Quick and Easy Steps to Delete your Facebook Page in 2024 

If you are worried about your data privacy, and about the time you spend managing your Facebook page, or are no longer in need of it, you can simply delete the Facebook page to ease your burden!

This guide will help you go through every detail you need to know to successfully delete your Facebook pages, alternatives to deletion, or even how to cancel your deletion request. Let’s get going: 

What should you know before deleting your Facebook page

Deleting a Facebook page can have a fair share of consequences but not if you are completely sure of your decision. However, before you jump over to actually doing it. Let’s discuss about some key points:

• You can not delete a Facebook page unless you are its administrator
• You will have a time period of 30 days to cancel your request and reactivate the Facebook page
• After this duration (30 days) passes, the deletion will be irreversible and your Facebook page will be permanently deleted
• During this duration (30 days), the page is still visible to the public
• After the deletion is processed, all data associated with the page will be deleted 
• Make sure that you backup the data before sending in a deletion request.
• If you are not completely sure, try deactivating/unpublishing your Facebook page as an alternative

Delete your Facebook page – Step-by-step

So if you have now decided about deleting your Facebook page, here are the detailed steps: 

Delete your Facebook page –  Updated/New page experience 

If you have a New/Updated Facebook page, follow the instruction given below:

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. On the top right side, your profile picture will be visible.
3. Click on the profile picture.
4. All your profiles and pages will be displayed
5. Select the page you want to delete
6. Now select Settings and Privacy > Settings

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7. You will see many options available on the menu on your left.
8. Select Privacy > Facebook Page information 

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9. Scroll down and select Deactivation and deletion
10. From the two options, select Delete Page
11. Select Continue and follow the instructions as they appear.

Delete your Facebook page – Classic page

If you have a Classic Facebook page, follow the instruction given below:

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. Click Pages in the menu on your left

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3. Select the page you wish to delete
4. Click on Settings > General

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5. Click on Remove Page

6. Select the option Permanently delete [page name]
7. Click on Delete > Ok

How to unpublish/deactivate your Facebook pages

If you are 100% sure whether you want to delete your Facebook page or not, you can try unpublishing or deactivating it. Here are the detailed steps

Deactivate or unpublish your Facebook page –  Updated/New page experience 

If you have a New/Updated Facebook page, follow the instruction given below:

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. On the top right side, your profile picture will be visible.
3. Click on the profile picture.
4. All your profiles and pages will be displayed
5. Select the page you want to delete
6. Now select Settings and Privacy > Settings
7. There will be multiple options available on the menu on your left.
8. Select Privacy > Facebook Page information 

Source: Facebook

9. Scroll down and select Deactivation and deletion
10. From the two options, select Deactivate Page
11. Select Continue and follow the instructions as they appear.

Deactivate or unpublish your Facebook page – Classic page

If you have a Classic Facebook page, follow the instruction given below:

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. Click Pages in the menu on your left
3. Select the page you wish to delete
4. Click on Settings > General
5. Select Page Visibility > Page unpublished.
6. Click on Save Changes.
7. Provide a solid reason why you want to delete your Facebook page
8. Select Next > Unpublish.

How to cancel the deletion of your Facebook page 

If you have a change of mind now, and do not want your Facebook page to be deleted, you just need to reactivate your account within 30 days. Here is how you do it:

Cancel Facebook Page deletion –  Updated/New page experience 

If you have a New/Updated Facebook page, follow the instruction given below:

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. Click on the profile picture.
3. Select the page you want to delete
4. Now select Settings and Privacy > Settings
5. Select Privacy > Facebook Page information
6. Select Reactivation
7. Click on Reactivate for the Facebook page you would like to reactivate. 

Cancel Facebook Page deletion  – Classic page

If you have a Classic Facebook page, follow the instruction given below:

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. On the button left, select the page settings icon
3. Click on Cancel deletion
4. Select Confirm
5. Select Ok

How to reactivate an unpublished Facebook page 

If you did not want to delete your Facebook page and instead unpublished it, here are the instructions to reactivate your Facebook page:

Reactivate your Facebook Page –  Updated/New page experience 

If you have a New/Updated Facebook page, follow the instruction given below:

8. Log in to your Facebook account.
9. Click on the profile picture.
10. Select the page you want to delete
11. Now select Settings and Privacy > Settings
12. Select Privacy > Facebook Page information
13. Select Reactivation
14. Click on Reactivate for the Facebook page you would like to reactivate. 

Reactivate your Facebook Page – Classic page

If you have a Classic Facebook page, follow the instruction given below:

6. Log in to your Facebook account.
7. On the button left, select the page settings icon
8. Click on Cancel deletion
9. Select Confirm
10. Select Ok

How to recover your deleted Facebook page 

If you have deleted your Facebook page, you will have only 30 days to recover it.  After this duration, note that Facebook will permanently delete your page and all data associated with it.

So if you have changed your mind, simply follow the instructions provided above and re-activate your account. 

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Conclusion

Deleting your Facebook page is pretty straightforward. But if you are still trying to decide whether you want to proceed with the deletion, you can still try deactivating your Facebook page. This way you will not have to delete your data and you can reactivate your Facebook page whenever you want!

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