You can use your email and password to reactivate a deactivated account. Facebook will block all your information and profile when you deactivate your account, but retains the information on their servers.
Simply by logging as you would before deactivation will reactivate your account. Your profile and all other information such as friends and photos will be restored completely. You will have to remember what log in you used before in order to reactive it.
To deactivate the account, follow these steps:
For those who do not feel they will ever come back to Facebook a permanently deleted account with no recovery option can be obtained. If you took your account to this final step you will have to submit a request for the account to be permanently deleted. It does not say you cannot reform the account, but you would have to start from the beginning.
Facebook does not tell you if a permanently deleted account means you are banned from ever changing your mind and opening a new account. It just says all information will be permanently removed and no reactivation can be used.
However, if you have simply deactivated your account and forgotten your details you may not be able to get them sent to you in the normal fashion. The help link in Facebook does not say if you can use the forgot password option, but it seems most likely that you can as long as you follow the instructions and can answer the questions.
Simply by logging as you would before deactivation will reactivate your account. Your profile and all other information such as friends and photos will be restored completely. You will have to remember what log in you used before in order to reactive it.
To deactivate the account, follow these steps:
- Go to account dropdown menu select Account Settings.
- Select security.
- Click on Deactivate the account.
- Confirm
For those who do not feel they will ever come back to Facebook a permanently deleted account with no recovery option can be obtained. If you took your account to this final step you will have to submit a request for the account to be permanently deleted. It does not say you cannot reform the account, but you would have to start from the beginning.
Facebook does not tell you if a permanently deleted account means you are banned from ever changing your mind and opening a new account. It just says all information will be permanently removed and no reactivation can be used.
However, if you have simply deactivated your account and forgotten your details you may not be able to get them sent to you in the normal fashion. The help link in Facebook does not say if you can use the forgot password option, but it seems most likely that you can as long as you follow the instructions and can answer the questions.