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When someone with a Facebook profile dies, their profile should be memorialized.
Memorializing an account still allows friends and family to post in remembrance, but it secures the account so that no one can sign-in to it. It also prevents the profiles from being suggested as friends to other members. Only confirmed friends can post on or find in search a profile that has been memorialized.
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To memorialize the Facebook profile of someone who has died, fill out this form: Report a Death. The form asks for email addresses that may have been used to create the account, your relationship to the deceased and proof (obituary or news article) of the death.
Only an immediate family member can request that the account of a deceased person be deleted using this form: Delete Account of Deceased.
Facebook will not give the password of the account to anyone.
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Thanks. I wondered about this.
You’re welcome, thanks for commenting.
Hello what’s facebooks email for this ?
You can’t report it through email. You have to use this form: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=305593649477238
I do have a question about this because I have been looking this up because of a recent lost in my family. If I request for his site on Facebook to be memorialize does that mean that all his status’ that he has ever written be deleted? I do not want to lose anything that he has written. Thank you , for writing on this subject.
No, they won’t delete anything and having it memorialized will protect it from being hacked.
You’re welcome, glad I could help. Sorry for your loss.
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A FaceBook friend died a couple years ago. I noticed she is still showing up in my friends list but her account must have been removed. How can I remove her from my friend list? Obviously it can’t be done the regular way.
Yes you should be able to unfriend any Facebook friend. You could share this post with someone in her family so they can have her profile memorialized.
How do I unfriend her? When I click on her name it just goes straight to the Home page.
Are you sure you are a friend of hers? Where are you seeing her that doesn’t lead to her profile page?
She is in my Friends list. When I go to my wall (new Timeline) and click on Friends, she is listed there but when I click on her it just goes to the Home page.
Okay, tried it again today and it let me unfriend her!
Something must have been messed up yesterday (either me or FaceBook!!). Thanks for trying to help.
Glad you got it fixed. Thanks for letting me know.
My boyfriend died last week and I want to have his page memorialized but I’m wondering what will to our relationship status. Will it freeze it to show that he was in a relationship with me when he passed? Will it immediately say that I’m single? Because I’m not ready for that. When I’m ready to change my relationship status, will it change his? This is so hard.
I’m so sorry for your loss, I’m sure it is very hard.
I’m not 100% sure, so please don’t blame me if Facebook does do something very stupid, but this is the way I think it should work.
His relationship status should stay the same because no one else can change it. Changing your status should not effect his at all.
Your relationship status is entirely in your control, it should continue to say in a relationship until you change it yourself.
I hope this helps.
Has anyone tried this? I want to memorialize my boyfriend’s profile but I don’t want to lose his relationship status.
I’ve been looking for an answer to this question as well, I’m a widower, have been for almost a year, and my wife’s page is memorialized. I’d like to change my status to respect my new girlfriend, but I’m worried that if I change mine, my wife’s will change, as well, can anyone confirm what happens to a deceased spouse’s relationship status when you change yours?
From what I can tell it does leave their status as married, but I’m not 100% sure if it says married to you or just married without a spouse listed.
I’m very sorry for your loss.
My brother passed away a few weeks ago, but unfortunately because of issues he was having before his death, he pushed the family away and deleted us from his Facebook account. From what I’ve gathered here, we’ll never be able to see his wall again. Is this true?
I’m so sorry for your loss. Yes, I’m afraid that if you can’t see his wall now, you won’t ever be able to see it, because they won’t give the password to anyone. The only thing that can be done without the password is to freeze it by memorializing the profile. The only way to get around it, is if someone knows his password.
My brother died in July and his wife froze his account so the family can’t see it. She knew his password died the family have rights? What can we do to view his page again ? I sent the following email but no response Facebook
My name is Laura Schilling my brother Mathew Schilling died back on July 25th 2012. After he died we used his fb as a tribute to him and a way to look at his photos when we missed him. Recently his wife canceled his account to hurt our family. What we would like is access to his account to keep his memory alive. Could you please help us resolve this issue? Bottom line is his wife does not have the right to cancel HIS account she has her own. She is a very terrible person she moved a new man in two weeks after my brother died sold all if his things and is now doing drugs around my brothers children. My brother was a Christian man who prayed with his babies and had them in church. As if my family hasn’t suffered enough she took the one thing from us that meant the most, our memories and his pictures and words on fb. Please help us regarding this issue.
I removed your phone number. This is a public blog.
Who did you send the email to? You need to use the form for special requests.
I’m very sorry for your loss.
How do I get my brothers URL number if his account has been frozen by his wife
I don’t know. If the account is gone, there may be nothing you can do. I’m sorry I couldn’t help.
i wish to have my deceased bothers facebook taking of altogether so nobody can keep putting messages on it
There’s a link in the blog post to request that an account be deleted.
My brother also died last week, and as the person’s brother above me, had issues. He did not have access to a computer and never accepted my friend request. I did request his page to be memorialized, but how do I ensure that I am part of it? How do I contact FB support to ask them to please add me? It would mean so very much to me. Thank you.
I am very sorry for your loss. You can go through the help center and send a message, but according to Facebook’s policy you can’t be added. They have no way to know why he didn’t accept your friend request and they don’t accept friend requests for anyone. The only way to get around that would be if someone knows his password and can log on as him – and even that can’t be done after the page has been memorialized. That’s one of the reasons to memorialize a profile – to protect it from being changed by someone else. I’m sorry I couldn’t help you more.
Thank you.
my brother died an untimely death .. we all were in great pain and shock .. he was just 25 years .. his death remained mystery .. but thats for sure it was not natural it was planned by his few friends and a cousuin.. now one of his close friend got his account memoralize without informing us .. i know he did it for his good but me and my parenmts were that tym in shock and he dint asked us .. we dont want it to be memoralized .. we could have gfot information which could help us to reach the people who killed myt brother .. what to do to get his account back ..plz help plzzzzzzzzz for god’s sake we have lost most precious thing in this world my only brother i had ..
I’m sorry for your loss.
You can’t get the account back, because it’s not your account. Being memorialized doesn’t delete anything, it just prevents anything from being changed. Friends can still read and post to his wall. If there is evidence in his account, that’s a matter for the police. Immediate family members can have an account deleted.
I am sorry about your brother,
I’m trying to get my daughter page changed over but it is asking for a URL can some tell me what I suppose to put there?
Where it’s asking for proof of the death? I think it wants a link to an obituary or announcement. If it wasn’t in a newspaper, there still may be an obituary on the funeral home page.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Thank you for the info….I will try that!
Another question what if it was about a month ago?
I don’t think that matters, although it might make finding a link harder. Most newspapers do have obituary archives online.
If you can’t find anything online, email me the details and I’ll see what I can find. I do have some genealogy research skills that may help.
my daughter passed away last August and I dont know her password or email also I was not singed up on facebook when she passed so I cant even leave messages for anyone to see how can I get into her facebook she was 13…..
I’m so sorry for your loss and I’m sorry I can’t do anything to help. You can write to Facebook support and see if they can do anything to help you.
My brother committed suicide on April 2 2012. This has totally fractured our family. Long before he passed, he gave me passwords AND permission to his Facebook and e-mails. I DO NOT want to memorialize his f/b. I want to keep it alive and well…make it a happy place, (he was always so happy). The only time I would EVER exercise “administrative rights” is in a babysitter fashion… i.e. delete a message OR accept a friend request of a family or friend. My aim is not to “lord over” his page but just make sure it remains a good place. This is a great place for folks to share stories and photos…post memories or simply wanting to “talk” to him. Today July 28, 2012 is his birthday and already he has received questionable posts that I feel are inappropriate. Some posts are from his ex and her family. I just know that when I go in and “clean-up”…CRAP MAY WELL HIT THE FAN. I just need to know that I have this right prior to doing anything. PLEASE HELP ME OUT. His Facebook page is one of only a few things we have of him. It is so very important to us. Thank you.
I’m sorry for your loss. Just because you have the passwords doesn’t mean someone else can’t have the profile memorialized and that’s probably what would happen if someone complains to facebook.
i too feel the same .. my brother’s friend got my brother’s account memoralized i too know his password but i feel so miserable that my brother who use to be 24 hours online now account is dead memoralized .. i think here no one can understand our pain ..what we are going through …
YES. facebook MUST address these issues. The more I read about it…the more it hurts me. Nobody in my family is HUGE facebookers but, we do use it all the same. All this crap I’m learning about facebook is really disturbing to me, and obviously MOST everyone else. The abilities of somebody having the e-mail addy of a friend who dies,(as we all do), and them contacting f/b and requesting a memorialization of that page…is not only disturbing to me BUT FRIGGIN’ WRONG. facebook better step up to bat…
I’m sorry for your loss.
I don’t want to argue or upset anyone, but I agree with the policy of memorializing the profiles. The other option is to delete the account completely, which is what Facebook used to do.
Facebook is trying to look at the situation from the viewpoint of the deceased, not the families. Allowing family members control over the profile could cause too many problems that could go against the wishes of the deceased. Would you want Facebook to decide who controlled your profile after your death?
The purpose of memorializing the profile is to protect the profile as it was when the person died and to provide a place for friends to leave memories and thoughts.
I appreciate your input. I don’t believe you are upsetting anyone. The whole idea of “memorializing” a f/b is flawed in itself. First and formost…what happens when somebody, at anytime, is feeling especially bad, or…hasen’t really been a friend of the deceased for quite sometime…and these people “act out” by posting a comment that really is bad and hurtful to everybody. What happens then ? That message IS ALSO memorialized….forever also. No way to remove it. The very best thing to do is simply close down the deceased Facebook page once-and-for all. This is sad and too bad but the only way to truly protect the still living, forever grieving family that has fears of somebody mouthing off and saying bad things. It also protects the deceased, as well all know…dead men tell no tells. Thanks for all your help…which is TONS more than I received anywhere else.
You’re welcome, I’m glad I could help a little bit. Thanks for commenting.
My ex mother-in-law passed recently and her son and his new girlfriend memorialized her page. unfortunately at the time, we were not friends. I understand I can’t see her page ever again, but I had pictures of her that had her tagged in them and now she’s no longer tagged. Also, her comments on my pictures are gone. Is that normal, or could whomever had it memorialized have untagged and deleted her posts?
I’m not 100% sure and I can’t seem to find the answer. If they had her password, they could have deleted comments and untagged the photos. Could you ask a mutual friend to try retagging the pictures?
I’m sorry for your loss.
Hi, lost a very young friend last week who was also my son’s best friend, Wes, he was 22 years old, to blood clot in his lung. His mother just created a fb account so she could go to his page and view the comments, and pictures, and memories of her son. She cannot as much as view his page. How can she establish friendship with his page? What else should she did from here on out about his fb page? She doesn’t want it deactivated either. Thank you for any help or assistance you could provide.
I’m sorry, but she can’t, not unless someone has his password (and even then it is against Facebook policy for anyone to sign-in as someone else) to accept the friendship. The only things she can do are memorialize the page or have it deleted. I’m sorry I can’t help. She can try contacting Facebook through the help page, but their policy is that friendships have to be accepted by both people.
Someone who is friends with her son may be able to share some posts and pictures with her, but each one would have to be done individually and not everything is easy to share. Someone could also post something on his page to let them know that she would like people to share pictures and memories with her.
A group or fan page could be created instead of using his profile for memories.
I’m very sorry for your (and her) loss.
Thank you for the prompt reply and the information, you’ve been most helpful and yeah I was afraid those were going to be her choices. I will make sure I let her know. You have been most helpful and I sincerely appreciate it. Thank you again, have a super great week ahead, be safe.
I am in a similar situation to everyone. My brother too passed away last month and about a week after his death his facebook page was gone. We are not sure who requested it to be removed, but we want his page back! It is something that we want to keep his memory alive. My inbox messages from him still are available (but it appears that his page is deactivated). Is there any way possible that we can get his page back? Please let me know as I am desperate, I only know of one email address of his but i’m not sure that’s what he used. Please help. Also, if we can get his page back will all of his photos, wall post, comments, etc still be there?
Only an immediate family member is supposed to be able to have an account deleted. I would try using the report a death link in the blog post above to report it and request the page be restored. I hope they can help you.
I’m very sorry for your loss.
Thank You so much I am going to try that right now. I truly appreciate your prompt response I will let you know what happens.
You’re welcome. Good Luck!
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Yeah i used to think what happens when someone die.
Nice one really !!
Thanks
My lifelong friend died 2 weeks ago and I wanted to have her page memorialized but I can’t because I don’t have her email address! What do I do now? Every single day her horoscope pops up on all her friends pages, it a morbid reminder.
Ask her family or other friends and see if someone has her email address.
I’m sorry for your loss
My brother committed suicide last month, and the family has decided to remove his Facebook page due to his ex posting hurtful things and hacking into his account to delete members of the family she doesn’t like. She keeps threatening to make a new page for him, but because that goes against the family’s wishes, can the family still request its removal? Even if it’s a page you have to “like” and not an account?
If she creates a profile for him, you can report it and they will delete it. I don’t know if you can prevent her from creating a fan page. I suggest reading this page from the Facebook help: http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=204546626249212
I’m very sorry for your loss.
If I memorialize someones account, will it put a notification on their page that I was the one that did it, or will I be identified as the one that memorialized it in any way? I have a friend that passed away and sister is using his Facebook to like other people’s photos and updates his status, so i really want to memorialize his account but i dont want his sister or anyone to know that I was the one that did it, as they would probably be upset at me.
I’m sorry, but I don’t actually know. Maybe someone else following this post will respond.
Can anyone answer the question? Can you tell who memorialized a profile?
You can’t tell who requested a profile to be memorialized and facebook will not release the information to anyone.
The report a death and delete account go to the same link? What gives.
No, I don’t think so, please include the links you are referring to.
how to deactive and active it again.
You can’t, the only things you can have done to the account of someone who has died is memorialized or deleted, not deactivated. Only immediate family members can have the account deleted.
My brother recently passed and i would like to read through his Facebook and my mum wants me to accept her friend request to him, I don’t know his password, can I access his account??
I’m sorry for your loss.
No, you can’t access his account without the password. You might try requesting that your Mom be added when you memorialize the account. I did see one report that claimed next-of-kin could be added, but it’s not mentioned in the help.
I’m sorry I couldn’t help more.
Hi My only child died on 13 Nov 2011 in car accident. I was talking to him all these months on his fb page. But now I have decided I want to close the account. As long as his account is still there I won’t be able to accept his death. I’ve also got plans to deactivate my page. I dont know whether his death has been published somewhere. I got the death cert. Can I male it to somebody?
I’m very sorry for your loss.
If you can scan it into your computer, you can upload it. Here is the new link to delete the account: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=228813257197480
I was wondering the same thing about the memorialized page n the relationship status. My fiancé passed away a few years ago but I am hesitant to change my relationship status because I don’t want to change his. But my new boyfriend I feel is hurt because it does not say that him and I are in a relationship.
I don’t think changing your relationship status will change his at all. I see mismatched profiles all the time. I would memorialize his profile to keep any changes from being made.
I’m sorry for your loss.
His page is memorlized. Already we did it as soon as he passed away but I am more worried about his changing to in a relationship instead of in a relationship with me.
I’ve tried to research it and I can’t say for sure what it will do to his status. It might remove your name. I don’t think it should, since memorializing his profile is supposed to prevent changes, but I don’t have any evidence either way. .
If you decide to try it, please comment here and let us know what happened so we can warn or reassure other people.
If you don’t want to risk it, you can hide your relationship status.
Sorry I couldn’t help more.
I would be very interested in hearing from someone who has memorialized a page and subsequently changed their relationship status. Any chance Sarah or someone else could report back on this topic?
I am also looking for an update on this. Did you try it, Stacey? Can someone please let me know what will happen?
I hate that I don’t have an answer for this, but no one has let me know, I can’t find a definitive answer and I have no way of testing it.
I am very sorry for your loss – Stacey, Jen, and anyone else struggling with this that didn’t comment.
Jen, I haven’t tried. I’m too chicken to do anything without knowing the outcome. I’m still trying to find a way to back it up just in case.
I backed it up using Facebook’s archive function (Account Settings > Download a copy of my Facebook data) to get messages, friends list, pictures etc. Then, to get the wall posts (which don’t save via the archive) I went through (using Google Chrome) and expanded everything, then went to print it and saved it as a PDF instead. I don’t know if other browsers have that option but Google Chrome does for sure.
Stacey, this might be the answer we were looking for: http://lifeasawidower.com/2013/01/12/memorialising-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4366
Thanks for the link.
Hi, my sister passed away last week and her daughter deleted her account. My niece now would like it memorialized instead. Is this possible or too late?
I have no idea, but I suggest filling out the form at http://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=228813257197480 immediately and asking – there’s space for special requests.
I’m sorry for your loss.
If someone deleted a deceased persons account, is there any way of getting the account back?
If someone deletes a deceased persons account, is there any way of getting that account back?
Probably not, but you can fill out the special request form at the link in the comment above this one and ask.
Sorry for your loss.
Hi! My sister passed away 8 months ago. I still check her Facebook profile every now and then. But yesterday I got surprised to see that her account is no longer active. I searched for previous photos that she has been tagged into but the tags were all gone. It seems that her Facebook account has been deactivated and I believe that nobody among our family members/friends happen to know her password. Is it possible that her account was hacked? Could we still retrieve it?
Maybe, that’s one of the reasons to memorialize an account. I don’t know, you should try to report it to facebook and see if they can help you.
I’m sorry for your loss.
I’ve been contacted by a reporter interested in talking to people willing to share their experiences on this topic.
If you’re interested please email me at debsanswers @ gmail.com and I’ll give you the details.
Thanks
Hi there,
Thanks for so much for all the fantastic information, I had no idea it was possible to memorialize an account.
My sister passed away almost 10 months ago and her Facebook account has been a priceless resource for everyone that knew her, being able to log on and be reminded of her thoughts, photos and videos has been a rare and unimaginable comfort.
Unfortunately her account disappeared a couple of days ago before I was aware that it was possible to immortalise it and I can’t work out why?
My only thought is that someone was trying to hack it or someone reported it as abuse and its been disabled.
Are you able to provide any advice or direction regarding how I might be able to get it back and memorialise it?
Many thanks,
Jake
I’m sorry for your loss.
I suggest using this page to report it:
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=228813257197480
It has a space for special requests or questions, give them as much detail as possible. It does ask for verification of immediate family.
Thank you very much for your assistance and responding to my post. I’ll certainly give it a go..
Kind regards,
Jake
My ex-gf died a few days ago.. I looked at her profile and it still gives me the option to “Add friend” and “Message”.. Does that mean her account is memorialized? I await your reply. Thank you!
No, that means it hasn’t been memorialized. Since you aren’t her friend now, you probably won’t be able to see anything on her profile if someone memorializes her profile.
Sorry for your loss.
Hi, thanks do much for your answers, just wanted to know, is there no way to get the password so you can see (their newsfeed) of messages their friends are leaving on their own walls?
Also does Facebook delete the page meaning has these rules changed and are these answers up to date?
Thankyou so much and I’m very sorry for your loss if you are reading this.
Facebook does not give out the password. Immediate family members can request that a profile be deleted.
Sorry for your loss.
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I’m sorry, I do hear what you are saying about protecting the privacy of the deceased, but here is my problem. My son was murdered in September, and I am the only next of kin and I DID NOT give fb permission to memorialize his page. I am his only parent, his only sibling is 10 years old. I went to read his messages a week later and found it memorialized and when asked was told, it was confidential who told them to do it. So if I went today and told fb that anyone on there had passed away, they wouldn’t ask for any proof of who I am? And the audacity to say it is confidential to his mother who memorialized my own 19 year old son’s site is way beyond my comprehension. Please help me understand that part. I do have all of his passwords and have access to all of his emails and other social media sites except fb. So who’s privacy are they protecting because it surely isn’t mine or my deceased son.
Oh, that’s horrible. I’m very sorry for your loss.
Only immediate family can delete an account, but any friend can memorialize their page, you just have to know what email address they used to create the account and have a link to a notice of the death.
How would knowing who memorialized the page help? It can’t be undone and being mad at the person who requested that his account be protected doesn’t sound like it would do anyone any good either. That’s what memorializing an account does, it protects it from being hacked or changed. I doubt that the person was purposely trying to block you from the account.
I would feel better knowing who did it, even if just to ask them who do they think they are. They should of asked me if that is what I wanted to do as his mother, no one has that right to make that decision for me, he was my son. In my reading the details of the memorializing the page, it is my understanding that only immediate family can do it, so there is conflicting information. I think that is unfair of face book to allow someone other than myself to even submit such a request. So now, here is something that can be undone and everyone is “oh well”, its permanent so live with it. Very very not nice.
Immediate family is only required to delete the account, not memorialize it. Please provide a direct link, if you see something different.
It’s not your decision. Facebook’s policy is to memorialize the profiles of all deceased members. They just don’t go looking for death notices, they wait until someone notifies them of a death.
Why did you not want the account memorialized?
I’m very sorry for your loss.
Please don’t take my disappointment personally in any way, i’m just so hurt. I don’t want it memorialized because I wanted to go through old messages that we shared, things he may have shared with other people. He was murdered by 4 boys, I wonder if someone sent him a message indicating there was any threat previously, etc. No, its not enough for the police to go and get an subpoena or something, this isn’t that serious as far as they are concerned. They are working on the murder investigation itself, trying to get murder charges on these boys. I don’t think you will understand, losing a child, especially one that hasn’t even made it to adulthood, you want to hold on to any information that you can about them. It’s not a matter of their privacy, my son was 19. I’m not looking for discriminating information to hurt him, I want every piece of him that I can get. He was my son. I miss him so much, it’s only been 2 months. I just feel like there is a part of him that I can never get to and it hurts.
Ty for this column Deb. when I first asked a question in June, your answer was a comfort. My advice to anyone who has lost a loved one is to copy/print/cut & paste-whatever it is on fb that you want to save of your loved ones account. Do not expect it to be there forever. I saved everything of my brother’s, since there are many who do not get along in my family.
You’re welcome, glad I could help.
That’s very good advice.
Thank you for commenting.
Deb the account is not gone just frozen by his wife do no one can access it. What website can I use to contact fb about getting some help to get his account off hold so we can view his pictures again ? The one listed above asked for his URL number I can’t view his account to get it I have the obituary and his email all info except URL so I need a email or form that I can submit to fb about these issues. I already emailed fb but no response
I don’t know what frozen means. Do you mean memorialized? If it has been memorialized his friends can see it, but no one else can. It is Facebook’s policy to memorialize accounts when someone dies.
Thank you Deb for this forum, and sorry for the Loved ones who passed away… Those of you who need URL of the lost ones could try to find it in the History records of the internet browser.
Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for commenting. Glad you like the blog.
What would happen to all of the deceased person’s private messages? would anybody (immediate family) be able to access them?
No. The only way you could see them is if you had their password and only before the account was memorialized. Even if you have the password, it is still against the terms of service to sign in to someone else’s account.
Hi
My friend passed away last month. My facebook account is currently deactivated but I would often reactivate it to look at my friend’s profile. Up until a few days ago my friend was still listed on my friends list but when I reactivate my profile today he was no longer there. Does this mean that his family had his profile completely deleted or does Facebook remove friends who have deactivated profiles when an account is memorialised?
I hope this makes sense.
I don’t know. It might not consider you as friends if your account was not active when the account was memorialized. I don’t know how you could find out for sure, unless you could ask a mutual friend if they can still see the profile.
I’m sorry for your loss.
My father just passed away 2 weeks ago. Now his girlfriend has started deleting family members, my mother who was very close to him, his sister and many more. My brother and I have been holding our breathe thinking we will be next and we will never be able see all the pictures and comments. After reading all the other comments, I’m starting to think that we will never be able to add back the deleted. I wonder if a Facebook profile is considered as a “personal belongings” and if we could restore it back like it was before his death? Is there a way to copy everything and create a memorial page. I pray for a fix.
What she is doing is wrong, but the way to stop it, is to memorialize the profile. That way she can’t make any more changes, but it won’t undo the damage she has already done.
I’m very sorry for your loss.
A dear friend passed away few months ago and her family deactivated her facebook account. I have lost all her comments and photos.. is there any way we can get back any of those? i miss her dearly!
No, the choices are memorializing or deleting (and only immediate family can delete an account). Both choices are permanent and can’t be undone.
I’m very sorry for your loss.
Could some one tell me how I can go about contacting facebook to try and have my dads account restricted,you see my father is a problem gambler and while we thought he wanted a computer to keep in touch with me,as my parents are in the uk and I am in canada we were fooled,what he has been doing is playing games on facebook and charging the money on his credit card.both my parents live off of pensions and this cannot be afforded by any means
I think it would be easier and more effective to restrict his access to a credit card since he could just create a new bogus account. Please don’t use this post for questions or comments unrelated to the subject – thanks.
Will pictures be deleted or removed after memorializing a deceased Facebook page?
No, everything is supposed to stay the same.
I think my friend died on fb. She moved from her apartment without saying anything and never answered my friend.request. And she had the.same exact pictures from 2010 and 2011.what can i do im desperate and.
i cant sleep.
This is a different type of problem. You can email me at debsanswers@gmail.com if you want me to help you find your friend. I don’t think we should post the details in public.
I need urgent help , someone had taken down my dead mums facebook , iam the only person who holds death certif and photo id , and was waiting till i had decided what to do , someone has cruelly taken this decision from me , also i needed accsess to her account before , i closed or memoralised it ? ***HELP ME PLEASE*** this has really upset me beyond belif
You can’t get access to anyone’s account but your own. Only immediate family is supposed to be able to delete an account. You can report it to Facebook and hope they can help you.
I am very sorry for your loss.
Immediate family ?? does that count brothers /sisters/aunts/uncles , or just me and my brother who says he didnt do it either
I know they won’t tell you who memorialized a profile, but I don’t know about this one. They might let you overrule them and memorialize it.
Amazed, very good one.
I memorilised my husbands account today but it has disappeard totally his name isn’t even on my profile anymore as my husband. how do i get it back up. its the 1st anniversary of his death on Thursday andi want to write something on his page
I don’t know. I haven’t heard of that happening. It sounds like it was deleted rather than being memorialized. Report it to Facebook and please let us know what happens.
I’m sorry for your loss.
Thanks for the comment i have tried to report it in their help center but its all forms and nowhere you can write out your query. I tried logging into his account it says its locked for security reasons
Select help from the menu, then click on report a problem, then click on report a problem again.
Memorializing the account locks it for security reasons.
YES its done i got him back up. everything ok. Thank you so much for your comments they were very much apreciated. Karen
You’re welcome. Did Facebook give any explanation or did it just start working?
I logged onto his account and it started working so don’t know but its done so not going to question it. i would never of guessed how upsetting it would be. so at least its there for the first anniversary on thur. thank you again for the help.
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For those of you who are wondering what happens to your FB relationship status when the other person’s account is memorialized, here’s what happened to me:
On my timeline, it no longer says “Married to XXXX XXXXX” — it simply says “Married.” I restrict access to my personal information, so only my friends can click on the “About” link and see anything about me. On that page, my relationship status still says “Married to XXXX XXXXX.”
On his timeline, it still says “Married to XXXX XXXXX” to anyone who was his FB friend.
For FB friends who were friends with both of us, it still shows us as “Married to XXXX.” For FB friends who were only friends with me, it says “Married.”
My relationship status did not automatically change when I memorialized my late husband’s account. If at some point in the future I choose to change my relationship status, my only option is “Widowed” and I will no longer be linked to my husband’s FB page.
Thank you so much for letting us know.
I think that’s a pretty fair solution and shouldn’t prevent anyone from memorializing a spouse’s page.
I think I’ll write an update to this post and add this information to make it easier for people to find. Does anyone else have anything to add to it?
Please know that once a Facebook account page is memorialized, nothing can be accessed — even if you have the deceased person’s password. It is completely frozen. I participate in a few sites for widowed people, and so many people are just devastated when they realize that.
The other important fact: ANYONE can request that an account be memorialized. It does not have to be an immediate family member. Once FB is notified AND confirms that the account holder is deceased, I believe it is their policy to memorialize the account. I requested the memorialization of the account, but did not receive confirmation that it was done — I just saw the changes on our pages after a few days.
Thank you for posting about this subject. Even though FB spells it out, it is unclear exactly how it is executed and how it affects relationship status.
Thanks, it has been a very popular post.
Sorry for your loss.