Deleted Facebook Account Recovery Steps [2022]

By |Last Updated: June 10th, 2022|

If you previously deleted your Facebook account and want to recover it, you can do so if the following 2 conditions are met:

  1. Your account was scheduled for deletion less than 30 days ago AND
  2. You know the username and password or have access to the email address used to create the account.

If it’s been longer than 30 days since you deleted your account, you won’t be able to recover it.

How to Recover Deleted Facebook Account

Once you can login to your account and it was also scheduled for deletion less than 30 days ago, you can cancel the deletion and recover your Facebook account.

Here’s how to recover a deleted Facebook account:

1. Go to Facebook.

2. Login with your username and password.

How to Recover Deleted Facebook Account - Facebook Login Page

3. You will be prompted with a message that displays the date that your Facebook account is scheduled for deletion. Click on Cancel Deletion.

How to Recover Deleted Facebook Account - Cancel Deletion

That’s it, your Facebook account will now be instantly recovered and available for use again.

What you should know before deleting your Facebook account

When next you decide to delete your Facebook account, be aware that:

  • You will no longer be able to login or access any of your data that is stored on Facebook.
  • This includes photos, videos, messages, and anything else you’ve ever posted on the site.
  • Your account cannot be recovered once the 30 day grace period has passed.

If you want to keep a copy of your data before deleting your account, you can do so by downloading it from Facebook.

Summary

In this article, I showed you how to recover a deleted Facebook account as long as it was scheduled for deletion less than 30 days ago and you know the username and password or have access to the email address used to create the account.

I also highlighted some things you should know before deleting your Facebook account such as the fact that you will no longer be able to login or access any of your data that is stored on Facebook once you delete your account.

Lastly, I showed you how to download a copy of your data before deleting your account.

That’s all there is to it.

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About the Author: Jian Brant

Jian Brant is a blogger at Punch 5 Media where he spends most of his time writing on things that he loves. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, raised in the USA and lived in London, he has worldwide experience working for public and private sector technology companies. Now settled in the Caribbean, he writes original articles focused on Online Marketing strategies for local businesses.

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