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How do you memorialize a Facebook profile?

by Rhyley Bryan

How do you memorialize a Facebook profile?

To memorialize an account on Facebook, a request needs to be sent naming the deceased and providing their date of passing and proof of their death, such as an obituary or death certificate. Eventually, if it all checks out, Facebook will memorialize the account.

What does memorializing a Facebook account do?

Memorialized accounts are a place for friends and family to gather and share memories after a person has passed away. Memorializing an account also helps keep it secure by preventing anyone from logging into it.

How do you memorialize a Facebook account as a legacy contact?

  1. Click the dropdown arrow in the top right corner.
  2. Choose “settings”
  3. Choose “security” which is the second option in the left-hand sidebar.
  4. Open “security settings” page.
  5. The second to last option on the “security settings” page is “legacy contact.”
  6. Choose to edit the “legacy contact” option.

How do you delete a deceased person on Facebook?

On the Facebook help centre page, enter ‘deceased user delete’ in the search box. Finally, select ‘memorialize’ or ‘delete’ account. If you don’t want to go through the above procedure, you can choose to request the removal of the person’s account.

How to memorialize FB account?

Visit this page that Facebook created to memorialize accounts for those who have passed away or are medically incapacitated.

  • Give Facebook your name and email address they can use to contact you.
  • Provide the name of the person who has passed away.
  • Choose from the displayed options to memorialize or delete the account as you see fit.

    • What is a memorialized Facebook account?

    Memorializing your Facebook Account. When you memorialize your account, you leave someone you trust in charge of making sure that your account is curated after you’re gone. Memorializing an account allows friends and family to get together and share memories of you, and has some key features.

    What is Facebook memorial page?

    In short, a Facebook memorial page is a deceased person’s original Facebook profile page that has been turned into a place for friends and family to share memories after that person passed away. The word “remembering” is shown next to the person’s name on their original Facebook profile page.