What to Do If You Forget Your Facebook Login Details
Facebook, one of the biggest social media platforms, initiates strict security system for protecting Facebook accounts. Facebook accounts are password-protected and requires a password to login. Have you forgotten your password or Facebook login details? All isn’t lost. With some help, you can easily recover your login details. Here’s a step by step guide to retrieve your Facebook login details.
What to do If You Forget Your Facebook Login Details
1. Go to Facebook login page
2. Underneath the Password field, tap on Forgotten password
3. You’ll be redirected to a page where you’ll be asked to enter your phone number associated with your Facebook account.
There are options for you to choose from, either to Search by your email address or name.
4. Once you type in your number, you’ll be directed to a page where you’ll be asked to choose your account.
5. Next, enter your password. Then you’ll be redirected to your Facebook page. Same applies to the email and name option.
You can decide to opt for the code option. The code will be sent to the provided contact which will be used to log into your account.
Forgotten your password and locked out of your account? Here’s how to reset your password.
If you’re logged out:
Click ‘Forgotten account’ or go directly to the Find Your Account page
Input the email address, phone number, full name or username associated with your account
Click ‘Search’
Follow the on screen instructions to recover your account.
Using your desktop, you can recover your Facebook account by doing the following:
Go to Facebook’s login page
Under the login field is the “Forgot account” link. Click on it.
You’ll be redirected to the Facebook’s Find Your Account page, input an email address or phone number associated to the said account.
Select Search
A list of matching accounts will be displayed. Tap This is My Account next to your account name and follow the on-screen instructions to reset your password.
If yours isn’t included in the link, Click on I Am Not On This List. A page will be shown you to enter the full name of someone in your friends list.
This enables Facebook pinpoint your profile among all the others that share your name.
Type in the full name of your Facebook friends, and then tap Search.
Select This Is My Account if you see yours and follow the on-screen instructions. If you can’t find it, click I Am Not In This List.
You’ll be redirected to How Can We Reach You page. Input your phone number or email address, then Tap Continue.
Alternatively, if you’ve set up Trusted Contacts on Facebook, tap Reveal My Trusted Contacts and enter the name of one of your assigned contacts.
Next, follow the additional instructions displayed and send a recovery code link to each of your trusted contacts. Ask them to read you to codes that display.
Enter each code and tap Continue to access your account.
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