Here’s How to Delete Your Facebook and Instagram Accounts After Meta’s Recent Decision

On January 7, 2025, a few days before the investiture of Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, the patron of Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp) made a surprising ad. Indeed, the latter announced to end the programs of Fact-Checking on its social platforms, deeming them too politically oriented.

So for those who have still not succeeded, here is how to delete your accounts on these two social networks.

Delete your Facebook account

If there is a social network which seems to have conquered the whole planet, or at least a very large part of it, it is Facebook. With 3.07 billion active users per month, including 35 million in France, the little baby of Mark Zuckerberg who celebrated the 20 years of his foundation in 2024 is the number 1 social network in the world.

Just in front of Instagram, the second baby of Meta boss, with his more than 2 billion active users per month worldwide.

Even if he seems to be more and more abandoned by the young generation for the benefit of Tiktok in particular, Facebook remains the biggest and the best known today. But sometimes, you have to know how to say goodbye, as is the case of certain users who did not really like the release of the billionaire about its platforms and due to withdrawing their checking.

So, some users have decided to slam the Facebook door, but this is how to delete your account? It's very simple (and explained on Facebook directly) and here is how to do it step by step:

1. Click on your Facebook profile photo
2. Select “Parameters and confidentiality“And click on”Parameters»
3. Click on “Espace Accounts“Then on”Personal information»
4. Click on “Ownership and account control»
5. Click on “Deactivation or deletion»
6. Select “Delete account»
7. Click on “Continue”, You will then have to follow a list of instructions to complete the operation.

But it is not entirely finished. If you ever want to come back to your decision, you have 30 days to cancel the deletion of your account, but if this is not the case, then you just have to wait a little month and slam the door of Facebook a good times for all.

Delete your Instagram account

In the Meta ecosystem, it's not just Facebook. There is also Instagram. And it is good for his two platforms that Mark Zuckerberg decided to give up Fact-Checking, so to leave Meta definitively, it is also necessary to say goodbye to Instagram.

A procedure, as for Facebook, is explained directly in the pages intended to help the user carry out these procedures. Here it is step by step:

1. On your profile, click on the “Burger” menu (Three parallel bars top left of the screen) and go to “Espace Accounts»
2. Click on “Personal information»
3. Click on “Ownership and account control“And on”Deactivation and deletion»
4. Click on “Delete account»
5. Finally click on “Continue”And follow the instructions to complete the operation

And there you go, following these simple steps you can leave Meta and its ecosystem behind you. What other platform are you going to venture to?

Source : Facebook / Instagram / The world / Techcrunch