How to Delete a Second Profile on Facebook

To delete an additional Facebook profile, open the profile-management settings, choose Deactivation or deletion, and select the additional profile itself. Confirm the target name before choosing deletion. Deleting your main Facebook account can also delete its additional profiles, so that is a different action.

A “second profile” can mean three different things: an additional Facebook profile under one account, a separately registered Facebook account, or a Facebook Page. This guide focuses on the first. Start by identifying which one you have instead of following the same deletion steps for all three.

Before deleting an existing additional profile: Facebook no longer allows new additional profiles to be created. Do not assume you can replace the deleted profile later. Our current second-account and additional-profile options guide explains this limitation and the difference between an existing profile and a public Page.

Identify What You Want to Remove

• Additional Facebook profile: You switch to it under your existing account. It has its own profile activity, but is managed through the main account’s profile controls. Use the steps below.
• Separate Facebook account: It has a separate account login. Sign into that account and use the full Facebook account-deletion guide. Check its name and login before confirming.
• Facebook Page: It is a Page you manage, rather than an additional personal profile. Open that Page’s management controls instead. Do not delete your personal Facebook account just to remove a Page.

Save Information From the Additional Profile First

Use Facebook’s information-export tool if you want to keep its photos, posts, or other available information. In account settings, open Your information and permissions > Export your information, choose Create export, and select the additional profile. Choose Export to device, customize the content and date range, and start the export. Download and check the result before requesting deletion; our guide to saving your Facebook photos explains how to open the file and find the pictures.

Facebook lets you export information for individual additional profiles. Some categories, including certain ads information, are available through the main profile’s export instead. Do not assume a download for one profile contains everything associated with the account.

Delete the Additional Profile on a Computer

1. Sign into the main Facebook account that contains the additional profile. Select your profile picture, then Settings & privacy > Settings.
2. Open Accounts Center. In the documented additional-profile layout, choose Manage accounts > Account ownership and control > Deactivation or deletion.
3. Select the additional profile you want removed, then Continue. Check its name against the profile you intended to remove.
4. Choose the deletion option for that profile and follow the confirmation prompts. Complete any requested password or verification step.
5. Read the final confirmation’s affected-profile list. If it names your main account or other profiles that should stay, back out and correct the selection before submitting.

Meta is changing account settings during its rollout. If your layout instead has Personal details, look under Personal details > Account ownership and control > Deactivation or deletion. For a Meta Account layout with Manage account, the current general deletion route is Manage account > Manage > Deactivation or deletion. In every layout, select the individual additional Facebook profile. Do not confirm whole-account deletion when only that profile should go.

Facebook’s additional-profile help and general deletion help document the controls and their scope. A menu named “Accounts” is not by itself proof that you are deleting only the intended profile.

Remove an Additional Profile in the Facebook App

1. Open Facebook under the main account and tap Menu, then Settings & privacy > Settings.
2. In Accounts Center, open Manage accounts > Account ownership and control > Deactivation or deletion. For the layout with Profiles and personal details, open that instead, then Account ownership and control > Deactivation or deletion. Use the conditional Meta Account route above if that is the account-management layout shown.
3. Choose the additional profile, select deletion, and complete the confirmation prompts. Verify the selected profile name again before the final action.

Consider Temporary Deactivation Instead

If you only want to hide the additional profile for a while, choose Deactivate for that profile instead of deleting it. Facebook says other people cannot see a deactivated additional profile, although its name or previously sent messages can remain visible to friends. You can reactivate it through account settings from the main profile.

Cancellation and Common Problems

• Changed your mind: Facebook’s additional-profile help describes a 30-day period before permanent deletion. Use the profile’s available reactivation or cancellation controls before its displayed deadline. Check the actual confirmation, because general cancellation periods can vary by region.
• Profile missing from the selection: Confirm you are in the main account that owns it. A different saved login or a Page will not necessarily appear in that account’s additional-profile list.
• Only whole-account deletion appears: Stop and return to the profile selector. Do not submit a broader deletion as a substitute.
• Old messages still visible: Deleting a profile does not remove recipients’ copies of previously sent messages. It also does not promise that every retained record disappears immediately.

Check the Result Without Deleting Another Profile

Keep the confirmation and cancellation deadline, and verify that the request identifies the additional profile. Your main account should remain available when you delete only that additional profile. If the goal was to leave Facebook entirely, use the full-account guide linked above rather than repeating the individual-profile process indiscriminately.