Facebook isn’t just a social platform, it’s a whole world in itself. It has the capability to keep you busy for long, especially when you haven’t logged into your Facebook account for a while. That time it can also be that you have forgotten your Facebook word, or you do n’t remember the dispatch address. Also, some druggies decide to stay logged into their Facebook account on the device they use every day and when all of a unforeseen, they get inadvertently logged out, it gets hard to remember the word But nothing to worry about as you aren’t the only one to face this. Every now and also, millions of druggies keep losing access to their Facebook accounts for several reasons. So if you’re one of them, go through the composition handed below to get comprehensive information about the Facebook word recovery process.
Ways to Get Back to Your Facebook Account
First, I will explain the straightforward option that you get to reset the password of your Facebook account.
Reset Facebook Login Password
If you no longer remember the right password, recover your account using Facebook’s sign-in page:
- Go to www.facebook.com and click on ‘Forgotten Password’
- On the next page, enter the email address or phone number associated with your Facebook account, click ‘Search’.
- You will see a list of account recovery options depending on the information you have added to your account.
- Mainly, you need access to your email address or phone number associated with your Facebook account. Select the one you can quickly access and then click ‘Continue’.
- Depending on the option you selected, Facebook will send you a code. In my case, I selected my email address, and here is the email that I have received.
Enter the code or click on the ‘Change Password’ link, and you will be allowed to change the password of your Facebook account. Once done with that, log in to your FB account using the new password; don’t forget to save your password somewhere to not lose it again That’s the one sanctioned way to reset the word of your Facebook account by proving your identity using the recovery styles and also setting up a new word.
The Other Scenario- No Longer Have Access to These? What Now?
Along with the recovery options, you’ll also get one option to choose, i.e.‘ No longer have access to these?’ Click on this option if you do n’t have access to the recovery styles linked to your Facebook account.
Now, this can be problematic as Facebook can only give you access to change the word if you’re the proprietor, but for that, you’ll need to prove your power. The account recovery information works as evidence and if you aren’t suitable to give that, Facebook has no way to confirm that you’re the due proprietor of the account, hence you ca n’t be allowed access. In some cases, Facebook accounts can also get impaired if the stoner is unfit to corroborate the identity.
Alternate Facebook Password Recovery Options
No need to get demoralized as there are some ways using which you can recapture access indeed without an dispatch or phone number as explained below
Login with an Alternate Email Address or Phone Number
Still, you can use any of those to recover the Facebook word, If you have linked further than one dispatch address or phone number to your Facebook account.
Use Trusted Accounts to Recover your Account
Still, it means none of the below styles was of help to you, If you have reached then. You can also take the help of your trusted connections to reset your Facebook word. But it’s important that you have named 3 to 5 musketeers as your‘Trusted Connections’that you can call for help if you ever get locked out of your account.
Here are the simple steps that you can follow to regain access to your account:
- Visit the Facebook login page and under the ‘Password’ box, click on ‘Forgotten Password.
- Now on the password reset page where you see the recovery options, click on ‘No longer have access to these’.
- On the next page, Facebook will ask you to enter an email address or phone number that you have access to and press ‘Continue’.
- Next, click on ‘Reveal my Trusted Contacts’ and enter one of the names of the contacts you have provided earlier.
- Your friends will receive the link, ask them to follow the link and send the code received to you.
- You can use the same code to get access to your Facebook account.
Check Saved Login Information
Facebook doesn’t give you an option to see your current password, if you know it, you can log in and if not, then reset it. This is done to maintain the security of your Facebook account. So, there is no way to recover your existing FB password except one.
If you allowed your browser to remember the password for you, then you might get lucky.
If you use Google Chrome, here is how to do it:
- Click on the three-dots menu icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Then click on ‘Settings’
- On the left, click on ‘Autofill’
- Then select the first option ‘Passwords’
- And then click on ‘Check Passwords’
- There you will be able to see all the passwords that you have saved in your browser.
All this will only work if you have already allowed your browser to save your passwords, otherwise, this is not going to help you out.
What’s Next?
So, if you were able to retrieve your Facebook account using any of the methods explained above, consider yourself lucky. Make sure to secure your account in a better way:
- Add more than one email address and phone number,
- Not logging on random websites using your Facebook account
- Not using your Facebook account on public devices or Wi-Fi that is not secure.
- Do not share your Facebook login details with anyone.
- Do not save your passwords where they can be easily seen by others.
- Use two-factor verification and trusted contact methods to add an extra layer of security.
- Also, keep your primary email address secure as that will help you in resetting the password.