Can you remove your Facebook account from Oculus Quest?

When forever doesn't mean forever

Up until August 23, 2022, Meta required a Facebook account just to use an Oculus Quest or Oculus Quest 2. Thankfully, the company reversed its policy and now asks users log in with a Meta account instead of a Facebook account.

That means users will actually be required to remove their Facebook accounts from their Oculus Quest or Meta Quest 2 headsets and, instead, log in with a social media-free Meta account.

This Meta account is, ironically, quite similar to the original Oculus accounts system and is used only to manage payments and ensure digital ownership of games and apps.

Users can optionally link their Facebook or Instagram accounts to a Meta account for easier social media access, but there’s no requirement to do this just to use Meta’s VR services.

A better way to play

With the advent of Meta accounts, users no longer have to worry about their social media behavior affecting their ability to play VR. With the previous policy, users who incurred a Facebook account ban lost access to their Meta Quest headsets and all purchased games or apps. This policy caused a number of problems (and unhappy users) when it was originally enforced in 2020 with the Quest 2 launch.

With the latest policy changes, a user’s social media account can be optionally linked to a Meta Horizon profile but will not affect a user’s ability to play on their headsets, even if they are banned from linked social media accounts. That’s because a Meta account is a separate account that’s only used for managing payments and a user’s library of games and apps.

So far, this seems to have completely solved the conundrum many players found themselves in after the Quest 2 launched. Similarly, a Meta Horizon profile is a separate social presence that includes a user’s name, username, and digital avatar and is also separate from their Facebook account. That means you won’t have to worry about your Facebook friends following you in VR if you don’t want them to.