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Facebook makes it pretty easy to deactivate your account which will temporarily hide your information. However, if you want to permanently remove your information, the "permanent delete" option is much harder to find. This article will cover two easy ways to erase your Facebook account so you can quit Facebook forever.

Remove Facebook Connect logins. If you use a Connect site to log in with your Facebook information, the account deletion will be cancelled and your account will be reactivated. If you have accounts on such sites, go to each of them, and:

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Make sure you have a way to login that does not involve Facebook Connect (you will most likely have to create a username and password on the site if you haven't already).
Log out of the account, then log back in using the alternate method (not using Facebook Connect), ensuring that you will be able to access the account after your Facebook account is deleted.

2. Remove all Linked Accounts so that you won't accidentally log into Facebook.
At the Help Center, type "Delete Facebook" into the search box at the top of the page. Click "Search."
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