How to Recover Your Facebook Account If You Are Unable to Log In
We'll teach you how to restore your Facebook account if you've forgotten your password or been hacked.
The majority of Facebook's automated account recovery methods are based on the data you supplied and approved when you created your account. If you never completed the information or if it is outdated, your prospects of regaining access to your account are limited.
5 Methods for Recovering Your Facebook Account.
Recovery of a Facebook account is difficult, especially if you have not set up any backup recovery methods. Keep in mind that many of the choices listed below will need time and patience. Having said that, many people have succeeded, even when nothing seemed to work.
1. Determine whether you are still logged onto Facebook elsewhere.
Check to see whether you are still connected into Facebook on any of your devices before attempting to retrieve your account. Another browser or browser profile on your PC, your Facebook Android or iOS app, or a mobile browser, such as your tablet or Kindle, might be used.
If you can still access Facebook from elsewhere, you may be able to "recover" your Facebook password without a confirmation reset code; however, you will instead establish a new password.
Continue to Step 1a of our post on what to do if your Facebook account is hacked to learn how to change your Facebook password. Consider enabling two-factor authentication on Facebook at this time.
Here's how to restore access to your code generator if you've set up two-factor authentication and lost access to your code generator.
2. Experiment with the Default Facebook Account Recovery Options
If you were unable to locate a device on which you were still connected into Facebook, proceed with the recovery alternatives.
If feasible, utilize the same internet connection and computer or phone that you've previously used to access your Facebook account. If Facebook recognizes that network and device, you may be able to reset your password without needing to provide further verification. However, you must first identify your account.
Option 1: Login to your account's profile page to recover it.
You can utilise this option if you have access to another Facebook account, such as that of a friend or family member, and you can view your account's profile page that way since you're Facebook friends. It is important to note that you will need to log out of the other account.
Find your profile on your Facebook buddy's friend list, open it, then click the... on or below your profile image (in the mobile app, the three-dot menu will appear below.
In the last step, pick Recover this account and click Done, which will log you out of the current account and begin the account recovery process.
Option 2: Locate and Recover Your Account Using Contact Information
If you don't have any access to Facebook and don't want to log out of another account, start a new browser profile, such as a guest profile, and navigate to the Facebook restore page.
Enter an email address or phone number associated with your Facebook account. When looking for a phone number, try it with or without your country code, such as 1, +1, or 001 for the United States; all three should work. You may use your Facebook username even if it doesn't mention so.
You will receive a summary of your profile after successfully identifying your account. Before proceeding, double-check that this is your account and that you still have access to the email address or phone number mentioned. You might be able to select between email and phone recovery.
If the option No longer have access to these? applies to you, continue to Section 3 of this article.
However, if everything seems OK with the contact information Facebook has on file for you, click Continue. You will get a security code from Facebook.
Retrieve the code from your email or phone (depending on the method you used), input it, and celebrate that your Facebook account has been restored.
Return to Your Facebook Account
If you were able to recover access to your account and think that your Facebook account was hacked, reset your password and update your contact information right away.
These are critical measures in protecting your Facebook account. Remove any email addresses or phone numbers that are not yours or that you no longer have access to.
We highly advise you to install two-factor authentication on all of your social media accounts to prevent this from happening again.
3. Modify Contact Information
Using the methods described above, it is not always feasible to restore a Facebook account. Perhaps you misplaced the email address and phone number you entered to your profile. Or perhaps a hacker altered this data.
In such situation, Facebook invites you to provide a new email address or phone number to be contacted about restoring your account.
To begin, click the link No longer have access to these? Click the bottom-left corner of the password reset screen (see above) to begin the Facebook account recovery procedure. Facebook may request a new email address or phone number so that it can contact you and assist you in recovering your account. To proceed, click Continue.
4. Determine whether your Facebook account was hacked in order to send spam.
If your account was hacked and is now publishing spam while you are unable to access it, you should report your Facebook account as compromised.
This will initiate a procedure identical to the one described above. While you will use the same information to identify your account, you will be able to restore your account using either a current or old Facebook password in the next step. This is essential in the event that a hacker changes your password, but it may also be beneficial if you forget your new password. More security advice may be found on the Account Security page of the Facebook Help Center.
5. Verify Your Identity on Facebook
If all of Facebook's automatic account recovery techniques have failed, your only option is to contact Facebook support.
You may validate your identity on Facebook's Help Centre page.
Upload a JPEG (picture) of your ID, input an email address or mobile phone number linked with the Facebook account you want to restore, and then click Send to send the information.
If you no longer have access to any of the email addresses or phone numbers linked with your account, enter the one you now have. Then, describe your issue to security@facebookmail.com.
Attaching your ID to an email is not a secure method of communication.
In any case, hearing back from Facebook might take many weeks, so be patient.
If you didn't use your real name on Facebook, your chances of restoring your account are slim.
If Everything Else Fails, Make a New Facebook Profile.
We've gotten many comments over the years from users who were unable to regain their Facebook accounts after going through all of these processes one by one.
Typically, their contact information was out of date, the recovery codes offered by Facebook did not function, or the firm never responded to authenticate their identification. You're out of alternatives at that point. Learn from your mistakes and start a new account, no matter how painful it is.
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