Did you forget your password and you can’t log in or your account was hacked. Don’t worry these steps will guide you on how to recover your account back on your smartphone and pc. Here are the steps on how to recover your Facebook account.
Step on how to recover your Facebook account
By resetting your password on the smartphone app
- Open your Facebook app on your phone
Click on Forgot password- Enter your phone number or tap below to enter your email
- Then tap find your account
- Select your recovery method (via mobile number or email address and continue)
- A message we be sent into the recovery method you choose
- Enter the code sent to your recovery method and click continue
- Input your new password
- Tap continue
- A message will pop up to confirm if this is your account
- Tap continue
- Choose your recovery method either by phone or email
Click on Forgot password
Enter your phone number or tap below to enter your email
Then tap find your account
Input your new password
A message will pop up to confirm if this is your account
Tap continue
Choose your recovery method either by phone or emailBy resetting your password on Pc
- Go to the Facebook website www.Facebook.com
- Tap on the forgotten password
- Input your email address or mobile number then click on search
- Select the method you want to use (via email or mobile number)
- Then tap continue
- A code will be sent to you via your email or mobile number.
- Input the code and click continue
- Create a new password (A strong password that has a combination of letters, digits, and punctuation marks). Then click continue.
Input your email address or mobile number then click on search
Select the method you want to use (via email or mobile number)
Create a new password (A strong password that has a combination of letters, digits, and punctuation marks). Then click continue.
How to know if your account has been hacked
- You notice your email or password has been changed.
- If you received unknown Friend requests from people.
- If Your name or birthday has been changed and so on. You can proceed to report
How to report a hacked account on Facebook
- Go to your web browser by inputting www.facebook.com/hacked
- A message will display saying report compromised account
- Then click my account is compromised
- Input your email address or full name
- Then click on search
- Enter any password your remember
- Then click continue
- Verify if it’s your account by clicking continue
- Choose the option by clicking continue
- Tap on your phone number to get a code and click continue
- Input the code that sent to your phone
- A message will be pop up to tell them what is happening;
- I’ve found a post, message, or event that I didn’t create
- Someone else got my account without my permission
- I found an account that uses my name or photos
- People can see things that I thought were private
- I can’t see the right option in this list
- Choose a good reason and click continue
Input your email address or full name
Then click continue
Choose the option by clicking continue
Tap on your phone number to get a code and click continue
How to remove or add a phone number on Facebook
Sometimes the hacker might change your phone number or email, unfortunately, you recover your account back and you want to change your mobile/email or you want to add a number to your Facebook account. Here are the steps to add or remove a mobile number.
How to add a phone number to your Facebook account on a mobile app
- Open your Facebook app
- Click the 3 horizontal line
- Scroll down and click on settings and privacy
- Tap on settings
- Then tap personal and account information in the account settings
- Click on the contact info
- Click on add a phone number
- Input your phone number and click continue
- A message will be sent to your phone to confirm, then tap close
Scroll down and click on settings and privacy
Tap on settings
Then tap personal and account information in the account settings
Click on the contact info
Click on add a phone number
Input your phone number and click continue
A message will be sent to your phone to confirm, then tap close
How to remove a phone number from the Facebook account on the mobile app
- Open your Facebook app
- Tap the 3 horizontal line
- Scroll down and click on settings and privacy
- Tap on settings
- Then click personal and account information in the account settings
- tap on the contact info
- Click on the phone number you want to remove
- Then click on remove
- Thick on I understand I could lose access to my account
- Then, tap removes the number.
Thick on I understand I could lose access to my account
Then, tap removes the number.You can follow the above steps to add your email to your account on the Facebook mobile app.
How to add or remove a phone number on the Facebook account using a PC
How to add a phone number on Facebook using Pc
- Login to your Facebook
- Click the down arrow at the top right corner of the screen
- Tap on the settings and privacy
- Then click on settings
- Tap on mobile on the left side
- Click on add another mobile phone number
- Choose your country and enter your number
- Then tap continue
- Enter your phone and click continue
- Input the code sent to your mobile number then click continue.
Tap on the settings and privacy
Then click on settings
Tap on mobile on the left side
Click on add another mobile phone number
Choose your country and enter your number
Then tap continueHow to remove phone number on Facebook using pc
- Click the down arrow at the top right corner of the screen
- Tap on the settings and privacy
- Then click on settings
- Tap on mobile on the left side
- Tap on the remove below the phone number
- Thick on I understand I could lose access to my account
- Then, tap remove the number
Thick on I understand I could lose access to my account
Then, tap remove the numberHow to add email to a Facebook account using pc
- Login to your Facebook account at www.facebook.com
- Click the down arrow at the top right corner of the screen
- Tap on the settings and privacy
- Then click on settings
- Tap on General
- Click edit in front of your email
- Tap on add another email or mobile number
- Enter your email and click on Add
- Input your password and click continue
- A message will pop up that an email was sent to your valid address then click close
- Go to email and confirm.
Click edit in front of your email
Tap on add another email or mobile number
Input your password and click continueAlso, See:
- How to deactivate your Facebook account
- How to create a Facebook account
- How to post photos and videos on Facebook
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