If you’re reading this article you may have considered deleting your Facebook account before, but you’re worried. Worried about missing out, struggling to stay connected, or getting left behind by the almost 2 billion users on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s platform.
Don’t be.
It has never before been easier to completely remove Facebook from your life — not missing a single social beat in the process. And when you finally do, you’ll wonder what took you so long in the first place. In case you’re wondering why you should delete your Facebook, here’s a list of all the bad things Facebook has done since 2007.
First things first: Hitting “delete”
If you’re going to live without Facebook, your first step should be actually deleting your account. Thankfully, it’s not that tricky. Kick off the liberating process by logging into your account. Savor the knowledge that this will be the last time you ever need to do this.
Next, instead of navigating your way through a bunch of random menus, simply go to the Delete Account Page. Select “Delete My Account,” follow the steps, and you’re good to go.
Wasn’t that easy?
Your social life after Facebook
So you’re free. What next?
This is where it gets interesting. Zuckerberg likes to talk about making the world “a more open and connected place,” and if Facebook does indeed do that, then deleting your account might theoretically make your personal world less open and less connected. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Instead, a Facebook-free life has the potential to be just the opposite. Sure, you may not be “friends” with two thousand people any more, but were you ever really in the first place?
Dropping Facebook gives you the time and space to actually go plumb those relationship depths. No more checking up on an old friend by doing a quick profile flyby. Instead, if you want to know how the birth of their first-born child went, you’ll ask them directly. And they’ll respond.
Still not convinced you won’t be missing out? Here’s how the first few days of your Facebook-free life will go down: A friend or family member will try to scope on your vacation pics or invite you to an event. They will, of course, not be able to find your account. What happens next is magical. That same friend or family member will hit you up directly.
In other words, Facebook is a chore, and one that you don’t have to do. Because I’m telling you from experience, living a post-Facebook life is easy if you make it happen.