# How do I delete a deceased person's FaceBook page? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 23, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-deceased-persons-facebook-page/785050 "2017-04-23T07:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-deceased-persons-facebook-page/785050/1 "2017-04-23T07:52:17Z")
My mum never really liked Facebook. She signed up for an account a few years back. She died about a year and a half ago. I’m being asked to wish her a happy birthday, and I get it, Facebook doesn’t know. How do I let them know? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-deceased-persons-facebook-page/785050/2 "2017-04-23T08:31:22Z")
I’m guessing that without being able to produce a death certificate to FB itself, there’s nothing you can do apart from just ‘unfriending’ your mum. And that seems like a really callous thing to do being emotionally hurtful etc. It’s going to be a problem as we age and drop off the perch. I have given my kids my FB (and other social media) passwords so they can notify friends and the likes of folks here of my lack of life when I cease to be. Maybe FB will institute a policy where if an account has been inactive for x months/years (depending upon the previous activity of the account) it will be flagged for manual re-activation and when that doesn’t happen it will be deleted? I already have a number of FB friends who have passed-away but still get reminded of their birthdays. But they’re not my mum, and I can’t imagine how that must make you feel. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-deceased-persons-facebook-page/785050/3 "2017-04-23T08:38:08Z")
It was impossible to find through facebook’s help page, but you use this page to have it deleted or turned into a memorial (no more posting to it, not birthday reminders, but you can see old pictures). It requires a scan of the death certificate (other documentation is possible to use, but takes longer). [https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/228813257197480](https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/228813257197480) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-deceased-persons-facebook-page/785050/4 "2017-04-23T11:05:35Z")
I had a friend who died a few years ago. His Facebook account is still active, and people wish him a happy birthday, even though everyone knows he has passed. It’s a way of keeping his memory alive. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-deceased-persons-facebook-page/785050/5 "2017-04-23T12:22:26Z")
[Here](https://www.facebook.com/help/1506822589577997/?helpref=hc_fnav) is what fb has to say about accounts of the deceased. Basically, a page can be deleted, or set up as a memorial account where friends or loved ones can post. If you are still alive, you can set up a Legacy Contact who can easily inform fb of your demise. If no LC has been designated, family or friends can send a form notifying fb of the fact but they have to jump through a few hoops including (if possible) proof of death. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-deceased-persons-facebook-page/785050/6 "2017-04-23T13:58:04Z")
Thanks. I managed to send some information to them. I don’t want a memorialized account though, I just want the thing gone. We’ll see what happens. She barely used the account in the first place.