How to permanently delete your Facebook account

Time for a Facebook detox
Time for a Facebook detox Credit: DADO RUVIC/ REUTERS

Had enough of Facebook? Here's how to permanently remove your profile from the social network

Facebook can be a great tool for staying in touch with friends and family but, for some people, the constant bombardment of updates, messages, likes, pokes and advertisements can all become a bit overwhelming, not to mention highly addictive.

In a study by researchers at the University of Winchester, ten self-confessed Facebook “addicts” were asked to stop using their accounts for four weeks. Many quickly became isolated from friends and family and reported feeling "cut off from the world".

Time to live in the real world? Or is Facebook the now the real world? Credit: Reuters

Ongoing questions over user Facebook's privacy practices – including a class action lawsuit in Austria involving...

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