Hello everyone.

A while ago I got the message on both Facebook and Instagram to either consent to viewing targeted ads or paying the subscription fee. I did neither, and it soon went away. Since yesterday though, I got it again and have no access to any part of facebook, most importantly the accounts section of the settings from where I can delete my account.

How can I delete my account without consenting or paying the fee?

Thanks in advance

  • ANIMATEK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    You can send a formal letter requesting that all your data be deleted, stating that you can’t log in and do not agree with their ToS. Theoretically they have to do it. Good luck.

  • Scolding0513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    afaik consenting to seeing targetted ads does not affect data collection at all, only affects what you see. Trust me, Facebook is going to collect data on you regardless lol. I’d recommend just accepting to see ads so that you can go and delete your account.

    But if you’re doing it so that Facebook will delete your account, then dont expect the data to actually be deleted. Facebook doesnt care about the law, and you have no way to verify that it’s deleted.

    What goes onto the internet generally stays their for forever. Security through obscurity is your best option in that case.

      • Scolding0513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        They are already doing that bro.

        Look, if your data is with facebook to begin with, it’s over. Everyone knows it. They are doing whatever they want. You agreed to it just by using their services. They are just giving you an option on what you wanna see.

  • krcr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    I am in the same situation, If you just want to delete your account, it seems accessing this url: https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account does not trigger the consent message.

    If you want to access Facebook and Instagram without accepting the ads, there are some weird ways I found that kind of works:

    • For Instagram in a browser you can go to https://www.instagram.com/consent/?flow= this will go to a page that says “Sorry, this page isn’t available.” but you can then go to the homepage without triggering the consent message. (some actions like loading a story will though) Another way on mobile (tested on Firefox android) is to start from the browser and when the consent message shows up click on the 3 dots → “Open in an application” the app then open to a blank page and you can go back to home.

    • For Facebook this tricks doesn’t seem to work, but other ways seems to, like using https://mbasic.facebook.com/