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by Wazzymandias 3013 days ago
Deletion can also be a little misleading.

I deleted (not deactivated) a Facebook account that I had from high school to sophomore year of college.

A year or two later I made a new one and didn't fill out anything except my name and didn't add any friends (yet). Almost immediately facebook started suggesting friends, groups, etc that existed on my deleted account.

tl;dr nothing is every really "deleted," just hidden