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About legacy contacts on Facebook
Choosing your legacy contact is currently only available for your main profile and doesn’t apply to additional Facebook profiles. You can choose to either appoint a legacy contact to look after your memorialized main profile or have your account permanently deleted from Facebook.
A legacy contact is someone you choose to look after your main profile if it's memorialized after you've passed away. If you add a legacy contact, that person will be able to make decisions about your main profile once it is memorialized.
Your legacy contact can
- Write a pinned post for your profile (example: to share a final message on your behalf or provide information about a memorial service).
- Update your profile picture and cover photo.
- Request the removal of your account.
- Download a copy of what you've shared on Facebook, if you have this feature turned on.
We may add more capabilities for legacy contacts in the future.
Your legacy contact can't
- Log into your account.
- Read your messages.
- Remove any of your friends or make new friend requests.
Learn more about memorialization and how to add a legacy contact to your account.
If you're a legacy contact, learn how to manage a memorialized profile.
Note: You must be 18 or older to select a legacy contact.
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