Most people know the difference between them deletionς και της απενεργοποίησης ενός λογαριασμού στο Facebook. Αν απενεργοποιήσετε το Facebook, κλείνετε προσωρινά τον λογαριασμό σας και μπορείτε να τον επανενεργοποιήσετε ανά πάσα στιγμή. Αν delete Facebook, permanently remove them data you.
However, you may not know that deactivating your Facebook account does not deactivate it Facebook Messenger. This way the other members of the social network will be able to see you and of course they will be able to contact you.
Below we will see how you can disable Facebook Messenger.
Before you can deactivate Facebook Messenger, you need to deactivate your Facebook account, which can done easily from here. If you have not already done so, you should do so before proceeding.
Remember that disabling Facebook and deleting Facebook mean different things to your privacy.
Once you are ready to proceed, follow these step-by-step instructions:
- Open the Messenger application.
- Click on your profile picture in the upper left corner.
- Scroll down and select Legal and Policies.
- On the next screen, select Deactivate Messenger.
- You will be asked for your password.
- Click Continue.
To re-enable Facebook Messenger, simply log back in to the Messenger app using your username and password.
What happens when you turn off Messenger?
If you turn off Facebook Messenger, no one will be able to see your profile in the app or send you messages in existing chats.
Reactivating Messenger will also activate your main Facebook account. If you only want to have Messenger, you will need to deactivate your Facebook account a second time.
And keep in mind that if you delete your Facebook account completely, you will lose access to Messenger as well.