Locked out of your Facebook account?
There may be times when you go to sign in to Facebook but can't seem to remember the email address or password you used when creating your account. Luckily, Facebook makes it easy to recover your account information.
However, you will need some sort of information to recover your account, whether it's your
email address
,
phone number
, or
name
.
To recover your account information:
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Go to
http://www.facebook.com
and click
Forgot account?
below the sign-in fields.
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Enter your
email address
,
phone number
, or
full name
in the form that appears, then click
Search
.
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If you entered your
full name
, select your account from the list.
-
Select
Send code via SMS
if you entered your phone number or
Send code via email
. Then click
Continue
.
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A six-digit code will be sent to your email address or phone. Once you've received it, type the code into the form and click
Continue
.
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A new page will appear. Type a new password into the
New Password
form, then click
Continue
.
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Your password will be changed.
If you’ve tried these methods and still can’t get in to your account, we’ve found
this page
to be the most helpful in getting Facebook issues resolved.