How to Choose a Legacy Contact on Facebook
Understand the purpose of a legacy contact., Choose a legacy contact from your family or close friends., Go to your Facebook account. , Open your Settings. , Choose Security, then go to Legacy Contact., Click on the blue button to choose your legacy...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Understand the purpose of a legacy contact.
A legacy contact is about choosing someone who can manage some basic aspects of your account in order to properly memorialize it and ensure that those viewing it are able to be responded to adequately.
The legacy feature will allow your chosen person to:
Write a post that sits at the top of the memorialized Timeline.
This could be a special message that reflects the family's feelings or it might give details of a memorial service, wake, and so forth.
Reply to any new friend requests made to your Facebook account made by family and friends who did not have a Facebook connection with you prior to your death.
Some people may feel this is the only way to reach your family or to leave messages of condolence with the family.
Make changes to your profile picture and cover photo.
If you have granted permission, the legacy contact will also be able to download an archive of the photos, posts and profile information that you've shared on Facebook.
Be aware that a legacy contact cannot log in as you or see your private messages. -
Step 2: Choose a legacy contact from your family or close friends.
It is recommended that you talk to this person first, to make sure that they are happy to take on this role and to be reassured that they know their way around Facebook––after all, it's not much use asking someone who never uses Facebook to be your legacy contact. ,,, This will be found at the base of the page. , Fill in the details as prompted. , This is optional but in most cases, it's probably helpful as it alerts the person that this responsibility is enabled now. , This refers to the publicly available information only.
Check this option too if you agree to it. , May you live long and prosper. -
Step 3: Go to your Facebook account.
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Step 4: Open your Settings.
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Step 5: Choose Security
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Step 6: then go to Legacy Contact.
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Step 7: Click on the blue button to choose your legacy contact.
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Step 8: Send a message to the person you've elected as your legacy contact.
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Step 9: Decide whether you'd like to give your legacy contact the permission to download an archive of your photos
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Step 10: posts and profile information.
Detailed Guide
A legacy contact is about choosing someone who can manage some basic aspects of your account in order to properly memorialize it and ensure that those viewing it are able to be responded to adequately.
The legacy feature will allow your chosen person to:
Write a post that sits at the top of the memorialized Timeline.
This could be a special message that reflects the family's feelings or it might give details of a memorial service, wake, and so forth.
Reply to any new friend requests made to your Facebook account made by family and friends who did not have a Facebook connection with you prior to your death.
Some people may feel this is the only way to reach your family or to leave messages of condolence with the family.
Make changes to your profile picture and cover photo.
If you have granted permission, the legacy contact will also be able to download an archive of the photos, posts and profile information that you've shared on Facebook.
Be aware that a legacy contact cannot log in as you or see your private messages.
It is recommended that you talk to this person first, to make sure that they are happy to take on this role and to be reassured that they know their way around Facebook––after all, it's not much use asking someone who never uses Facebook to be your legacy contact. ,,, This will be found at the base of the page. , Fill in the details as prompted. , This is optional but in most cases, it's probably helpful as it alerts the person that this responsibility is enabled now. , This refers to the publicly available information only.
Check this option too if you agree to it. , May you live long and prosper.
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