Did you know that Facebook has an official dating app? With more than 2 billion users, Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms. But the company also offers several standalone apps.
One of them, called “Facebook Dating,” was introduced in January 2018. These standalone apps are different from the main Facebook app because they can only be accessed with a separate user account.
So if you don’t want to use Facebook’s dating feature—or any other standalone app—you need to delete your account as soon as possible.
It may seem like a daunting task, but deleting an account is not difficult at all if you follow these simple steps.
Read on to learn how to delete your Facebook dating profile and remove all related data from your Google account:
1. Go to your Facebook Settings
The first step towards deleting your Facebook dating account is to go to your “Settings” tab. This is where you can adjust your privacy settings, manage advertising settings, and access account info. It’s also where you can manage your connections and delete your Facebook account.
To get to your “Settings” tab, you need to visit Facebook on your computer or go to the Settings tab in the mobile app. You can also go to the website “https://www.facebook.com/help/415776254908440“. Once you’re there, click on “Settings” to open your account settings.
2. Find Facebook Dating and select “Delete”
As soon as you open “Account Settings,” you’ll see a list of all the apps you’ve connected to Facebook. In this list, you should find Facebook Dating.
If you don’t see it, you may have deleted it already. If that’s the case, you don’t need to follow the rest of these steps. If Facebook Dating is still listed, you need to select it and then click “Delete.”
You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete Facebook Dating. If you’re absolutely sure you want to remove this dating app from your account, click “Yes, delete Dating.”
3. Confirm deletion and delete all data from your Google account
Once you’ve clicked “Yes, delete Dating,” you’ll be taken to a new page. Here, you’ll be asked to “Confirm deletion.” To confirm deletion, you must enter your account password.
This confirms that you’re the owner of the account and that you’d like to delete it. Once you’ve done this, you’re done.
Now that you’ve deleted Facebook Dating, it’s time to remove all of your data from Google. Why? Because the data you’ve shared with Facebook is also linked to your Google account.
Deleting it will protect your privacy and reduce the risk of identity theft. To do this, you first need to login to your Google account. Once you’re there, select the “Account Settings” tab.
Conclusion
It’s rare that deleting an app from your phone will fully delete the account associated with it. It’s far more common that it just removes it from your phone, but that account still exists online.
Deleting an app from your phone, computer and all other devices will fully delete the account and all of the data associated with it.
This is why you should delete Facebook Dating and all other standalone apps from your account and computer. This way, you’ll reduce your digital footprint and protect your privacy.