Yeah. It's no secret that they never fully let you disconnect. If you're serious about it, seems like you need to create a burner email account with an absurdly complex password, update FB to use this account, and you know the rest

I have a similar problem with email spam, except at the bottom of every email there is a link to "disavow_contact" - the problem is it does nothing

They do actually have a "delete" switch, but it's harder to find than the "deactivate" one. I've made this mistake before, then with a quick google for "deactivate vs delete facebook" I learned how to do it right.

Surely GDPR will force them to actually delete the account when you terminate it (+/- mandatory data retention requirements).

To have your account erased as opposed to "deactivated" (which doesn't really do anything) the surefire method is to spam gore images on popular groups.

I'm pretty sure even then they don't actually delete your data. They just make it impossibly for you to reactivate your account.

Interestingly I've read an anecdote that in the EU you can write them and say "Either delete my account or return my access to it.", and because they don't/can't delete accounts...