The two most popular social networking sites Facebook (750 million users) and Twitter (200 million users) offer you ways to deactivate, hide, or downgrade your accounts. Facebook offers a few ways to distance yourself from it, become less dependent. You can start by turning off the notifications to your email, deleting the application from your smartphone, or even go as far as deactivating your account. Deactivating your account just means that you’re “turning off” until you’re ready to use it again.
Here are five easy steps on how to deactivate your Facebook account.
- Click Account on the top left of your page.
- Go to Account Settings.
- Select the Security tab
- On the bottom of the page you’ll find the button to deactivate your account. Click it.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the next page and click confirm.
Don’t be fooled! Facebook will try to lure you into staying with a notice saying “Are you sure your want to deactivate your account?,” accompanied by pictures of loved ones, to convince you to stay active on Facebook. You should probably give your loved ones a call and see them in person instead!
The process to deactivate your Twitter account is similar to Facebook’s. Start by turning off notifications and weaning yourself gradually. If that doesn’t work, deactivate your account.
Four Simple steps to deactivate your Twitter account.
- Click on your name in the top right corner
- Click Settings
- Scroll to the bottom of the page where there is a “Deactivate My Account” button and select it.
- On the next page, confirm that you want to deactivate
Social networking is an amazing way to stay in touch with friends and family, close and long distance. The problem arises when it is used as the only means of communicating with people. Allowing social networking sites to monopolize your communication methods is a slippery slope, as it can easily become your default form of communication, to the total exclusion of face-to-face interaction. Don’t let yourself get too attached!
