{"id":10522,"date":"2022-07-14T05:40:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=10522"},"modified":"2022-07-14T05:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:40:08","slug":"how-to-recover-facebook-account-forgot-your-facebook-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-facebook-account-forgot-your-facebook-password","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Facebook Account &#8211; Forgot Your Facebook Password?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9c4fc966ac\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9c4fc966ac\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9c4fc966ac\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-facebook-account-forgot-your-facebook-password\/#How_to_Recover_Facebook_Account_-_Forgot_Your_Facebook_Password\" title=\"How to Recover Facebook Account &#8211; Forgot Your Facebook Password?\">How to Recover Facebook Account &#8211; Forgot Your Facebook Password?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-facebook-account-forgot-your-facebook-password\/#How_to_recover_a_Facebook_account_after_changing_password\" title=\"How to recover a Facebook account after changing password\">How to recover a Facebook account after changing password<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-facebook-account-forgot-your-facebook-password\/#Using_email_or_phone_recovery\" title=\"Using email or phone recovery\">Using email or phone recovery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-facebook-account-forgot-your-facebook-password\/#Changing_your_password\" title=\"Changing your password\">Changing your password<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-facebook-account-forgot-your-facebook-password\/#Changing_your_phone_number\" title=\"Changing your phone number\">Changing your phone number<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-facebook-account-forgot-your-facebook-password\/#Using_a_computer_or_laptop_that_youve_used_in_the_past\" title=\"Using a computer or laptop that you&#8217;ve used in the past\">Using a computer or laptop that you&#8217;ve used in the past<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Recover_Facebook_Account_-_Forgot_Your_Facebook_Password\"><\/span>How to Recover Facebook Account &#8211; Forgot Your Facebook Password?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to recover facebook account\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/F2g5lV3.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you forgot your Facebook password and can&#8217;t log in to your account, don&#8217;t fret &#8211; there are many ways to recover your Facebook account. You can always contact your trusted contacts, but this will be a bit difficult because you won&#8217;t know whose phone number or email address they have. The best way to recover your Facebook account is to change it &#8211; or at least use the email or phone recovery service. This method may take some time and is not recommended if your account is extremely valuable to you.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_recover_a_Facebook_account_after_changing_password\"><\/span>How to recover a Facebook account after changing password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Forgot your Facebook password? Thankfully, there are a number of ways to recover your account. In the first instance, you can try contacting someone you know, such as a friend or relative. Once you have verified that the person you are contacting is genuine, you can proceed with the password recovery process. This will require you to provide your email address and phone number, and you&#8217;ll receive a recovery code via email. You can then use this code to access your Facebook account and change your password.<\/p>\n<p>You may have been logged into your Facebook account on several devices and mobile browsers. If you are unable to sign in because you didn&#8217;t receive a confirmation code, you can use one of the Default Account Recovery Methods. After a few days, you&#8217;ll receive an email from Facebook containing information on how to recover your account. It&#8217;s worth remembering that if you&#8217;ve changed your password in error, you can&#8217;t sign in until you have your recovery code.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_email_or_phone_recovery\"><\/span>Using email or phone recovery<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten your password and are unable to log into your Facebook account, you can easily recover it by using the email or phone recovery option provided by Facebook. These two methods require you to verify your account information. After verifying your account details, Facebook will send a security code to the email or phone number you have provided. You can then input that code into the recovery form to proceed. To recover your Facebook account, you must follow the steps below:<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten your password, try contacting a friend or a trusted contact. Then, visit the Facebook recovery page to receive a recovery code. You can also guess the email address or phone number of a trusted person. But before you try this method, make sure you&#8217;ve got access to a phone or email and a password that you can change. It will save you from having to use the same password twice.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Changing_your_password\"><\/span>Changing your password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Changing your password to recover a Facebook user account is easier than you might think. First, you need to get a new browser profile. Next, you need to enter your email address and phone number. Enter the number without the country code, if applicable. You can use your Facebook username instead. Once you&#8217;ve added these three pieces of information, you can use them to retrieve your Facebook account. To get started, follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n<p>Next, you should update your contact information to remove any outdated or irrelevant email addresses. After changing your password, you need to change your email address. Make sure to choose a password that is made of a mixture of numbers, letters, and special characters. Also, use a password manager. These programs keep track of your passwords and help you create stronger, more secure passwords. You should also enable two-factor authentication on your Facebook account to avoid unauthorized logins.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Changing_your_phone_number\"><\/span>Changing your phone number<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are two ways to change your recovery phone number on Facebook: changing it and removing it. The former is easy and is not required if you&#8217;ve forgotten your password. It&#8217;s a good idea to change it for two reasons: to reset your password if you forgot it, and to be connected to friends you may know. Changing your recovery phone number is an option, and it&#8217;s free.<\/p>\n<p>First, you&#8217;ll need to change your email address or phone number. After making the change, you&#8217;ll need to find an email from Facebook that says you&#8217;ve changed your email address. If you didn&#8217;t change it yourself, you can still reverse the change by entering the code from the email. This will give you a temporary password for your account. This is the fastest and most reliable way to recover Facebook accounts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_a_computer_or_laptop_that_youve_used_in_the_past\"><\/span>Using a computer or laptop that you&#8217;ve used in the past<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How to recover Facebook account using a computer or laptop that you have used in the past? Facebook suggests that you try a computer or laptop that you&#8217;ve previously used. If you&#8217;ve used it to log in to Facebook in the past, you may be able to reset your password using this device. If not, you&#8217;ll need to try a different one.<\/p>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve reset your password, log into Facebook using a computer or laptop that you&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ve used in the past. This may help the social networking site detect that your computer is a familiar one and allow you to reset your password without providing extra information. If you can&#8217;t do that, however, you can go to Facebook&#8217;s Recovery Page and follow the instructions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Recover Facebook Account &#8211; Forgot Your Facebook Password? If you forgot your Facebook password and can&#8217;t log in to your account, don&#8217;t fret &#8211; there are many ways to recover your Facebook account. 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