Why Can't You Deactivate Your Facebook Messenger Account Anymore?
A brand-new version of Facebook Messenger has dropped for iOS, and while I appreciate Facebook’s newfound interest in keeping the app svelte, I think the cuts have gone too deep. You’ll no longer find any apps or games tied into Messenger’s UI, but it’s now harder (or impossible) to do things that most people probably want to do on their Messenger app: messing around with photos, sending polls and, oh, yeah—quitting Facebook Messenger.
4 Mar 2020 ... A brand-new version of Facebook Messenger has dropped for iOS, and while I ... use it again (whether you reactivate your Facebook account or not). ... this point if you're only deactivating, not deleting, your Facebook account.