How to Recover My Facebook Account through Friends?

Are you having difficulty logging in to your Facebook account? Did you know that you can take your friends’ help to recover your Facebook account? This is handy, especially when you have already tried to recover it by yourself.

You need to set up Trusted Contacts first

You must already know by now, that you need to list a minimum of three and a maximum of five people on your Trusted Contacts for better security purposes.

If you or your friend has difficulty in accessing your Facebook account, you could simply follow the steps down below to get a recovery code for your Trusted Contacts and proceed to get your access back.

How to Recover My Facebook Account through Friends?

You can easily Recover your Facebook account through trusted contacts. Here’s How!

1. Go to Facebook’s login page and click Forgot Password?
2. Enter your email, phone, and username or full name, and click Search to find your account first.
3. If you cannot access any of the listed email addresses listed on your account, click No longer have access to these?
4. Enter a different email or phone number that you have access to and click Continue.
5. You will see the option Reveal my trusted contacts. Click on it and then type the full name of one of your trusted contacts.

6. Follow the set of instructions shown that has a special link containing a recovery code that only your Trusted Contacts can access.

7. Send that link to your friend and ask them to get a login code given by the link.

This login code is your recovery code. Use it to access your account and continue to reset your login password. The last thing to do here is to enter your new password twice, confirm it and click on the Save button. The job is finally done here.

This shows how Trusted Contacts can help when you cannot recover your details on your own. Just in case you want to know how to set it up, we got you.

How to set up Trusted Contacts ?

This is how you set up Trusted Contacts

1. Log in to your Facebook account, go to Settings and click Security and login
2. Under the section “Setting Up Extra Security” you will see “Choose 3 to 5 friends to contact if you get locked out”
3. Click Choose friends and then Choose Trusted Contacts

4. Type in your friend’s name (3 to 5 people) and confirm them as your Trusted Contacts.

How to recover my Facebook account through a friend’s or family member’s account?

1. Your friend or family member will log in from their computer, go to your profile and click the three dots situated below the cover photo.
2. Select Find support or report profile.

3. Click on Something Else, then click Next.

4. Click Recover this account and follow the onscreen instructions.

Conclusion

There is no problem that cannot be solved, at least digitally. That is why, if you are going through issues on your Facebook account, then you can recover it simply by resetting your password yourself.

Or, you could take your friends or family’s help through their own account to help you recover yours. However, the one that guarantees the most security is the Trusted Contacts. It not only is the number of people you’d trust, but it also algorithmically secures your account if you have to recover it.

So, it is highly advised to set up your Trusted Contacts for your own safety as well. If not, we have mentioned above how to set it up as well.

And if you find any doubtful occurrences in your account, or have doubts about someone, you could also report those profiles. See how to report someone on Facebook here. We hope you found this article helpful.

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