You've probably created a Facebook page at some point. However, after a while you've realized that it's no longer useful and that all it does is take up space. Or maybe you've even forgotten about it. But how about knowing how to delete or deactivate a Facebook page?
Sometimes when you create a lot of pages, These end up becoming a nuisance because they take up parts of the social network that you would otherwise want to use for other things. So let's show you how you can remove or disable it in just a few steps. Shall we get to it?
How to delete a Facebook page
We are going to start by giving you the steps you would have to take to be able to completely delete the Facebook page you have created. Now, you should know that this is a decision that, if you make it, there is no turning back. And that is because You won't be able to do anything to get it back later.. So think about it carefully.
The steps you have to take are the following:
- Start by going to your page. To do this, if it doesn't appear in the menu on the left when you log into Facebook, you can go to Pages or even Meta Business.
- Once on your page, make sure you are logged into the page profile so that it gives you all the management and administration options for it. Otherwise, you may run into difficulties. On that same page, you have three horizontal dots on the right side. If you click on them, you will see a menu appear. Click on Page Settings and Tagging.
- This will take you to another part of the page with a menu on the left. If you scroll down, you'll see that at one point it says Access and Control. Click on that and you'll see only two options:
- Deactivate the Facebook page, which we will explain below.
- Delete the Facebook page. In this case, it is a decision that is irreversible, as we said. You will lose everything you have published, unless, before clicking the button, you make a copy and download everything. However, Facebook sometimes does not save all the photos, nor does it give them to you, which means you would be losing all the content and the time and effort you have dedicated to the page.
How to deactivate a Facebook page
If you don't want to be so drastic and prefer to keep it but not active, this solution may be what you're looking for. Especially since, in this case, you'll keep the name of the page, and that may be what you want.
Well, for this you must take into account the following steps:
- The first thing to do is go to the Facebook page and, within it, to the pages section. Once there, you have to select the one you want to deactivate for a while.
- When you enter the page, the first thing it will ask you to do is to switch from your personal profile to the page profile. This is something you need to do in order to manage it. In fact, you will find two buttons, one on the left in the menu and another on the page itself, just below the menu you have. Click the switch button.
- Once you do this, you will see that you have many more options to change things on the page. But since you are interested in deactivating it, the next step you must take is to click on the three horizontal dots that appear on the page. These are in the menu you have (where Information, Mentions, Opinions... appear), just to the right. If you click on them, a submenu will appear. You must click on Page settings and tagging.
- Next, on this new page that appears, you have several options. But if you want to deactivate, you have to go to Access and control. You will find this in the menu that appears on the left. If you go down a little you will see this option.
- After pressing, you will see two options:
- Deactivate the page, which will be temporary, and will remove your name and photos from most of the content you have converted.
- Delete the page, which is exactly what we explained to you before.
The choice between one or the other depends on whether you are going to use the page again in the future or not. If you are not going to do so, it might be best to delete it completely so that no trace of it remains. But if you think you might come back to it in the future, you could leave it and it will remain until you reactivate it.
Another way to hide your Facebook page
If deleting your Facebook page, or deactivating it, is not something you like very much, you can always opt for another option that might convince you more. We are talking about hiding the page so that no one else but you can see it. This is also very easy to do. And the steps you need to take are the following:
- Log in and manage your Facebook page. To do this, go to Page Settings using the three horizontal dots. Once there, in the menu, scroll down to Audience and Visibility and click on How people can find and contact you.
- Uncheck the three boxes that appear. This will prevent the page from appearing in search engines or being recommended.
This way, the page will be hidden and will not appear. Only followers should see it, but not other people.
It is true that this It doesn't hide it 100%, but it does give you a little more control over who sees it. Still, you can always make future posts not public or prevent people from commenting or sharing your posts outside. That is, you limit the visibility of the page to prevent it from being shown to others.
Is it now clear to you how to delete or deactivate a Facebook page? Have you had any problems? Although this process is quite simple, there can always be some inconveniences that prevent us from achieving the goal easily. So let us know and we will try to help you.