Help Leaving no trace to deactivate a joint Facebook account

[Android Question]

Ok, an ex-partner of mine and I shared a Facebook account at one time (don't ask me "why?!") but I'm going to deactivate/close that account. If I use an old phone with no service to do this thru Wi-Fi connected via my activated phone's hotspot, will he be able to find out it was me who deactivated it? I don't care if he finds out the old phone's information such as device model number, network server location, IMEI, IP address, Wi-Fi MAC address, etc, but I'm wondering if my name can possibly be discovered thru the old phone's registered account name when I did have service on it... or maybe thru the Wi-Fi connection to the hotspot I'll be using to/from my activated phone... or maybe thru the IP address that the old phone will be assigned by such Wi-Fi connection... or by any other means I may not be aware of or thought of (?) Thanks in advance for any help, answers, or suggestions.

(By the way, Facebook notifications for that account are not "ON" as far as via the account phone number or SMS, only via the Gmail account which is limited to comments, friend requests, timeline posts, tags, etc, but not notifications regarding logins from unknown devices, suspicious activities, etc.)

 

[Dannydet]

You and the other are the only one's that can deactivate the account.

 

[Noremon]

If you and him are the only ones that shared it, then it probably would be easy to guess who deactivated it?

 

[Hadron]

Unless there is a third person who has the login password for that account surely he'll guess it was you anyway?

I don't think the other things you name will be worth worrying about. WiFi is nothing to do with your old cellular account, an IP address from the hotspot will be temporary so won't be directly linked to you, etc. If you really want to be cautious you could use a public terminal at a library or something similar. But if he can tell that it was done by an internet user rather than Facebook themselves then you must be the first person he will think of, even if there is nothing to identify you.

So the real question is, if you delete a FB account do they email the account owner when you do it? If they do, and if you can't stop him seeing that mail (because you don't have access to that email any more, or because he receives it before you can delete it) then he'll know that somebody other than FB themselves did this. I've never deleted a FB account so don't know whether they do send an email notification or not, it's just something I could imagine them doing.

That said, even if he receives no notification, he'll have to be extremely dim not to suspect it was you.

 

[Noremon]

Unless there is a third person who has the login password for that account surely he'll guess it was you anyway?

I don't think the other things you name will be worth worrying about. WiFi is nothing to do with your old cellular account, an IP address from the hotspot will be temporary so won't be directly linked to you, etc. If you really want to be cautious you could use a public terminal at a library or something similar. But if he can tell that it was done by an internet user rather than Facebook themselves then you must be the first person he will think of, even if there is nothing to identify you.

So the real question is, if you delete a FB account do they email the account owner when you do it? If they do, and if you can't stop him seeing that mail (because you don't have access to that email any more, or because he receives it before you can delete it) then he'll know that somebody other than FB themselves did this. I've never deleted a FB account so don't know whether they do send an email notification or not, it's just something I could imagine them doing.

That said, even if he receives no notification, he'll have to be extremely dim not to suspect it was you.

When I deactivated mine a few times a few years ago (an ex-friend wouldn't leave me be so I took a break) it didn't send out any e-mail. But logging back into an account automatically reactivates it without informing it was reactivated.

So again, even if you changed the password/e-mail, it would send a change of information to the old e-mail with instructions on if it wasn't the person who did so. But it wouldn't really matter since again it would be easy to guess who had done it.

An option might be to try to get the account reported for sharing an account or such so Facebook would take care of it. But there probably is no way to have it deactivated cleanly.

 

[Just4Rose]

When I deactivated mine a few times a few years ago (an ex-friend wouldn't leave me be so I took a break) it didn't send out any e-mail. But logging back into an account automatically reactivates it without informing it was reactivated.

So again, even if you changed the password/e-mail, it would send a change of information to the old e-mail with instructions on if it wasn't the person who did so. But it wouldn't really matter since again it would be easy to guess who had done it.

An option might be to try to get the account reported for sharing an account or such so Facebook would take care of it. But there probably is no way to have it deactivated cleanly.

"I do" have the Gmail account info/password, and "I can" get to the email before he does, as well as delete it... (which, just to recap, this would be the email notification from Facebook advising of any email address change(s), which I'd do prior to deactivating so as to deny him future access/reactivation of such account correct?)

 

[Noremon]

"I do" have the Gmail account info/password, and "I can" get to the email before he does, as well as delete it... (which, just to recap, this would be the email notification from Facebook advising of any email address change(s), which I'd do prior to deactivating so as to deny him future access/reactivation of such account correct?)

Then you should be able to change the log-in information and deactivate it no problem. But if you are the only other user of the accounts then you'll have to bite the bullet in him knowing it was you. Outside of Facebook suspending the account, there really isn't a way.

 

[Bg260]

I hope you're not worried about physical retribution. Sounds like he needs to move on.