How to Merge Two Facebook Accounts Into One
While Facebook does not provide a way to auto-merge all your friends, images, standing updates, check-ins or other details, you can manually merge parts of your accounts. All it takes is a little prep work and also persistence. Regrettably, you will not be able to move or re-create all of your Data.
How To Merge Two Facebook Accounts Into One
Mass Download Data
As a very first step I suggest to bulk download your Facebook Data, a treatment I have actually explained previously. This procedure could take a while and also the archive will certainly act as a marginal back-up, should you determine to shut down or erase your account. It will not be of excellent help in recovering any Data, however.
Briefly, most likely to your General Account Settings as well as click Download a copy of your Facebook Data near the bottom.
This will lead you to a web page where you could download your info and obtain a copy of exactly what you have actually shared on Facebook.
Currently do start your archive on this first web page. On top of that locate where it says You can likewise Download an increased archive ... and also click the particular link. This will assist you to the Expanded Archive Download page where you will certainly be asked to re-enter your password.
Currently here is where you will certainly need persistence. Depending on exactly how big your primary and also your broadened archive are and the amount of other archives remain in the line, this can take some time. As well as with that said I suggest a few hrs.
Note that you need to Download both archives, to get a complete backup of your account!
As soon as your archive is readily available for download, this is exactly what the web page will certainly appear like.
Although your personal photos are meant to be included in the archive, you should download your Facebook Photos independently. Not just is this treatment another back-up, it is additionally a great deal faster and may provide you with even more alternatives.
Restore Friends
As stated over, you will not have the ability to Restore or migrate all of your Data which includes your friends. You need to manually include friends to your new account. However, it is not possible export your Facebook friends to a 3rd party account and after that re-import them to a brand-new Facebook account.
Nonetheless, you can import calls from third party accounts such as Skype or Gmail. So if you have get in touch with details of most of your friends on accounts beyond Facebook, you could take a tiny shortcut. Go to your brand-new Facebook account as well as import get in touches with from any kind of sustained third party account (CSV files are additionally supported) via the Discover Friends web page.
While you could export your Facebook contacts to Yahoo! Mail, it is not be possible to re-import them to Facebook. And also calls imported from Facebook will absolutely not be consisted of in a Yahoo! CSV file.
I wrote a separate post on ways to back up your Facebook get in touches with. Keep in mind that only call information of friends that have actually agreed to have their email address consisted of in details downloads can be imported into your Yahoo! account.
Restore Account Data
Here comes the huge letdown. There is no chance to submit or otherwise import your archive to Restore or transfer Data from your old Facebook account to your new one. Whatever you intend to Restore, you need to do it (semi-) by hand or utilize 3rd party devices. Right now, the archive merely serves as a personal backup, absolutely nothing more.
So what are your alternatives? You could re-add your old friends as shown over, re-upload images you downloaded from your old account, re-tag your friends in your photos, re-join groups you belonged to, re-add Facebook applications, by hand re-do all your individual Settings, consisting of general account and also privacy Settings, e.g. protect your Facebook account, add relied on calls, or conceal your personal Settings. I desire I had excellent information, however as I stated before, you can not auto-merge two accounts or Restore Data, so you essentially start from scratch.
What You Will certainly Shed
You will shed a great deal! Your whole Timeline and Information Feed background will be gone, including blog posts or images you were identified in, areas you looked into, all the Likes you issued or got, or teams you were a member of, all your account and also privacy Settings, and also any other documents you built up over time. Your pictures and also friends are actually all you could take with you, every little thing else needs to be re-created manually.
Deactivate or Shut Your Old Facebook Account.
If you choose to deactivate or shut your old Facebook account, make certain to include your new account as an admin to any kind of Groups or Pages you handle. Otherwise you will certainly shed access to them.
Once you have dealt with admin roles, have actually downloaded all your Data, and also are sure you want to completely eliminate your account, log right into the Facebook account you want to close, and also see the Delete My Account web page to start the procedure. We have previously clarified How To Effectively Close Your Facebook Account.
Final thought
Facebook allows you to Download an archive of your account. Nonetheless, there is no matching system in place to restore your Data, should the account get compromised. Facebook never ever intended to provide a bring back function; instead they were legally required to provide a means for users to download their Data. Because of this, individuals are entrusted only half-baked options or unpleasant workarounds, must they want to merge or relocate accounts.
Exactly what would trouble you most if you needed to transfer to a new Facebook account?