[stonedge]

Allegedly, I ditched my Facebook account years ago. Not just deactivated but delete, though I don’t really believe it. Is there anyway to see what’s in this (or to see if my account really is gone) without accidentally re-upping?

[zrobotics]

I had followed a guide in ~2010 to delete my account (since the magic incantations to delete your account at that point were really obscure). I was told via email that my account would be deleted a certain amount of time (90 days IIRC); I got curious in 2015 and logged back in. I was not terribly surprised to find that I could log back into the account and all my old data was still there. They may actually delete accounts now, but this certainly hasn't always been true.

[hughes]

I had deactivated my account about a year ago. I tried logging in to view this page, and it reactivated everything immediately. Also, it has clearly been linking a vast quantity of off-facebook activity despite my account being deactivated.

[hellofunk]

Facebook provides two different options, one is deactivation and the other one is deleting. They are not the same thing. If you merely deactivated it, then your account never was deleted.

[stonedge]

I took the leap and tried to log in. It said there was no account, so I guess the delete worked?

[metachris]

Depending on your location, but you could do a GDPR Data Subject Request (DSR)

[Nextgrid]

Facebook doesn't really comply with the GDPR. The data displayed on this new page wasn't part of their data export and I'm sure is still not part of it.

Here's an example to what extents they will go in order to not give you what you're entitled to by law: https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/

In fact, if they were GDPR compliant, they wouldn't be collecting this data in the first place.