How do I close my facebook account temporarily?

[Ai]

Hi can anyone help me, I want to close my facebook account temporarily, like maybe for a few months. How to do that?
And how to inform people when they go to my page that they can contact me via e-mail or texts?
Many thanks in advance!

[Marwan]

Account ---> account settings ---> Deactivate account

If you deactivate your account from the "Deactivate Account" section on the Account page, your profile and all information associated with it are immediately made inaccessible to other Facebook users. What this means is that you effectively disappear from the Facebook service. However, if you want to reactivate at some point, we do save your profile information (friends, photos, interests, etc.), and your account will look just the way it did when you deactivated if you decide to reactivate it. Many users deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their information to be there when they return to the service.

[BrokenTeapots]

Well, First off, you could inbox all of you're friends saying that, or you can update you're status, also write in the box 'About me', that they can contact you via E-mail, and texts. Be sure, to give people you're email and number (ONLY IF YOU KNOW THAT PERSON IN REAL LIFE).

But, no you cant temporarily close you're account, you're best option, i just to not go on it, and pretend you dont have it, and when you want to go back on it, you still have it.

Hope this helps.

[Jonathon]

well with facebook you can close your account but once you sign back in it will open right back up.
go to your page then go to the tap account and Scroll down and click account settings. once you see that page, then under account security you will see deactivate account then click deactivate.