{"id":39838,"date":"2022-07-30T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=39838"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:05:00","slug":"how-to-recover-an-old-facebook-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-an-old-facebook-account","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover an Old 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-69efa5821a798\" 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-69efa5821a798\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69efa5821a798\" ><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-an-old-facebook-account\/#How_to_Recover_an_Old_Facebook_Account\" title=\"How to Recover an Old Facebook Account\">How to Recover an Old 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-to-recover-an-old-facebook-account\/#How_to_recover_an_old_Facebook_account\" title=\"How to recover an old Facebook account\">How to recover an 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-to-recover-an-old-facebook-account\/#Using_the_Trusted_Friends_feature\" title=\"Using the Trusted Friends feature\">Using the Trusted Friends feature<\/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-an-old-facebook-account\/#Resetting_the_password_without_a_confirmation_code\" title=\"Resetting the password without a confirmation code\">Resetting the password without a confirmation code<\/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-an-old-facebook-account\/#Using_the_mobile_app\" title=\"Using the mobile app\">Using the mobile app<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Recover_an_Old_Facebook_Account\"><\/span>How to Recover an Old Facebook Account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to recover old facebook account\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Df4ajEx.jpg\" style=\"width:auto; max-height:208px; height:auto; max-width:38% margin:0px 10px;\" align=\"left\"> <\/p>\n<p>You have forgotten or lost your password on Facebook. If you are unsure how to recover your account, read this article for helpful tips. In this article, we&#8217;ll cover three ways to regain access to your account. They include using the Trusted Friends feature, resetting your password without the confirmation code, and using the mobile app. If you are still unsure how to recover your account, check out Facebook&#8217;s security tips.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_recover_an_old_Facebook_account\"><\/span>How to recover an old Facebook account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering how to recover an old Facebook account, you&#8217;re in luck! The procedure is as simple as logging in with a new browser profile (you can create a guest profile if you&#8217;d prefer). Simply follow the on-screen instructions, and you&#8217;ll be on your way to recovering your account in no time. During the process, you&#8217;ll be asked to enter your email address and phone number to verify your identity. Once you&#8217;ve entered those, Facebook will send you a confirmation code that you&#8217;ll need to enter to confirm your identity.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of why you lost your old Facebook account, there are ways to retrieve it. First, you need to know that there&#8217;s a procedure to recover your account. Once you&#8217;ve done so, Facebook will provide you with a unique OTP. This code can be sent to your e-mail address, and you&#8217;ll need to input this code into your email account and hit the continue button. If you don&#8217;t know how to type an OTP into your browser, then you need to consult your account&#8217;s help guide to get back access.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_the_Trusted_Friends_feature\"><\/span>Using the Trusted Friends feature<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Using the Trusted Friends feature to recuperate an old Facebook account is a simple way to get back into an account that you&#8217;ve forgotten your password to. To do so, all you need to do is find the email or phone number of a trusted friend or relative. You can then go to the recovery page and follow the instructions to reset your account password. You&#8217;ll then be prompted to input a new password or enter the old one.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve done this, go to the settings and click on the &#8220;Trusted Friends&#8221; option. You&#8217;ll be asked to provide an eMail address linked to the account. If the email address is still active, click &#8220;Yes.&#8221; Facebook will then send you a recovery code to confirm your account. Alternatively, you can call the friend&#8217;s e-mail address and ask them to help you reset the password.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Resetting_the_password_without_a_confirmation_code\"><\/span>Resetting the password without a confirmation code<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten the confirmation code for your Facebook account, you can still get in. The method is very similar to that of changing the password of other online accounts. You should first enter the current password of your account and then choose a new one. After you&#8217;ve set a new password, you need to confirm it by entering the confirmation code. You can also send a text message to verify your new password if you use a mobile device.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can also try to recover the password without a confirmation code using another method. First, make sure that you have your email address and phone number entered correctly. After that, Facebook will send a text message to your email address. Afterward, you can try to recover your old Facebook account using this method. Remember that resetting the password without a confirmation code is easier said than done.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_the_mobile_app\"><\/span>Using the mobile app<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You have lost your Facebook account due to some circumstances. It is important to know that recovering an old Facebook account is very easy. First, you must send an email to Facebook&#8217;s recovery email address. The email will contain a security code that you must input in order to complete the recovery process. After that, follow the directions provided by Facebook to finish recovering your account. Once you have received the verification code, you will be able to log into your account and see all of your recent posts.<\/p>\n<p>The next step is to search for the old Facebook account with the new login information. To do so, you need to have the email address and mobile phone number of the account owner. If you do not have these information, you can try to recover your old account using another email address. If your old password has been changed, you can enter it if you want to verify your identity. 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