The network administrator will guide you how to lock your Facebook account in a few days
It cannot be denied that Facebook is currently dominating the social networking market in many countries around the world. It is not only a place where we interact but can also learn through Facebook fanpages or Facebook groups about learning,… or do business on Facebook. However, Facebook also has many limitations and can affect users. For example, your Facebook account may be hacked, or your message spammed too much. Or some people want to pause Facebook for a while to focus more on work.
In such cases, users can choose to temporarily block Facebook for a certain period of time. Deactivating Facebook is not the same as deleting your Facebook account permanently. We can still retrieve your account, data information, and messages when you log back into Facebook. The article below will guide you how to temporarily lock Facebook.
1. Instructions for locking Facebook account on phone
Locking a Facebook account on your phone will take simple and uncomplicated steps. During the process of temporarily locking your Facebook account, you need to pay attention to the following things because locking your Facebook account is different from permanently deleting Facebook.
Step 1: Access Facebook Personal Information
At the interface on the Facebook application we click 3 dashes icon then select Settings & privacy. Then click next Setting.
Switch to the new interface and click Personal information.
Step 2: Manage Facebook account
In the Facebook personal information interface, click on Account Management section. You will now see options Disable in Account section.
Step 3: Reasons to disable Facebook account
To ensure security reasons, Facebook will ask us Enter your Facebook account password individual. Now you need it choose why I want to temporarily lock my Facebook account.
Step 4: Choose a time to get your Facebook account back
In this interface, Facebook has the option to pause Facebook for a while but still display the Facebook personal page, which is to choose Log out of Facebook.
If you still want to disable your account, scroll down Selecting a time will automatically reactivate your Facebook account.
You must ensure that the email address or phone number used to create your Facebook account remains available and usable. During the time you choose to return to Facebook, Facebook will automatically reactivate this social network. If you want to activate your account yourself then select Do not activate automatically then press the Continue button below.
Finally we Click Deactivate my account.
Video instructions for locking Facebook on your phone
2. Instructions for temporarily locking Facebook on your computer
Step 1:
At the Facebook interface we click triangle icon Already select Settings.
Step 2:
Switch to the new interface and click on it Your Information section on Facebook.
Step 3:
Switching to the new interface, the user clicks on the option Disable and delete to temporarily lock Facebook.
Step 4:
Switch to the new interface and click on it Deactivate account then press Continue to disable the account below.
Step 5:
The user then chooses Reasons to temporarily lock your Facebook account. If you select This is a temporary action. When I come back, I can choose the time to automatically reactivate Facebook, maximum 7 days and minimum 1 day. If you do not want to automatically reactivate your Facebook account, choose another reason.
Below the user, select it Stop receiving Facebook emails. If you temporarily block Facebook, you can still use Messenger as usual. Press Disable.
Step 6:
Facebook will then ask if the user is sure they want to disable the account or not, click Disable now.
As a result, your Facebook account has been temporarily disabled. Just log back into your account and you will use Facebook again as usual.
Temporarily disabling your Facebook account will lock your account immediately. The messages we sent are not deleted, only the personal page, account name, and photos in the posts we have shared are removed. Just log back into your Facebook account and it will no longer be disabled.
Video instructions for temporarily locking Facebook
3. Effects of locking Facebook profile
After you deactivate your Facebook (FB) profile, these are the changes that happen to your account:
- No one except your Facebook friends can click on your profile photo or FB cover photo and see it in full size.
- Except for your Facebook friends, no one will be able to see your photos and posts on your personal FB page.
- Exception: Shared albums and Facebook posts you've made on public pages, groups, and FB Marketplace will remain public.
- All of your old posts that were made publicly visible (meaning anyone on or off Facebook) will now become friends only. Except your FB friends, no one can see even your old Facebook posts.
- Even new posts and photos you post to Facebook will only be visible to your friends, not your friends' friends or the general public.
- You won't be able to post publicly.
- Only your Facebook friends can see your story.
- At most, only 5 profile details (things in your introduction) are visible to people who aren't your friends.
- From now on, if someone tags you in a FB post, that post will only appear on your Facebook profile after you've reviewed and approved the post.
In other words, locking your Facebook account changes a bunch of privacy settings and makes your posts, photos, and account details private to everyone.
Your Facebook friends will not be affected by this change and they can continue to see your profile and cover photo, uploaded or tagged photos, posts and details as before. If you don't want a friend to see this information, you can unfriend or block that person.
Note : Even after locking your profile, this won't change how people find and contact you. If someone searches for you by name, username, email, etc., your profile will continue to appear in the search results. And they can be contacted according to your communication settings.
4. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
When should you deactivate your Facebook account?
When you believe that someone else is misusing your uploaded images on Facebook, you can deactivate your Facebook profile. This function is also useful when you don't want anyone to secretly view your profile to check your education level, interests, mobile phone number and even date of birth.
What happens to profile photo, cover photo, and featured photo when an account is locked?
Whenever a user locks their Facebook account, only people in their friends list can click on the photo to view it. People who aren't on your friends list will see smaller versions of your profile photo and cover photo. However, your current profile photo and cover photo will be visible to everyone, even though they can't open them. Furthermore, only friends can tag, comment or like on your profile or cover photo.
What happens to posts, photos, albums and more after a Facebook account is locked?
When a Facebook account is locked, all posts, photos, albums and stories on the profile will only be visible to their friends. That person can no longer create public posts from their profile. Same with photos, albums and stories.
What to do if your account is temporarily locked by Facebook?
Your account may also be temporarily locked because Facebook has detected suspicious activity in your account.
You may have entered your password on a site like Facebook or on a third-party tool. When Facebook detects suspicious activity in your account, the platform will lock your account as a security measure.
In some cases, your account may have been locked by mistake. Many users have reported that their Facebook accounts were locked by mistake because they were not using any third-party apps or tools. However, they could not unlock their accounts even after following the on-screen instructions because the security code was not sent.
If you don't receive your security code or if the on-screen instructions don't work, try the following to unlock your Facebook account.
- To fix the “Your account is temporarily locked” issue on Facebook, you need to submit the “Report a sign-in problem” form.
- Additionally, you can submit the “Check your login security” form and the “Confirm your identity with Facebook” form. These forms allow you to contact Facebook directly to recover your account.
After you submit the form, Facebook will contact you via the email address you provided. You will usually hear back from them in 1 to 5 business days. Sometimes, you need to wait a longer time to receive Facebook's response. This is because Facebook receives so many reports every day, so it may take them a while to receive your report.
