Facebook is a giant social network with a user base of around 750 million+ users. Recently Facebook is doing a lot of experimentation with its features and because of it some Facebook users are not happy with this so, they want to delete their Facebook accounts. And for this reason, today I will be guiding you on how to delete or deactivate your Facebook account.

Deactivation VS Deletion:

There is a subtle difference between deactivating Facebook account and permanently deleting it. Deactivating you Facebook account means that Facebook will disable your account, it won’t allow anyone to see your profile, wall posts etc. But, you can again reactivate the account anytime, by simply logging in to your account.

On the other hand to delete Facebook account means that Facebook will delete your profile and information from their database and this is an irreversible process, if your Facebook account is deleted once then you won’t be able to retrieve it back.

So, I will suggest that deactivation is a better and safer option, but here in this post I will explain both the procedures.

How to deactivate your Facebook account:

• To deactivate your Facebook account, login to your Facebook account.

• Navigate to “Account Settings”.

• In the “Account Settings”, go to the “Security” tab, there is an option that says “Deactivate your account”, click on that link.

• Now in the “Deactivate Account Page” fill the details as shown in the image and hit the confirm button.
• Now your Facebook account is deactivated. Your profile will be not shown to any of your friends or public. You can reactivate the account by simply logging to your Facebook account.

How to delete Facebook account permanently:

• First login to your Facebook account.
• Now visit this page: Facebook Account Deletion Page.

• Click the “Submit” button.

• Now a new dialog box will appear it asks for your password and a CAPTCHA image to enter in.
• Enter the required fields and click “Okay” button
• Now you will receive an email that says you have initiated the account deletion process and your account will be deleted in 14 days. Any interaction with the account during that period could prevent it from being deleted, so in the meantime:

1. Do not try to login to your Facebook account; you may want to clear your browser cache and delete your cookies so that you don’t login inadvertently.
2. Do not click the Facebook “Share” or “Like” button on any site you visit.
3. Do not use Facebook Connect to login to or signup on any site (see Before You Start, above.)

•  Now simply wait for 2 weeks without logging in to Facebook and after 14 days your account will be deleted.

So, this was how to delete Facebook account.

Have you ever heard of Facebook shortcuts? Puzzled??

Yes, you heard it right, there do exist some keyboard  shortcuts which can be very helpful for the Facebook power users. These shortcuts are browser dependent i.e. for every browser there are different Facebook shortcuts using keyboard. So today I am going to share with you the Facebook shortcuts for commonly used internet browsers.

Google Chrome:

If you are using Google Chrome then you could use following list of keyboard shortcuts for Facebook:

• Alt+1: View your News Feed
• Alt+2: View your own Profile
• Alt+3: View pop-up of friend requests
• Alt+4: View pop-up of messages
• Alt+5: View pop-up of notifications
• Alt+6: View Account Settings
• Alt+7: View Privacy Settings
• Alt+8: View Facebook’s own profile
• Alt+9: Read latest Terms of Service agreement.

Mozilla Firefox:

If you are using Mozilla Firefox then you could use following list of keyboard shortcuts for Facebook:

• Shift+Alt+1: View your News Feed
• Shift+Alt+2: View your own Profile
• Shift+Alt+3: View pop-up of friend requests
• Shift+Alt+4: View pop-up of messages
• Shift+Alt+5: View pop-up of notifications
• Shift+Alt+6: View Account Settings
• Shift+Alt+7: View Privacy Settings
• Shift+Alt+8: View Facebook’s own profile
• Shift+Alt+9: Read latest Terms of Service agreement.
• Shift+Alt+0: Open Facebook Help Center

Internet Explorer:

Internet Explorer is having only handful of keyboard shortcuts available for Facebook. If you are using Internet Explorer then you could use following set of keyboard shortcuts for Facebook:

• Alt+1+enter: homepage
• Alt+2+enter: Profile Page
• Alt+3+enter: Friend Requests
• Alt+4+enter: Messages
• Alt+5+enter: Notifications

Opera:

Opera is fully packed with keyboard shortcuts available for Facebook. If you are using Internet Explorer then you could use following set of keyboard shortcuts for Facebook:

• Alt+?: Search
• Alt+m: Compose a new message
• Alt+1: Home page
• Alt+2: Your profile page
• Alt+3: Friend requests
• Alt+4: Your messages
• Alt+5: Notifications
• Alt+6: Account page
• Alt+7: Privacy
• Alt+8: Facebook’s Facebook page
• Alt+9: Facebook Terms/Agreement
• Alt+0: Facebook help center

This was all from me on Facebook Shortcuts using Keyboard . If you have come across any other Facebook shortcuts then do share it with us in our comments section below.

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Facebook is the only place where we try to do funky things to create a repo among people of being a Geek. Today in this article I am going to guide you on how to write upside down on Facebook. I may not be wrong in saying that updating Facebook status upside down fascinates many people.

To be honest, I also tried to do the same to impress my Facebook Fans, however intitally when I started the search for writing upside down on Facebook I came across certain moronic answers like the one that I have shown in below picture.

Without wasting any further time I would now quickly jump to the topic. I am listing down three ways to do this job.

Writing upside down  using below listed sites on Facebook:

There are some websites which have been listed below. All you need to do is to visit these websites. These sites allow users to write text upside down, you simply write your text on these websites. After writing you could simply copy the text and paste it on facebook.

• http://www.en.fliptext.net
• http://toolsgeek.com/upsidedown.php
• www.sevenwires.com/play/UpsideDownLetters.html

Writing upside down using Facebook App on Facebook :

If you dont want to visit anyother website and just simply want a way out at Facebook. Then all you need to do is to sign up with this facebook app FlipMyText.
You will be amazed to know that apart from the upside down text Flipmytext also offers some other cool effects too.

Writing upside down using the text below on Facebook :

If you do not want to use the above two methods there is another simple way. I am adding most of the commonly used characters below. You can simply copy paste upside down characters from here and then paste them on your facebook message box:

• ˙ ‘ ¿ , ؛ „
• z ʎ x ʍ ʌ n ʇ s ɹ b d o u ɯ ʃ ʞ ɾ ı ɥ ƃ ɟ ǝ p ɔ q ɐ
•  8 Ɫ 9 5 ᔭ Ɛ 2 1 0

This was all about writing upside down on facebook. Please feel free to share your feedback and suggestions in the comments section below.

Happy Facebooking