Delete a Facebook Fan Page

This article teaches you how to delete a Facebook fan page that you created. You must be an administrator in order to delete the page. The process of deleting a fan page is different than deleting your Facebook account.

10 Second Summary

1. Open Facebook.
2. Tap ☰.
3. Tap your page's name.
4. Tap ...
5. Tap Edit Settings.
6. Tap General.
7. Tap the Delete [your page's name] link.
8. Tap Delete Page.

Steps

Using the Facebook App

  1. Open Facebook. It's the white "f" on a blue background icon. If you're logged in, doing so will open your News Feed.
    • If you aren't already logged into Facebook, type in your email address (or phone number) and password and tap Log In.
  2. Tap ☰. It's either in the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android).
  3. Tap the fan page's name. It should be listed near the top of the menu, directly below your name.
    • If you don't see your page listed here, scroll down and tap Pages near the bottom of the menu. You may have to first tap See All.
  4. Tap the "..." button. It's in the top-right corner of the screen.
  5. Tap Edit Settings. You'll see this option near the top of the pop-up menu.
  6. Tap General. It's at the top of the "Settings" page.
  7. Scroll down and tap the "Delete" link. Your page's "Delete" link is at the very bottom of the page; it will say "Delete [your page's name]" here.
  8. Tap Delete Page. It's the blue button near the top of the "Remove Page" page. After tapping this button, you'll have fourteen days to change your mind, after which you'll be prompted one more time to delete your page.

Using the Facebook Website

  1. Open the Facebook website. If you're logged into Facebook, doing so will open your News Feed.
    • If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) into the top-right corner of the screen and click Log In.
  2. Click your page's name. It should be in the top-right side of the News Feed, directly below the "Your Pages" heading that's below your name tab.
  3. Click Settings. You'll see this option in the top-right side of the page.
  4. Scroll down and click Remove Page. It's at the very bottom of the screen; doing so will expand this option to display a delete link for your page.
  5. Click your page's delete link. It will say "Delete [your page's name]" at the bottom of this page.
  6. Click Delete Page. This is the blue button in the pop-up window here. Doing so will schedule your page for deletion and hide it from search engines. After 14 days, you'll be prompted to confirm your decision to delete the page, after which it will be permanently deleted.

Tips

  • If you want to hide the page but don't want to delete it entirely, you can Unpublish-a-Page-on-Facebook to hide it from the public.

Warnings

  • Once a Facebook page has been fully deleted, you won't be able to get it back.

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