I want to delete everything from my Facebook account (including, ideally, posts I've made on other people's walls) but keep the account open. It seems that there used to be some scripts that would do this, but that these scripts no longer works. Searching Stack Exchange throws up a few answers that refer to writing a Facebook application. Is this now the only way to do this, or are there scripts or similar that will do this for me?
Facebook – Is it still possible to delete all of the Facebook posts without closing the Facebook account
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The "recent activity" section is exactly that: your recent activity. It is generated directly by Facebook from actions you have made on the site, not via an app.
As of 10/11/13:
- Click on your name in top right corner
- Click “Friends” at the top
- Click the pencil image to “Manage”
- Click “Edit Privacy”
- Modify “Friend List” section by selecting from the drop down menu
If you have timeline (which I assume you have):
- Go to your profile
- Click on your friends list
- Click on Edit
- In the popup, click on the icon from the right—in this case the globe, but you might have a different icon, like friends
- Select Only me (or whatever other option you want)
Is this what you are looking for?
- Go to your profile and click Edit in the top right corner
- From the menu in the left column, click Friends and Relationships
- Go to the Friends section and use the audience selector on the right side to control who can see your friends
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Best Answer
You will need to write a Facebook application that leverages using a Facebook user access token belonging to a Facebook native not a third party. Third party application cannot delete all posts.
Even then you might run into a rate limit.