Let’s say that I forgot or lost my Facebook password, what can I do then to recover my password and regain access to my account?
Follow along below if you want to reset your Facebook password.
Related: Do you just want to change your existing Facebook password? Here’s how to modify it >
1 Recovery page
The first thing we are going to do, is open the Facebook recovery page.
Open Facebook recovery page >
2 Identify yourself
We are given 4 options to identify ourselves:
- Enter the email address linked to your FB account
- Enter the phone number linked to your FB account
- Enter your username
- Enter your full name
3 Claim your account
Claim your account by clicking on This is My account next to your username.
4 Ask to mail the reset link
We’re going to ask Facebook to email us a link to reset the account.
5 Click on reset link
Click directly on the link “Change password”. In the mail we receive from Facebook, we see a 6-digit code that we can use.
6 Type new password
Type in the new password that you want to have and click on Continue.
✓ Result
You are automatically logged in again. You have now reset your password and recovered your account.