While Facebook does not use a method to auto-merge all your friends, pictures, condition updates, check-ins or other info, you could manually merge parts of your accounts. All it takes is a little prep work as well as perseverance. However, you won't be able to move or re-create every one of your Data.
Merge Facebook Accounts
Bulk Download Data
As a very first step I suggest to mass download your Facebook Data, a treatment I have explained previously. This procedure can take a while as well as the archive will act as a very little backup, ought to you make a decision to shut off or delete your account. It will not be of terrific help in bring back any kind of Data, however.
Briefly, go to your General Account Settings and also click Download a copy of your Facebook Data near the bottom.
This will certainly lead you to a web page where you could download your information and get a copy of just what you have shared on Facebook.
Currently do begin your archive on this initial page. In addition find where it says You can likewise Download a broadened archive ... and click the corresponding web link. This will certainly assist you to the Expanded Archive Download page where you will certainly be asked to re-enter your password.
Now below is where you will need patience. Depending on how huge your major and your increased archive are and also how many other archives remain in the queue, this can spend some time. And keeping that I indicate a few hrs.
Note that you must Download both archives, to get a complete back-up of your account!
As soon as your archive is readily available for download, this is exactly what the page will certainly appear like.
Although your very own photos are expected to be consisted of in the archive, you should download your Facebook Photos independently. Not only is this treatment another back-up, it is also a whole lot faster and might offer you with more alternatives.
Restore Friends
As stated over, you won't be able to Restore or migrate all of your Data which includes your friends. You should by hand include friends to your brand-new account. Sadly, it is not feasible 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 3rd party accounts such as Skype or Gmail. So if you have call information of a lot of your friends on accounts beyond Facebook, you can take a little faster way. Most likely to your new Facebook account and import calls from any kind of supported 3rd party account (CSV documents are also sustained) via the Locate Friends web page.
While you could export your Facebook contacts to Yahoo! Mail, it is not be feasible to re-import them to Facebook. And also get in touches with imported from Facebook will definitely not be consisted of in a Yahoo! CSV data.
I composed a different post on the best ways to back up your Facebook contacts. Note that just call information of friends who have agreed to have their email address included in info downloads can be imported right into your Yahoo! account.
Restore Account Data
Here comes the huge disappointment. There is no way to publish or otherwise import your archive to Restore or move Data from your old Facebook account to your brand-new one. Whatever you intend to Restore, you need to do it (semi-) manually or make use of third party tools. Now, the archive merely works as a personal back-up, nothing more.
So exactly what are your choices? You could re-add your old friends as shown above, 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, manually re-do all your personal Settings, consisting of general account and also privacy Settings, e.g. secure your Facebook account, add trusted calls, or hide your personal Settings. I wish I had good information, but as I said before, you could not auto-merge two accounts or Restore Data, so you essentially start from scratch.
What You Will Lose
You will shed a great deal! Your entire Timeline and also News Feed history will certainly be gone, including articles or images you were tagged in, places you checked out, all the Sorts you provided or received, or groups you belonged to, all your account and personal privacy Settings, and also other documents you accumulated gradually. Your images and also friends are really all you can take with you, every little thing else has to be re-created by hand.
Deactivate or Shut Your Old Facebook Account.
If you choose to deactivate or close your old Facebook account, make sure to add your brand-new account as an admin to any type of Teams or Pages you manage. Otherwise you will shed access to them.
When you have cared for admin duties, have actually downloaded all your Data, and also make sure you intend to entirely remove your account, log into the Facebook account you wish to close, and check out the Delete My Account page to begin the process. We have actually previously described How To Appropriately Close 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, ought to the account obtain compromised. Facebook never ever intended to give a recover function; instead they were lawfully forced to use a way for customers to download their Data. As a result, individuals are entrusted just half-baked services or awkward workarounds, should they prefer to merge or relocate accounts.
What would certainly bother you most if you needed to transfer to a brand-new Facebook account?