If you deactivate your account from the "Deactivate Account" section on the
Account page,
your profile and all information associated with it are immediately
made inaccessible to other Facebook users. What this means is that you
effectively disappear from the Facebook service. However, if you want
to reactivate at some point, we do save your profile information
(friends, photos, interests, etc.), and your account will look just the
way it did when you deactivated if you decide to reactivate it. Many
users deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their
information to be there when they return to the service.
If you do not think you will use Facebook again and would like
your account deleted, please keep in mind that you will not be able to
reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information
you have added. If you would like your account permanently deleted with
no option for recovery, log in to your account and then submit your
request by clicking
here.
If you are currently unable to access your account, you will need to
reset your password in order to log in. In order to do so, click the
"Forgot your password?" link that appears above the field where you
would normally enter your password. Once you’ve followed the
instructions to reset your password and can log in, you can deactivate
or delete your account using the steps outlined above.