First things first, when i delete any account i have i make sure to delete everything inside the account first, convos, posts, stories or any type of activity.
I’m in process of deleting my instagram and i already cleaned everything up except the final boss, my story archive, i have never toggled the archiving option off so the archive has accumulated stories for around 8 years, and of course meta won’t let you bulk delete the archive.
my question is, does it really matter doing all of that before deleting when it comes to privacy?
or can i just simply ignore the fact that the story archive is still there and delete the account anyway?
I’m not even sure about all the steps that i do but i just do it so everthing feels clean when i arrive to the deletion button.
Meta will probably not truly “delete” anything. Personally to make it as “deleted” as possible, I would still delete all of the content before closing the account, but theres no real way to know how they handle these things.
It should delete that content too. At least as far as any of it is really ever deleted.
If you can, do it through a GDPR deletion request.
my question is, does it really matter doing all of that before deleting when it comes to privacy?
It doesn’t hurt to be thorough but FWIW they say it will be deleted:
What happens if I permanently delete my Facebook account?
Your profile, photos, posts, videos, and everything else you’ve added will be permanently deleted. You won’t be able to retrieve anything you’ve added.
