How To Delete A Facebook Personal Blog Page

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Need to delete a business, fan, or theme page that you own on Facebook? This wikiHow article's got you covered. You can delete Facebook pages both on a computer and on the mobile app for iPhone and Android, and this article will show you how to do both. If you're trying to delete your Facebook account and profile page, check out Permanently Delete a Facebook Account instead.

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Open Facebook. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ in your computer's browser. This will open your Facebook News Feed if you're logged in.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password in the upper-right side of the page.
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Click the "Menu" icon. It's in the top-right corner of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.

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Click "Manage Pages. " You'll find this option near the middle of the drop-down menu.
- If you see your page's name at the top of this drop-down menu, click its name, then skip the next step.
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Select your page. Click the name of the page that you want to delete.
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Click "Settings. " It's a tab at the top of the page. Doing so takes you to the page's Settings page.
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Click the "General" tab. You'll see it at the top of the list of options on the left side of the page.
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Scroll down and click "Remove Page. " This option is near the bottom of the page. Clicking it will prompt the heading to expand, revealing an additional option.
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Click "Permanently delete [page]. " It's below the "Remove Page" heading.
- For example, if your page is named "Pickles > Olives", you would click Permanently delete Pickles > Olives here.
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Click "Delete Page" when prompted. Doing so immediately deletes your page; when Facebook prompts you to click OK, your page has been successfully deleted.

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Open Facebook. Tap the Facebook app icon, which resembles a white "f" on a dark-blue background. This will open your News Feed if you're logged in.
- If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password before proceeding.
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Tap "☰. " It's either in the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or at the top of the screen (Android). A menu will appear.
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Tap "My Pages. " This option is at the top of the menu.
- On Android, scroll down if necessary and tap Pages.
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Select your page. Tap the name of the page that you want to delete. This will open the page.
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Tap "Edit Page. " This pencil-shaped icon is below the page heading. Tapping it prompts a menu to appear.
- If you can't find the Edit Page option, tap instead the ⋯ icon in the top-right corner of the screen, then tap Edit Page in the resulting menu.
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Tap "Settings. " This option is in the menu. Doing so opens the page's settings.
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Tap "General. " It's at the top of the menu.
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Scroll down to the "Remove Page" heading. You'll find this heading near the bottom of the page.
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Tap "Permanently delete [page]. " It's a link in the "Remove Page" section.
- For example, if your page is named "Rabbit Appreciation Day", you would tap Permanently delete Rabbit Appreciation Day here.
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Tap "Delete Page" when prompted. This will immediately delete your page; once you're prompted to tap OK, your page has been deleted.
- You cannot undo this process.
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Question

How can I delete my personal page while retaining access to my church's page?

Unfortunately, you have to have a Facebook account to create and maintain pages. A partial solution to your problem might be for you to clear your personal account of information and use Facebook for the sole purpose of accessing the church's page.
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I want to remove the word widow from my account, how can I do that?

You should be able to do this by going to your page (click on your name at the top) and then selecting "Update Info," then scroll through the options until you get to marital/relationship status.
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How do I combine two Facebook accounts?

As far as I know, there is not a way to combine two pages. However, you can download all the pictures off of one and move them to the other. You can also send a message to whomever follows you that you are moving accounts, and that they should un-follow this account and follow the other.
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I somehow ended up with 2 Facebook pages. Can I deactivate one without affecting the other?

Yes, in your settings, you can mark the one you are not using ''inactive".
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I have delete my page now it is showing "scheduled to be deleted in 14 days." Why was it not deleted?

The page is automatically removed from the Facebook site after this time. It says 14 days because if you change your mind, you can log on to the page and retrieve your page in 14 days. After 14 days, Your account will be permanently deleted and you can't retrieve it anymore.
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What do I do if there's no general tab under the settings of my Facebook page and I want to delete the page?

Try viewing page as others see it. Then click on edit page. Then you'll see the General tab. Then you can delete it.
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How do I delete a Facebook page when I'm not the admin on the page?

You can't. Only the creator or administrators can delete the page.

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In order to delete a Facebook page, you must be the creator (or an administrator) of the page.
Your page will actually remain indefinitely if you don't manually delete it.
If you want to temporarily hide your Facebook page instead of completely removing it, a better option is to unpublish it until you're ready to make the page visible again.

Once your page is gone, you cannot retrieve it.

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To delete a facebook page:
1. Open the Facebook page and click "Settings."
2. Click "General," then scroll down and click "Remove Page."
3. Click "Permanently delete [page name]."
4. Click "Delete Page" when prompted.

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