While Facebook does not use a method to auto-merge all your friends, photos, condition updates, check-ins or other information, you can by hand merge parts of your accounts. All it takes is a little preparation as well as perseverance. Unfortunately, you will not be able to move or re-create all of your Data.
Combine Facebook Accounts
Bulk Download Data
As a very first step I suggest to mass download your Facebook Data, a procedure I have actually defined formerly. This procedure could spend some time as well as the archive will certainly act as a very little back-up, should you decide to shut off or delete your account. It won't be of wonderful help in bring back any kind of Data, though.
Briefly, go to your General Account Settings as well as click Download a copy of your Facebook Data at the bottom.
This will certainly lead you to a web page where you could download your information as well as obtain a copy of just what you have shared on Facebook.
Now do begin your archive on this initial web page. In addition locate where it states You could likewise Download an expanded archive ... and also click the respective link. This will assist you to the Expanded Archive Download page where you will be asked to re-enter your password.
Currently below is where you will need perseverance. Depending upon just how big your major as well as your broadened archive are as well as the number of other archives are in the queue, this can spend some time. And also with that I suggest a few hours.
Keep in mind that you should Download both archives, to obtain a complete backup of your account!
As soon as your archive is offered for download, this is just what the web page will certainly appear like.
Although your personal photos are expected to be included in the archive, you must download your Facebook Photos separately. Not only is this treatment another backup, it is also a lot faster and also may give you with even more alternatives.
Restore Friends
As stated over, you will not have the ability to Restore or move all your Data which includes your friends. You need to manually include friends to your brand-new account. Unfortunately, it is not possible export your Facebook friends to a 3rd party account then re-import them to a new Facebook account.
Nevertheless, you could import contacts from third party accounts such as Skype or Gmail. So if you have call information of the majority of your friends on accounts beyond Facebook, you can take a little faster way. Most likely to your brand-new Facebook account as well as import contacts from any sustained 3rd party account (CSV data are also supported) through the Find Friends page.
While you can export your Facebook calls to Yahoo! Mail, it is not be possible to re-import them to Facebook. And calls imported from Facebook will absolutely not be consisted of in a Yahoo! CSV documents.
I composed a separate article on ways to back up your Facebook calls. Note that only call information of friends that have actually consented to have their email address consisted of in info downloads can be imported into your Yahoo! account.
Restore Account Data
Here comes the large disappointment. There is no chance to submit or otherwise import your archive to Restore or transfer Data from your old Facebook account to your brand-new one. Whatever you intend to Restore, you need to do it (semi-) by hand or utilize 3rd party tools. Now, the archive simply functions as a personal backup, nothing even more.
So just what are your choices? You could re-add your old friends as shown over, re-upload pictures you downloaded and install from your old account, re-tag your friends in your photos, re-join teams you belonged to, re-add Facebook applications, manually re-do all your personal Settings, consisting of basic account and also privacy Settings, e.g. protect your Facebook account, add relied on contacts, or hide your individual Settings. I desire I had good news, however as I claimed before, you could not auto-merge 2 accounts or Restore Data, so you basically start from scratch.
What You Will Lose
You will shed a great deal! Your whole Timeline and also Information Feed background will certainly be gone, consisting of articles or pictures you were marked in, locations you looked into, all the Sorts you provided or obtained, or teams you were a member of, all your account and also personal privacy Settings, and also other documents you built up over time. Your photos as well as friends are really all you can take with you, whatever else needs to be re-created by hand.
Shut off or Close Your Old Facebook Account.
If you make a decision to deactivate or close your old Facebook account, make sure to include your brand-new account as an admin to any Teams or Pages you manage. Or else you will shed accessibility to them.
Once you have taken care of admin roles, have actually downloaded all your Data, as well as are sure you intend to completely eliminate your account, log right into the Facebook account you wish to shut, and also go to the Erase My Account web page to begin the process. We have actually previously clarified How you can Correctly Close Your Facebook Account.
Verdict
Facebook permits you to Download an archive of your account. Nevertheless, there is no matching system in place to restore your Data, should the account get endangered. Facebook never ever intended to provide a recover feature; rather they were legitimately compelled to supply a method for users to download their Data. As a result, users are entrusted to just half-baked remedies or unpleasant workarounds, ought to they want to merge or relocate accounts.
Exactly what would certainly trouble you most if you needed to relocate to a new Facebook account?