how to retrieve facebook password

3 September, 2021
John Akcent

How to retrieve facebook password [Solved]

Facebook is one of the social networking website with over 1 billion users. It is a great place for hangout and to check what your friends and families have been doing recently. In order to login Facebook requires to enter a combination of email and password to use their service but the real nightmare begins when you forget your own account password. It is pretty easy to recover your Facebook account password, Facebook has its own program to reset your password and give you the ability to setup a new password just by following a simple procedure.

#Method 1- Reset the password by using default email

Facebook account is created either by using an email id or phone number. So if you let Facebook know the email account id then it will help you to reset the password. Follow these steps to recover your Facebook password easily.

1. Open facebook.com from your computer and click on “forgot password” located under the login field.
2. On the following page, you should be able to see your password retrieval options. Choose the first option in order to use the default password that you are using for your current email id.
3. Then there will appear a pop up message that will ask you to continue and will ask permission to access your preferred mail account. Simply continue with the process and finish the procedure.

#Method 2- Change Facebook password using recovery email

1. Open facebook.com from your computer and click on “forgot password” located under the login field.
2. On the following page, you should be able to see your password retrieval options. Choose “Email me a link to reset my password” and click on continue.
3. Facebook will email you a 6 digit code in your recovery email id that you will asked to enter on the following page.
4. Enter the code and click on change password, now enter a new password and save the changes.

5. This method is highly recommended if your Facebook account is hacked so that you can have a new password for your account.

#Method 3- Reset Facebook account password using phone number.

There is an option to link your phone number with your Facebook account and if you have linked it before then choose the third option from the forgot password page where it says “Get a code on your mobile number” and then continue with this process. In this case, you will receive a security code on your phone number instead of your email. Enter the code and click on change password, now enter a new password and save the changes.