How to Memorialize a Facebook Page

When we think of Facebook, we think of it as a way for individuals to connect with friends and family, share information, post pictures, play games and send messages. We always think about it in a present way, but what happens to someone's Facebook page when they die?

For the Sake of Memories
 When a user passes away, Facebook memorializes the account. Doing this protects the privacy of the deceased by preventing anyone from logging into the account, and it also changes the privacy settings so that only confirmed friends can access the page. This also removes the deceased's Facebook page from public searches, as well as keeping the deceased from appearing in the Suggestions or People You May Know tabs.

While Facebook can memorialize a page, the Tag a Friend feature may still ask a user to tag a deceased friend in a photo. Unfortunately, Facebook's technology cannot determine if a person shown in a photo is alive or deceased. The technology that Facebook uses for this feature is face recognition based on facial features, and Facebook has no control of which friends appear based on this software.

For those who were confirmed friends at the time the page was memorialized, they will be the only ones who can access the page of the deceased, and they will be able to leave comments in remembrance of the individual.

How to have a page memorialized.
Contacting Facebook administration is the only way that the deceased's Facebook page can be memorialized. They have a form that needs to be filled out in order to have the page memorialized. To access the form, please click here.

Facebook will not give the deceased's login information to anyone, no matter their relationship to the deceased. Once an account has been memorialized, nobody—not even Facebook administration—can access or alter the account in any way.

How to remove an account?
Dust to Dust
If you prefer not to have the page memorialized, you can also request to have the page removed. Only immediate family members can make this request, and they will need to provide proof that they're an immediate family member through documentation such as deceased's birth certificate, death certificate or lawful proof that they're a representative of the deceased. To have a page removed, you will need to fill out the form found here.

What to do if your page was accidentally memorialized.

Wait! He is not Dead
Accidents do happen, and if your page was placed in a memorialized state, you will need to contact Facebook here to have it removed. Facebook will need you to prove your identity before removing the memorialization.

Through Facebook's memorialization of a page, the lives of the deceased can be carried on forever. Friends and family can visit the page to view photos, share messages and read the kind words of others. The memorialization process protects the privacy of the deceased by removing their page from the public and only allowing confirmed friends and family members to have access.

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  Faizan Ahmad

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