How to Delete a Facebook Page
Note: I originally published this tutorial in 2011, and it is Blogging Bistro’s most-visited post. That’s why you’ll see a lot of comments from years gone by. I update this tutorial regularly to reflect Facebook’s changes. This is the 2020 update.
Fed up with Facebook’s ever-increasing stranglehold on the organic reach of brand pages, many page admins are washing their hands of Facebook altogether.
If you’re in that camp or you don’t use your business page any longer, you may want to delete it.
I advise using a desktop/laptop computer to delete your Facebook page. It’s much easier than attempting to do it via a tablet or smartphone.
How to unpublish your page without deleting it
If you aren’t certain whether you want to permanently delete your page, you can “unpublish” it (make it private so only page admins can view it).
Note: Only Page admins can unpublish a Page.
Here’s how:
Log in to the Facebook page you administer.
Click “Settings” in the upper righthand corner of your screen.
From the “General” settings (the first one on the list), find the “Page Visibility” setting (it’s the first one). Click the pencil icon to edit.
Click the “Unpublish Page” radio button and then click “Save Changes.”
How to delete a Facebook brand/fan page
Log in to the Facebook page you administer. Note: You MUST be a Page administrator in order to delete a Page.
Click “Settings” in the upper righthand corner of your screen.
From the “General” settings (the first one on the list), scroll to the bottom of the list of options and locate “Remove Page.” Click the pencil icon to edit.
A pop-up notice will inform you that if you delete your page, you have a grace period of 14 days in which you can restore it. (Unsure whether that means 14 calendar days or 14 business days.)
After the 14-day grace period, you’ll be asked to confirm that you want to permanently delete your page.
If you are certain you want to remove your page and begin the 14 day grace period, click the link that says “Delete [name of your page]” and then click “Save Changes.”
Can I re-use my custom Facebook page address?
People often ask me:
“If I delete my page, will Facebook release my username (page URL/address) so I can re-use the same name on another page I create?”
I have not received a reliable answer to this question. People who’ve deleted pages have told me they’ve tried to use the same username (web address) and have been unable to. If anyone knows how long Facebook holds on to the usernames of deleted pages, please share that info.
Yae, Do you still have admin access to the page? If so, you can delete it. If not, you will need to attempt to contact Facebook to have them delete it. Good luck!
Hi Laura!
I recently turned my personal facebook account into a business page. What actually I wanted to do was to leave my personal account intact and to create a new page for my B&B small business and to “copy paste” there my friends and likes. Now I am affraid my personal acoount will be gone forever and I will remain with my business account only? If I try now to reverse the procedure or to shut down the new business page(I am still under tge 14-days period), could my personal account to be deleted as well?! What would you suggest me to do now ?! Thank you in advance! 🙂
Gewrgio,
That is a difficult dilemma. I agree that you could easily get “stuck” since you converted your personal profile to a page. I believe Facebook requires you to have a personal account (for login purposes) in order to create a page, so you might consider creating a new account with a DIFFERENT email and username than your current one. You don’t have to use the personal profile; just use it to log in and then create a new Page from within that account.
You may run into another issue — the custom page address. If you’re planning to give the page you create the name of your B&B and your current page already uses that name, Facebook will not allow you to use that same web address (which they also call “username”). Facebook does allow you to “merge” pages — do a search from their Help desk to learn more about how that works.
I recommend keeping your current page active until you get the new one set up and running the way you want it. I wish you the best — let me know how things turn out!
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