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Different Ways to Recover Facebook Password

Kalvin by Kalvin Smith

Published Wed, Nov 9th 2016, 11:34 | Technology

Facebook is the biggest social media platform that has changed the ways we interact with others, share and react to news, and market our products. It has more than 1.7 billion people with many new Facebook users added every second. Due to this enormously large number of people registered, a number of people tend to forget Facebook password or have their Facebook account hacked. It thereby causes a lot of problems when you wish to reset your password when the account is hacked or they lost their Facebook password and username.

In case you forgot Facebook id and password, it may pose several problems. It may cause you to be logged off from your account. You may not be able to do your usual things that you might have been doing using Facebook. This may lead to be not being able to share your status, pictures, videos, chat, play games, etc. using Facebook. Some websites and apps also use the Facebook login credentials, like: Instagram, and many more. Losing Facebook credentials may also lead you to not being able to use these websites and apps.

Facebook has added several features in the coming days to make it even more entertaining, informative and secure. The ability to add videos has made it more entertaining with the added support for 3D and GoPro videos. Many new media agencies, educational institutes, and informative websites are making their presence on Facebook making it quite an informative platform. The best part of Facebook is that it is quite informative and has a large user base which also helps in gaining loyal customers. In case you can’t remember Facebook username and password you need to take a quick action as you will not be able to avail the vast expanse of knowledge imparted on Facebook.

There are various methods using which you can recover Facebook password and reset it to set a new username and password. But before going into the details of how to recover the Facebook password, it is quite necessary to know about the ways in which the Facebook password can be hacked or lost. Taking care of these steps will make sure that you do not forget the Facebook password, and get your Facebook account hacked. Even if it happens, you can always go for easy Facebook password recovery options mentioned below which are quite easy.

 

  • Make sure you note down the password to your diary or some other safe and secure place in case you are using some obscure password, or keep a password that is quite easy to remember.
  • Keep strong passwords for the Facebook, that are quite hard to guess and not quite easy to crack.
  • Do not login to your Facebook on public places, unsecure Wi-Fi connections, and other people computers. This may lead to the hacking of your Facebook account.
  • Do not click on unknown links and login to the malicious WebPages that look like Facebook, as it may turn out to be a phishing website, or a way to hack your Facebook username and password. Make sure to install a good antivirus and internet security software on your system. However it is quite necessary to keep the antivirus updated.
  • Make sure to change your password regularly as old passwords are quite susceptible to hacking.
  • In case you fear that you have logged in to a malicious website with your Facebook user name and password secure your account by changing the password immediately.
  • Change the recovery Email, Phone number, and other security question details, in order to keep it updated so that you can quite easily recover the username and password of Facebook anytime you like.

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How to recover Facebook username and password?

There are several options offered by Facebook that let you recover the Facebook username and password quite easily. You can use either of the three recovery options to recover Facebook username and password using recovery Email address, recovery phone number, or recovery security questions.

 

How to Reset Facebook Password using Facebook Recovery Email Address:

  • Open Facebook.com.
  • After the page opens, click on the button “Forgotten Account”.
  • A new box appears where you need to enter either the recovery Email, Phone Number, Username, or Full Name with which you registered into the account.
  • After that click on the button “Email me a link to reset my password” and click on “Continue” button.
  • Open the Facebook username and password recovery account and then click on the button “Reset password link”.
  • Enter the password that you want to set as the password, and click on “Change” button.

 

This finally changes the Facebook password and you can use it hassle free. It is quite necessary to have access to the recovery Email address, or you would not be able to recover the password using this method. It is also a good practice to change the recovery Email address to the latest one that you have access to. In case you can’t reset the Facebook account using Email address you can always go for the options of phone number Facebook password recovery and Security Question password recovery.

 

Reset Facebook Password Using Facebook Recovery Phone Number:

  • Open the website Facebook.com.
  • Click on “Forgotten Account” button and then enter any information about Email, phone number, username, or full name that you remember which was used while registering your account.
  • Then click on the button, “Text me a code to reset my password” and then click on the “Continue” button.
  • Then a 6 digit code is sent immediately to the registered number which needs to be entered into the box, after which you have to click on “Continue” button.
  • After the account is verified you can set your own password, after entering the password and clicking on the “Change” button.
  • This process resets the password and you can use this password to login to Facebook using this password.

 

It is quite necessary to have the recovery phone number working in order to receive the code. This helps to easily reset the password. You also need to change the recovery phone number in case you change your phone number.  In case due to some reasons you cannot change the Facebook password using Facebook recovery phone number try out the methods of password recovery using Email address or answering security questions.

 

How to recover and reset your Facebook account answering security questions:

There might be some cases where you may no longer have access to your recovery Email address or recovery phone number. This may be because of the fact that you may not have entered the recovery Email address, or phone number, or also because that you may no longer be using that phone number and Email address. Even in such cases Facebook provides you the option to reset the password by answering a few questions.

 

Go through the following steps to recover the Facebook Password by answering security questions:

  • Open Facebook.com in your browser, and then click on “Forgotten Account” link.
  • Then enter the Full name, username, email address, or phone number that you remember.
  • After that click on the button “No longer have access to these”.
  • Then you are taken to a new page which you can use to recover the Email address of Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, or Yahoo! Mail. After that you can choose the option to reset the Facebook password using the option Email recovery option.
  • You can also try out the option of recovering the Email address using the options to identify friend’s photo, and answer security questions related to a particular account set while setting up Facebook account.

 

In case none of the above options work for you due to the reasons that you have no longer have access to the recovery Email address, recovery phone number, or no longer recover recovery questions, you can use Facebook customer service number to get your password reset. The guys providing Facebook Technical support are quite proficient in the field, are quite proficient in their field, and thereby help you to recover your lost Facebook password. Give a call on Facebook Customer Support Number to get your problem solved within minutes. Facebook Tech Support Number is available 24*7*365 in order to provide immediate and instant service to the clients.

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