Trying to quit facebook but keep failing?

pmy.murphy

Over the last 2 months Ive been trying to quit facebook basicly because it takes up too much of my time and i want to use my time more constructively. 2 months ago I deactivated and lasted a week and just gave up and reckoned if I cut down maybe I would be fine which I managed to do initially but am now back to old habits. Last night I did it again but couldnt help myself today. How can I keep away?

saltyporridge

I know they give a two week period before making it a permanent deletion. Maybe you could change the password, getting someone you trust to set the new password (and not tell you what it is) meaning you can't log during the two week deletion period.

Vito Corleone

Hi, there are a number of programs online that allow you to block specific sites from your computer for a specific time period. So, if you have a look around you could download one and then use it to block Facebook.

RossFixxxed

If you had no Facebook what would you do that you consider constructive (guitar, games, writing, singing, painting, walking etc etc)? Find something you would find more productive and try to divert your attention into that. Take it slow, everyone has setbacks quitting anything and blaming yourself really is a tar pit you can sink into!

The other posters hit the nail on the head with the practical side of it, do those things too!

Rev Hellfire

Why don't you create a new email address, update facebook to use that for recovery. Then generate two random 10 digit passwords. One for each of them and discard the password.

No facebook password and no email account to recover it from.

LegacyUser

did you try leechblock or cold turky(freeware)?

pmy.murphy

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Hi, there are a number of programs online that allow you to block specific sites from your computer for a specific time period. So, if you have a look around you could download one and then use it to block Facebook.

Yes I have tried that, I downloaded an add on for Google Chrome which blocks specific websites but the last time I ended up just opening internet explorer and going on it. In relation to other things, I do play a lot of hurling and also snooker and spend a lot of time doing those but its in those times wen Im at home bored and online that I relapse basicly. Im considering going to the gym more aswell which would reduce time spent online. I deactivated again last night and have resisted so far today

xzanti

Have you tried actually deleting everything off it? Friends, photos etc?

Or have you just deactivated it?

Queen-Mise

xzanti wrote: »

Have you tried actually deleting everything off it? Friends, photos etc?

Or have you just deactivated it?

The first part of this is what I did. I cut down the 'friends' to the basics (was exceptionally brutal), I may know you, it doesn't mean I want you in my living room.

I still play games on it, but don't mind that, as I look at FB as just being the website I play games on.

pmy.murphy

xzanti wrote: »

Have you tried actually deleting everything off it? Friends, photos etc?

Or have you just deactivated it?

Deactivated it only, dont want to delete it. Basicly I want to give it up for a year maybe to wean myself off it and do something else and then I could go back on it again at some stage with the knowledge that I wont go on it as much once a week at most whilst also having something else to do.

Merkin

If you are serious about deactivating your account for a year and staying off it then I'd just delete your account to be honest. Very simple to set up a new one when you decide to go back to it.

Jabberwocky_I

I decided to delete my Twitter account op, as I was wasting a significant amount of time on it so understand where you're coming from. I tried twice before but ended up going back. This time, I thought hard about my reasons for getting off the website and it has been a breeze. When I get the urge to go onto the site, I think of all of the time I've put to good use since quitting and it makes it easier.
It can become a very habitual thing and like all habits, it takes time to break the cycle. Good luck!:)

Kevster

I finally got rid of my Facebook account a few days ago, but that was because I passed through a difficult moment and realised that hardly any of my 'friends' on Facebook knew me (or would even bother to care).

I say 'finally' because, like many of you, I had deactivated it before only to return. I know that I am mentally set, this time, to never return. I removed all of my friends who were not in my family, removed all pictures, and all Wall/timeline posts. I also changed my name to its Irish equivalent to add extra secrecy (I dunno...).

Facebook also took up much of my time and I realised that I was making important life decisions based on the reaction [I thought] my Facebook friends would give when I posted about such important decisions. In this sense, I was neither making the right move for myself nor my partner and family. So, Facebook had to go from my life.

Kevin

swaner

delete your account.Or ask someone who trust to change your password and not give you back under any circumstancies.

If you are really decided to solve this problem, there is thousand ways to do that... You just need to decide