Now you can choose what happens to your profile page in the inevitable event of your ultimate demise - death.

Facebook is allowing the activation of a "Legacy Contact" to manage parts of your accounts when you die.

To select your legacy contact, go to Settings and choose Security and then Legacy Contact at the bottom of the page—it’s the same for the Facebook website or mobile app.



According to the Wall Street Journal, being a legacy contact is different from simply logging into the account of the deceased, and there are important things legacy contacts can’t alter. They can’t edit what the deceased has already posted, or what his or her friends post on the page. If you chose to post a photo while you are living that looks embarrassing when you are gone, your legacy contact can’t do anything about it. A legacy contact also can’t decide to delete a whole account.

The new after death feature will start rolling out to members in the US from today and then to other countries in the near future.