How Facebook handles account deletions - Page Flows - user flow patterns for product people
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After all of the recent Facebook news and the whole #deletefacebook thing, I figured it would be a good time to see how Facebook dealt with account deletions.
Before we dive in, I want to quickly explain the difference between deactivation and deletion.
When you deactivate your account, you don’t show up in search or on friend lists, but you can log back in whenever you want to re-activate it. Deleting your account is more permanent. Once it’s deleted, you can’t go back to it and continue using it as if you never attempted to abandon it.