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Facebook: What They Really Have On You
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Have you also ever tried to delete your facebook account? It's harder than you think to actually "delete" it from their databases. But here is one way to do so...

1. Make sure your Facebook account contains a contact e-mail address (such as Yahoo or Gmail).

2. Delete any college, high school, or work e-mail addresses listed in your Facebook account. Your contact e-mail should be the only address listed.

3. Deactivate your Facebook account.

4. Register using an e-mail address other than your contact e-mail (a college, high school, or work e-mail is fine).

5. Once you are signed into your new Facebook account, add your contact e-mail address to the account. Open the link in the confirmation e-mail that has been sent. This step will wipe out your previous Facebook account, rendering it inaccessible.

*If you really want to be secure, change the contact e-mail back to the new e-mail address and then remove your original contact e-mail from the list. Then deactivate the new account.

*It should be noted that quite how deep your deletion goes is highly questionable: does facebook still store your information even though youve destroyed your way of accessing it?