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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by hellbreaker on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:49PM (#15769459)
Back in 2004 during the first months of Facebook, I deleted my account. When I signed up again a few days later, everything was still there with profile picture and everything.

[Updated: fix year FB was launched]

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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by kalleboo on Friday November 24, 2017 @12:03AM (#15769507)
The standard flow for "deleting" your account actually says "deactivate your account", and the fine print is explicit in that everything comes straight back when you log in again.

There's also a hidden link in the support pages somewhere that's supposed to actually delete your account (which is what's linked here)

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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by Buge on Friday November 24, 2017 @12:24AM (#15769576)
I would assume essentially all the code since then has been rewritten. I wouldn't expect any behavior from back then to remain.
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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by batbomb on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:54PM (#15769474)
doubtful since it launched in 2004
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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by hellbreaker on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:56PM (#15769480)
It was 10+ years ago... apologies for getting the year wrong...
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