What happen to your Facebook account if you pass away?
Memorialized Accounts
- The word Remembering will be shown next to the person's name on their profile
- Depending on the privacy settings of the account, friends can share memories on the memorialized Timeline.
- Memorialized accounts that don't have a legacy contact can't be changed
- Content the person shared (example: photos, posts) stays on Facebook and is visible to the audience it was shared with.
- No one can log into a memorialized account
- Memorialized profiles don't appear in public spaces such as in suggestions for People You May Know, ads or birthday reminders
- Pages with a sole admin whose account was memorialized will be removed from Facebook if we receive a valid request
Deleting Your Account
- From the top right of Facebook, click
and select Settings
- From the left menu, click Security
- Click Legacy Contact
- Click Request account deletion and follow the on-screen instructions
How to add, change or remove legacy contact on Facebook?
- Click
in the top right of Facebook and select Settings
- Click Manage Account
- Type in a friend's name and click Add
- To let your friend know they're now your legacy contact, click Send