How to Delete a Facebook Page

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Laura Christianson

If you create an Official Facebook Page (also called a Business Page, Fan Page, or Page) and decide you want to delete it, here’s how:

  1. Log in to your Facebook account.
  2. Go to your Page. You can get there by selecting “Account” (upper righthand corner) and then clicking “Use Facebook as Page.”  A list of all the Pages you administer will pop up. Click the link of the page you want to delete.
  3. Once you’re at your page, click “Edit Page” (upper righthand corner).
  4. Click “Manage Permissions” (from the lefthand sidebar).
  5. Under “Delete Page,” click “Permanently delete this Page.”

A new menu will open with the following prompt:

Deleting a Page is permanent.

Once you delete a Page, you will not be able to get it back.

Are you sure you want to delete [name of your page]?

6. Click either “Delete” or “Cancel.”

Also in this series:

How to deactivate and permanently delete your Facebook account

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  • Robin

    I have a page I created and now want to delete. So, I went into the Edit Page > Manage Permissions and clicked the Delete Page link. It said it would take two weeks to permanently delete. I checked back every once in a while and it gave the countdown until the page would be deleted. That day came and went, the page is still there and now acts like I didn’t try to delete it. I’m the only admin so no one else could have come in and canceled the deletion. Any idea why that might be or how to rectify it?

  • http://bloggingbistro.com/ Laura Christianson

    You may have to try again. I did this not long ago, and unless you totally ignore your page for a full two weeks and don’t even try to login, it reactivates the page whenever you log in to the account that the page is associated with. Try that and see if it works. A pain; I know.

  • Aneesa23

    hi. i mistakenly turned my personal profile into a fan page, and would love to get my personal profile back. if i delete my fan page would i get my profile back? if not how can i get my profile back…please help, thanks alot

  • http://bloggingbistro.com/ Laura Christianson

    No, I do not believe you can get your profile back once it is deleted. Here is a tutorial I wrote about what happens when you turn your profile into a fan page — it lists some of the things that will and won’t happen if you make the switch, and includes a link where you can request Facebook to get your personal profile back: http://www.bloggingbistro.com/how-to-convert-your-facebook-profile-to-a-business-page/

    Good luck!

  • Megan Morgan

    I created two fb like pages I just want to delete one of them I tried deactivating it didn’t work plzz help!!

  • http://bloggingbistro.com/ Laura Christianson

    Megan – You might try this technique, which worked for one of my readers who was having the same issue:

    “This took me a while to figure it out. You have to be logged in as yourself, and then visit your fanpage by using the url or by simply typing in the search box at the top of Facebook and choosing your page. (be sure that you are logged in with your personal profile) Then click “edit page” and then delete.”

  • C. Sullivan

    I thought I was the only one in the world to make FB so complicated.  I created a new email acct to make a FB “account” for the store I wrk for (as an extension of my personal email which was quite the adventure to start with).  I originally created it as a “personal account” for the business. I was then told it was better to create a business “Page”.  Frm the “personal account” for the store, I pressed the “CREATE A PAGE” selection that gave me the map of our location. I used the same store name for both, but now, from my personal account when I type in the name of our store, it only shows me the “PAGE” w/the map and not the other account with all of our history in the “info”.  It gets alot more complicated.  I have a stack of papers at least 1/4″ thick of emails I’ve sent to the FB help desk (NOT) that have gone unanswered except from a standard oh, you have this problem, here is how you fix it that was undoubtedly computer generated. Problem is I HAVE NO ACCESS because it is a “multiple” acct. and you aren’t allowed to have those so I can’t even get at it to edit or delete the “PAGE”.  I even sent them my DRIVERS LICENSE to prove I was who I said I was begging for help.  This has been going on since Dec 15 2011.  I am so frustrated and embarassed I can’t even discuss this at the store.  I can’t believe I am the only person to create this uninformed mistake and am afraid to start deleting things to try to start over.  HELP    :(

  • http://bloggingbistro.com/ Laura Christianson

    My heart goes out to you, and no, you are not the only person to have made this mistake. Just recently, I worked with a client who had the same problem — duplicate logins, so she couldn’t access either of her accounts. After going the same frustrating attempts to get customer service from Facebook, we requested to delete one of her accounts. Fortunately, she had an alternate email address for logging in to the account that was left standing, so we were able to get in (after several weeks of waiting for the other account to be deleted), change the password, add additional log in emails, and create her business page.

    Before you delete anything, see if you can log in to either account. If you can, add a second (and third!) email login to that account so you have a way to log in that does not use the same email as the account you’re deleting.

  • C.Sullivan

    After much ado, they duplicated the regular account using the email created to make the “PAGE” instead of deleting the ”PAGE” as I requested.  Thus, I have two separate email log ins to access 2 duplicate accounts and I CAN access those.   Unfortunately, now, I cannot log in to the “PAGE” to delete it.  The only way I can view it is to type it in to the search bar on my personal account.  I don’t know if I delete the other two and leave the “PAGE” to stand alone, if I will be able to access it or not using the email that was created for that purpose.   That is the $$$$$$$ question.  If I knew that answer to that, I would not hesitate to delete the other two.  Another question:  if i “CREATE A PAGE” from my personal account/profile, does my personal account/profile disappear?  Don’t want to do that or carry over my personal info/friends.  Can I fix anything as an Administrator and if so how  ??

  • http://bloggingbistro.com/ Laura Christianson

    I’m a bit unclear. If you can log in to access your accounts, why can you not access the page? The way you get to a page is through your personal account login.

    If you create a page from your personal account, your personal account will NOT disappear. The two are separate entities. You just use the same username and password for the initial login, but after that, they are considered stand-alone features. It’s very confusing for most Facebook users.

  • C.Sullivan

    The email log ins are different than my personal acct (they are additional emails from my personal acct and the title or name of the business accts are the same).  I created the “PAGE” from the initial business account which I created as if it were a person which is why I can’t access it to delete it.  If I delete the original business account will the “PAGE” be deleted as well?   Oh my … a tangled web I wove.  They (FB) created a duplicate regular account with the email I used to create the ”PAGE” instead of deleting it like I requested.  I will be so grateful if you can help me figure this out … 

  • http://bloggingbistro.com/ Laura Christianson

    Oh, I get it. I think. You created a business Facebook page as a stand-alone page, so it has its own login that’s not affiliated with any personal account. Right? Why don’t we set up a time to chat on the phone — it would be easier. Email me: laura@bloggingbistro.com and we’ll get it figured out.

  • C. Sullivan

    thank you

  • Miss Khan17

    thanks :)

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