{"id":27530,"date":"2022-07-21T09:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=27530"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:47:10","slug":"how-can-i-recover-my-facebook-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-can-i-recover-my-facebook-account","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Recover My Facebook Account?"},"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-69e376fc0d3f7\" 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-69e376fc0d3f7\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e376fc0d3f7\" ><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-can-i-recover-my-facebook-account\/#How_Can_I_Recover_My_Facebook_Account\" title=\"How Can I Recover My Facebook Account?\">How Can I Recover My Facebook Account?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-can-i-recover-my-facebook-account\/#Delete_your_old_Facebook_account\" title=\"Delete your old Facebook account\">Delete your old Facebook account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-can-i-recover-my-facebook-account\/#Set_a_new_password\" title=\"Set a new password\">Set a new password<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-can-i-recover-my-facebook-account\/#Request_a_new_email_address\" title=\"Request a new email address\">Request a new email address<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-can-i-recover-my-facebook-account\/#Request_a_new_phone_number\" title=\"Request a new phone number\">Request a new 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-can-i-recover-my-facebook-account\/#Request_a_new_password_from_a_trusted_friend\" title=\"Request a new password from a trusted friend\">Request a new password from a trusted friend<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Can_I_Recover_My_Facebook_Account\"><\/span>How Can I Recover My Facebook Account?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten the password to your Facebook account, you can always reset it. You can do this by logging in with your old password. You can also create a new page and set a secure password. Just remember to change your password on a regular basis to avoid unauthorized access to your account. After you&#8217;ve recovered your account, you can start interacting with other people again. However, if you&#8217;ve forgotten your password, you may find that it&#8217;s not working and you have lost your account!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delete_your_old_Facebook_account\"><\/span>Delete your old Facebook account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Delete your old Facebook account to recover it? The Facebook deactivation process removes all of the content from your account, including all of your posts and photos. But you can get some of it back if you follow a few simple steps. If you deleted something, you can find it on your profile page, activity log, or trash. You can cancel the deletion process, but it may not be possible after 30 days. If you&#8217;ve deleted posts or photos, you can search Google for them and try to recover them.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t change your name or email address after deleting your old account, you can still recover it by logging into Facebook. However, this process may take several weeks. If you used a fake email address, your chances of recovering your old account are essentially nil. If you use a fake name, there&#8217;s no way you&#8217;ll be able to recover your account unless you&#8217;ve gone through all the steps.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Set_a_new_password\"><\/span>Set a new password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t remember your Facebook password, you can recover it by setting a new one. To do this, go to the Facebook login page and click on the &#8216;Forgot account&#8217; link at the top. Once you click on the link, you should receive a text message containing a password reset code. Type in your phone number into the data field, then select where to receive the code.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still logged in to your Facebook account, you can use your backup email address or current phone number to reset your password. You can also add 3 to 5 friends for account recovery. These individuals will be able to help you recover your account if you forget your password. Once you know these people, you can use the recovery email or phone number to reset your password. Alternatively, you can try to recover your account by guessing your contact details. Once you have guessed the correct information, you can then enter the new password.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Request_a_new_email_address\"><\/span>Request a new email address<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve lost access to your Facebook account due to hacking, you should be able to recover your account. If you have forgotten your password, you can check if it&#8217;s still valid by using your mobile phone or email address. If your password has been changed, you can also use your mobile phone to confirm your identity. If you&#8217;ve forgotten your Facebook password, you can still recover your account by requesting a new email address from Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>To recover your Facebook account, you must verify your account. In order to do this, you must have the following information: the email address associated with your Facebook account, the phone number you used to sign up for the service, and your password. You can enter the phone number with or without a country code, but you should use a US number. You can also use your Facebook username. The security code will be sent to the email address you entered to confirm your identity.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Request_a_new_phone_number\"><\/span>Request a new phone number<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are two ways to recover your Facebook account if you&#8217;ve misplaced your previous one. If you&#8217;ve opted not to use your real name, you&#8217;ve got a very small chance of recovering your account. If you&#8217;ve tried all the other options, you&#8217;ve probably given up. You can also request a new phone number from Facebook. However, you should be aware that the process may take several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten your old password, you can try to contact Facebook and request a new one. Once Facebook has your phone number, they can wipe your old passwords and send you a new one. This means that Facebook doesn&#8217;t have to rely on sending you an email asking you to change your password, which is often ignored like spam. This is a much more convenient option than resetting your password by email.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Request_a_new_password_from_a_trusted_friend\"><\/span>Request a new password from a trusted friend<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten the password for your Facebook account, you can recover it by requesting a new one from a trusted contact. You can email a link or call your friend to receive the code. Once you have the code, you can login to Facebook and enter it to regain access to your account. A confirmation email will be sent to the person who sent the code.<\/p>\n<p>First, make sure your e-mail address is updated. This will make it easier to change your password in the future. 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