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What will happen to a deceased’s Facebook/Instagram account?


If deceased is above age 18 and have planned ahead, he can choose either:

-to appoint a legacy contact* to look after his memorialised account
(*someone appointed via FB general settings to make decisions about his account once it is memorialized) OR

-to have his account permanently deleted from Facebook.

Memorialised accounts are a place for friends and family to gather and share memories after a person has passed away. Memorialised accounts have the following key features:

• The word Remembering will be shown next to the person's name on their profile.

• Depending on the privacy settings of the account, friends can share memories on the memorialised timeline.

• Content the person shared (e.g. photos, posts) stays on Facebook and is visible on Facebook to the audience it was shared with.

• Memorialised profiles do not appear in public spaces such as in suggestions for People you may know, ads or birthday reminders.

• No one can log in to a memorialised account.

• Memorialised accounts that do not have a legacy contact cannot be changed.

• Pages with a sole admin whose account was memorialised will be removed from Facebook.

If one chooses to permanently delete the FB account, all messages, photos, posts, comments, reactions and info will be immediately and permanently removed from Facebook.

Another alternative for family/friends is to create a FB group to share memories of deceased.
Learn more about :
Legacy contact
Memorialising a FB account
Permanently delete a FB account

(Above info accurate as of June 2021)

What will happen to a deceased’s LinkedIn account?


LinkedIn does not currently allow a member to decide what should happen to his account when he departs permanently, but it might someday.

One can leave instructions for loved ones to notify LinkedIn and request that it terminate the deceased’s account.

Thus, for now, LinkedIn account remains active until someone reports that the member is dead. Reporting a deceased member will result in the account being hidden. Once an account is hidden, the profile is no longer searchable or visible on LinkedIn.

If we have the authority to act on behalf of a deceased member (e.g. an administrator or executor or trustee), we can request to memorialize or close the account. If the account is closed, it can take up to 21 days to completely delete the data from the system. If we are not authorised, we can only report a member as deceased.

Memorialized accounts allow a person’s legacy to remain on LinkedIn after they have passed away. Once an account is memorialized, access to the account is locked. LinkedIn will not disclose any usernames or passwords to anyone, including family members, under any circumstances.

Learn more about :
Memorising or Close LinkedIn account
Report a deceased LinkedIn member

(Above info accurate as of June 2021)

What will happen to a deceased’s Google account?


Like Facebook, Google also recognises that users wish to control the fate of their accounts and profiles after death. It has a user-friendly tool/guide for the users to set up their what-if plan.

Google's Inactive Account Manager allows account holders to decide whether to delete the account or pass (some) account information on to survivors after a period of inactivity.

(Above info accurate as of June 2021)

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