
If you want to delete your Facebook Account , you can do it from https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
Before deleting your account, remember to download your personal information from Facebook.
To download your facebook data archive, go to “Settings” and click “Download a copy of your Facebook data” at the bottom of General Account Settings, and then click “Start My Archive.”
After you’ve finished downloading your archive, you can now delete your account. Once you delete your account, it cannot be recovered. So, do it after doing more analysis.
Once you click “Delete My Account,” your account will be marked for termination, and inaccessible to others using Facebook.
Facebook will delay deletion a few days after it’s requested. A deletion request is cancelled if you log back into your Facebook account during this time. It may take up to 90 days to delete data stored in backup systems. Your info isn’t accessible on Facebook during this time.
Note that Instagram and WhatsApp are also owned by Facebook. So, if you are very much serious about quitting Facebook, you need to quit from Instagram and WhatsApp also.
