The company confirmed that as long as you have not deleted the content yourself-or in the case of a message between two people, both people have not deleted it-the content should stay online indefinitely.īut as usual, there are some nuances to keep in mind about this policy. Just to be sure, we reached out to Facebook to confirm this is indeed the policy for the above use case. For certain categories of data, we may also tell you about specific data retention practices. Typically, information associated with your account will be kept until your account is deleted. We store data for as long as it is necessary to provide products and services to you and others, including those described above.
Luckily in this case, the answer is mostly straightforward. (Typically, the question is the other way around: what to do with someone's existing Facebook account after they pass away?) And given the level of confusion constantly floating around about Facebook's data retention policies, it's no surprise that it might be hard to pinpoint exactly when (if ever) information gets deleted from the social network. This is an interesting way to use Facebook-to create a page for someone who is not currently living, and never lived during the time Facebook existed. I have Googled my question several times and all answers are confusing and mixed: some say everything stays on a FB page until you clean it off and others say Facebook deletes status updates and photos monthly. I ask, because I want to use Facebook to create a historical timeline about an ancestor in my family so people can learn more about their heritage. Q: How long do status updates, text, photos, et cetera, stay on Facebook? To submit your own question, see our helpful tips page.
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