If your business needs to delete outdated Facebook business pages, everything you need to know is right here.
Facebook pages are outstandingly good for promotion and customer engagement for your business. If one of your Facebook pages is outdated or no longer needed, the best course of action is to delete it. Fortunately, the process is really quick and easy.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to delete a Facebook page.
Why delete your page?
You may wish to delete an Fb page for many reasons. If you set up a page for some sales or marketing campaign that is now over, it is better to delete the page so that customers are not accessing information that is not current. If you are changing any part of your marketing strategy—introducing a new company logo or tagline, for example—it is often easier to delete an old business page and start a new one rather than update it.
What happens when you delete your Facebook page?
Deleting a Facebook page means it’s no longer available to the public. You have 30 days to restore the page if you change your mind. Following that, the page and all of its content have been permanently deleted. If there is any chance that you will want to restore the deleted page after 30 days, you should consider deactivating rather than deleting the page.
Deletion vs. Deactivation of a Page
This means that, after the steps for deleting a page, there is an option from Facebook to deactivate it. This feature is valuable since it allows consideration of which options are more viable in any particular case.
Turning off a page makes the page unavailable to the public. However, one can restore it to full view at a later time. Deleting a page comes with a permanent loss of the page’s data after 30 days: photos you shared on the page and messages related to that page. You will no longer have any ability to access your page’s data when you delete a page as opposed to turning it off.
How to delete a business Facebook page?
These steps will guide you through removing a business page. Note that these shots use a sample business page created for this tutorial in the Google Chrome browser. Your pages and settings might look a bit different, but the steps will stay the same.
Step 1: Log in to Facebook, click on your picture in the top right corner, and then select the page you want to delete, which in this case is named Business Page.
Step 2: After switching to the Page, click the profile picture again in the top right and select “Settings & privacy.” From there, select “Settings.”
Step 3: You will get redirected to the page settings. From the left side menu, select “Privacy.”
Step 4: On the left side menu within the privacy section, select “Facebook Page information.” Scroll down and search for the “Deactivation and deletion” setting; click on the “View” link.
Step 5: You will now be able to turn off or delete the page. Just make sure to select the button next to “Delete Page,” then click “Continue.”
Step 6: On this new screen, you’ll be able to download data about the Facebook business page, or transfer that data into another Facebook profile. Once ready to hit ‘delete’—implying you’re good to go ahead and delete the page—just hit “Continue.”
Step 7: After that, Facebook will ask you to confirm that this is your page. Simply enter your password and proceed.
Step 8: Facebook will prompt you again if you really want to delete the page. The platform reminds you that its data will be deleted within 30 days. Read the message and hit “Continue.” Now, your page is deleted.
How to delete your Facebook page when it is linked to your Instagram account
You only need to unlink your Facebook and Instagram accounts if you have linked them before deleting a page. Otherwise, the steps above will cause an error.
To unlink your accounts, open Instagram—either in a web browser or via the app itself—and go to “Settings.” Select “Account Center” and then select “Accounts & Profiles.” Your pages will show up as a profile here. Next, select the profile and click “Remove.”
How to delete a Facebook business page on iOS or Android
The mobile apps for iOS and Android do the same thing: they treat pages like any other profile. Open the Facebook mobile app for iOS or Android, Tap on “Settings” at the bottom right, then follow the steps above to delete a profile.
How to download your Facebook data
Facebook does allow you to download your page data during the deletion process. Now, if you want to download a copy of your data to save as a backup without actually deleting a page, follow the above steps up until the “Privacy” menu in step 6. From here, click on “Your information.” You will then see options to choose which data to back up
How to backup your Facebook photos and videos
Next, you will choose how to back up your Facebook data including photos and videos. You can download it to your computer or transfer it to a cloud service. Images and videos can transfer directly to Google Photos; data of all types can go to services like Google Drive or Dropbox.
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