Merge Two Facebook Accounts
While Facebook does not use a way to auto-merge all your friends, pictures, standing updates, check-ins or various other details, you could manually merge parts of your accounts. All it takes is a little preparation and also patience. Unfortunately, you will not be able to migrate or re-create every one of your Data.
Merge Two Facebook Accounts
Bulk Download Data
As a very first step I suggest to bulk download your Facebook Data, a treatment I have described formerly. This procedure could take a while as well as the archive will function as a marginal back-up, need to you determine to shut down or delete your account. It won't be of fantastic assistance in recovering any type of Data, however.
Briefly, most likely to your General Account Settings as well as click Download a copy of your Facebook Data at the bottom.
This will lead you to a web page where you can download your info and obtain a copy of exactly what you have actually shared on Facebook.
Currently do start your archive on this initial web page. Additionally discover where it claims You could additionally Download an expanded archive ... and click the respective web link. This will assist you to the Expanded Archive Download page where you will certainly be asked to re-enter your password.
Currently below is where you will certainly need perseverance. Depending upon just how huge your main as well as your increased archive are and also the number of other archives remain in the line up, this can spend some time. And also keeping that I suggest a few hours.
Keep in mind that you have to Download both archives, to obtain a full backup of your account!
When your archive is offered for download, this is what the web page will certainly resemble.
Although your very own pictures are meant to be consisted of in the archive, you ought to download your Facebook Photos separately. Not just is this procedure one more back-up, it is additionally a lot faster and also could supply you with more alternatives.
Restore Friends
As stated above, you won't be able to Restore or migrate every one of your Data which includes your friends. You have to by hand include friends to your brand-new account. Unfortunately, it is not possible export your Facebook friends to a 3rd party account and then re-import them to a new Facebook account.
Nonetheless, you could import calls from 3rd party accounts such as Skype or Gmail. So if you have call details of a lot of your friends on accounts beyond Facebook, you can take a small faster way. Most likely to your new Facebook account and import calls from any sustained third party account (CSV files are also sustained) through the Locate Friends web page.
While you could export your Facebook contacts to Yahoo! Mail, it is not be possible to re-import them to Facebook. As well as contacts imported from Facebook will definitely not be consisted of in a Yahoo! CSV documents.
I composed a separate post on how you can back up your Facebook calls. Keep in mind that just call information of friends who have actually agreed to have their email address consisted of in info downloads can be imported right into your Yahoo! account.
Restore Account Data
Right here comes the large letdown. There is no chance to post 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 third party tools. Right now, the archive just functions as an individual back-up, absolutely nothing more.
So exactly what are your choices? You could re-add your old friends as shown above, re-upload pictures you downloaded from your old account, re-tag your friends in your pictures, re-join groups you were a member of, re-add Facebook apps, by hand re-do all your individual Settings, including basic account and also personal privacy Settings, e.g. protect your Facebook account, include relied on calls, or hide your personal Settings. I want I had great news, but as I stated previously, you could not auto-merge 2 accounts or Restore Data, so you essentially start from scratch.
What You Will certainly Lose
You will lose a whole lot! Your entire Timeline and also Information Feed history will be gone, consisting of blog posts or photos you were identified in, locations you looked into, all the Sorts you issued or received, or groups you belonged to, all your account and also personal privacy Settings, as well as any other records you collected over time. Your photos and friends are actually all you can take with you, every little thing else needs to be re-created by hand.
Shut down or Close Your Old Facebook Account.
If you make a decision to shut down or close your old Facebook account, make certain to add your new account as an admin to any kind of Groups or Pages you take care of. Or else you will shed access to them.
As soon as you have actually taken care of admin duties, have actually downloaded and install all your Data, and make certain you wish to entirely eliminate your account, log into the Facebook account you wish to shut, and also check out the Erase My Account page to start the procedure. We have previously clarified Ways to Correctly Shut Your Facebook Account.
Conclusion
Facebook enables you to Download an archive of your account. However, there is no matching system in place to restore your Data, should the account obtain compromised. Facebook never ever intended to offer a restore attribute; rather they were lawfully compelled to use a means for customers to download their Data. As a result, individuals are entrusted to only half-baked remedies or uncomfortable workarounds, should they prefer to merge or relocate accounts.
Exactly what would certainly bother you most if you needed to move to a new Facebook account?