Facebooka Meta-owned social networking platform, has recently implemented a new option that allows users to remove personal information like phone numbers and email addresses from the company’s database.
To remove your phone number and email address from Facebook’s database, complete the steps outlined below:
- Open the Facebook contact removal tool by visiting the link – https://www.facebook.com/contacts/removal
- Now, select ‘Mobile number’ or ‘Landline phone number’ and then click ‘Next’
- Now, enter your mobile number so that it gets verified by a confirmation code which you will receive
- Now, select if ‘Facebook and Messenger’ or ‘Instagram’ if you want to check for the data on any one of them
- Further, enter the confirmation code that you will receive in your mobile number or email address and then click on ‘Next’
- If your phone number gets discovered, you will get a message that states ‘We found this number’
- Facebook will further ask you if you want your phone number to be deleted
- Click the ‘Confirm’ option if you want your number to be deleted
- Then you’ll get a message that states ‘Your request was successful’
- What is the Facebook contacts removal tool?
You can use the Facebook contact removal tool to see if your phone number, landline number, or email address is saved in Facebook’s database. It allows you to request that Facebook remove the data and place you on a block list, preventing other users from uploading your data in the future. - How do you delete Facebook friends mass or bulk?
- Log in to your Facebook account
- Click the ‘Account’ link appearing on the upper right corner of your homepage
- Now, select ‘Edit Friends’ from the drop-down menu
- By scrolling or typing a name into the search bar, you can find the friends you want to delete
- To remove a friend, click the ‘X’ next to his or her name, then select ‘Remove Friend’. On the Edit Friends page, you can unfriend as many people as you like
- What’s the fastest way to delete friends on Facebook?
- Tap the search icon appearing at the top of Facebook
- Go to that profile by typing their name into the top search bar
- Tap the friends icon, which is below the cover photo
- Finally tap ‘Unfriend’ > ‘OK’
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