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April 10th, 2012, 23:31 GMT · By

How to Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account

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Plenty of people delete their Facebook accounts in a fit of rage or the spur of the moment. Luckily for them, the regular way of doing this doesn't actually delete the account, it just "removes" or "disables" it.

This means that the profile won't be visible or searchable, but all of the content will be kept by Facebook and some of the content, shared with friends, may still be visible to other users.

When users decide they didn't actually want to delete their accounts, they can simply restore their profiles and be done with it.

"In case you want to come back to Facebook at some point, we save your profile (timeline) information (friends, photos, interests, etc.) so that the information on your profile (timeline) will be there when you come back. A lot of people deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons," Facebook explains.

For some people, most people probably, this is useful. For the ones that actually wanted their Facebook profiles deleted, it's creepy.

Luckily for them, Facebook does indeed offer a way of deleting their accounts permanently. The feature has been available for a while, but it's not that easy to find if you don't know where to look for it. You can permanently delete your account via this link.

Note that, even if you use this link, your stuff will be stored for a couple more weeks. If you log into your Facebook account during that time, your profile will be restored. Otherwise, all of your data will be deleted forever. Or, at least, that's what Facebook promises.

"If you do not think you will use Facebook again and would like your account deleted, keep in mind that you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added," Facebook explains in a help page.


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I found the reason why I can’t share our family video the intro of our trip to India. The song I used was from New song Genre: Christian Location Atlanta, Georgia, US Website www.newsongonline.com E-mail Info@newsongonline.com We have removed your video entitled "Light your world" uploaded at 6:40am April 21st, 2012. We did this because it appears to contain copyrighted material owned by a third party, such as a video clip or background audio. If you believe this material was removed by mistake, you may file a counter notice of alleged infringement by following the link below.

Please note that if you re-upload this video without filing a counter notice, or if you upload another video that infringes on the rights of a third party, we may remove the content. This could cause your access to the Facebook Video application, or your Facebook account itself, to be disabled.

To file a counter notice:
http://www.facebook.com/legal/video_copyright.php?vid=3339683843671

For any other questions, please view our Help page:
http://www.facebook.com/help.php?topic=wvideos

The Facebook Team
Fine they can disable my facebook.

A note to all my friends and family we now are at risk of using bible scriptures and books word for word and sharing music and videos. We might even want to share a picture or like a saying from someone else.

I have to be careful not to quote the bible exactly and there is so many ways already under copy right. But didn’t Jesus tell his disciples don’t stop anyone doing anything in his name. For whoever is for us is not against us. Today we have two classes of Christians those who do the witnessing and the peasants who should keep their * mouth shut and play Farmville. Only New song church sings new song. The others will be punished if caught singing their songs. Sounds proof your homes and play their songs quietly so your neighbors don’t hear. If they want to hear it they can buy it. The Lord said this class needs a title call them super Christians they love this they even high five each others. These people are like the Jewish leaders that the Lord spoke about those who struggle to inter the kingdom and hinder those who are trying. They paid Judas money from their great wealth to crucify Jesus once he gain in popularity. They have already imprisoned us in our faith. One little slip up the peasants is put in prison. We are no longer one in the family of God now there are them and us. If we want to be like them we need to write a book or make music or write our own version of the bible or sing our own songs and pray that many love your own creativity. Otherwise if we can’t pull it off we have to continue being peasants. Oh yes I forgot only the holy rollers understand the many gifts. If I write the bible that outrages the world because it blasphemes Darwin the blame should fall on those whom already have a copy right on theirs. I will leave this choice to all of you to make for me. Do I post music and video or Christian porn on my face book? Will this make it easier for you we can share all bible scriptures and books even word for word and sharing music and videos and porn or none? We buy a software we need to click I agree before we down load it on our computer. If we click don’t agree we are stuck with software we bought and get nothing for it. When we buy a book or a bible, music or video there is no sign agreement given you neither before purchase nor after. These super power people even have the legal right to destroy your hard drive. They know that if they have us sign an agreement before purchase they would never make any money. This is our imprisonment. Laws are our imprisonment and no one is free. If these super Christians say they believe only God is above the law they are a liar because God free us not imprison us. The problem with no one is above the law there is no Nebuchadnezzar. It is easier to find someone to say raca yet no one want to say you fool because no one is above the law. Yes the book of Timothy said it well where it say mark this yes the beast have brought many of us into captivity. Who can be like the beast who can fight against the beast? God said it is done and the beast and the false prophet and all who have taken the mark were thrown into the lake of fire.

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