Comprehensive Facebook Account Recovery Options Incase You Lose Your Password

With many businesses relying on the social media as a principal marketing tool, getting locked out of a site like Facebook can be a major setback to the business. Of all social sites, Facebook is essentially the biggest and most secure platform hence highly preferred by most businesses. In terms of security, the concept of having a unique username and password to access your page may be reasonable but having to keep a number of them in mind can be overwhelming. That being said, getting yourself locked out of your page is a possibility but that shouldn’t be the end of your business campaign. There are a number of ways you can recover your account.

Default Recovery Options

This should always be your first option as it handles both password and username issues as well as occasions where the Facebook account is hacked. In order to recover your account, you may need to identify it by providing either your email address, phone number or your full names and that of a friend. After identification, you will be redirected to a password reset page where you can enter your new details. Here you should reconfirm every detail you key in to avoid a repeat of the whole process. If this approach works for you, you should proceed to change the password immediately just to be on the safe side.

When Lacking Contact Options or Some Information

The first method may not work especially when you do not have access to the phone number or email address used maybe due to a hack. You can however specify a new email address which Facebook will use to contact you on account recovery. You can do this by clicking on the link ‘No longer have access to these?’ shown on the reset password page. Here, you will get options to answer any preset security questions and change your password. As a security precaution, you may have to wait 24 hours before accessing the account after answering the security question.

Using Trusted Friends

If by any chance you do not recall your security question as described in the second approach, you can choose some trusted friends from the Facebook recovery options. The ones you choose will be notified through security codes which you can collect from them and submit to Facebook as per the instructions to reset your password.

If Hacked and Spamming

Whenever your account is hacked and starts to spam your friend’s walls, you need to report the compromised account to Facebook. This will initiate a recovery process similar to the first one although different. Even though you will need to identify your account with the same information, you will have the option to use either your current or older password. This is used to revert any changes a hacker may have made to the account.

If none of the mentioned solutions is an option for you, then you may need to check the ‘Report Abuse or Policy Violations’ section to get more information on account management. Otherwise, if you want to avoid getting locked out of your account, you may need to compile a master password list or use personal hints to refer to your passwords. This way you will always remember your password and avoid the cumbersome recovery process.