How To Easily Recover Hacked Facebook account: 3 Best Methods

Hello friends, welcome back to our blog once more. Today, I am going to guide you through how to easily recover or retrieve hacked Facebook account using 3 best methods. Before I proceed, remember that I had talked about Facebook account security and it’s importance, including how to secure your Facebook account from hackers. You may Read through it here.

How To Easily Recover Hacked Facebook account: 3 Best Methods

Overview:

Despite the fact that there are lots of of guides and tutorials on how to secure Facebook accounts from hackers, it is so surprising that people still fall victim of this circumstance. Could it be that they  have not come across these security guides or that they are carefree about the security of their accounts? No one knows anyway. All the same, if you are already a victim of this, let us see a way to help you out of the situation through this guide on how to easily recover hacked Facebook account.

Meanwhile, let us have a recap of security measures to safeguard your accounts, although you can still read it fully here.

Account security tips:

✓ Do not share your password with anybody no matter who they are.

✓ Do not login to your account from non-trusted phones and personal computers.

✓ Do not use passwords that are easy to guess.

✓ Do not use your date of birth as passwords.

✓ Be conscious of calls you receive at early morning hours and the information you give out by this time, etc.

You may read other security tips here

Now, let me guide you through how to easily recover hacked Facebook account if your account has been compromised already.

Kindly follow the below steps on how to easily recover hacked Facebook account in order to retrieve your hacked account.

How To Easily Recover Hacked Facebook account, 3 Methods To Retrieve Accounts.

Here, I am going to talk about three (3) different methods of recovering your Facebook account depending on the level of account compromise or the extent the hacker has gone in changing the details associated with your account.

Method 1: (option A) – If the hacker has changed your password only.

Method 1: (option B) – If you do not have access to the email address associated with your Facebook account anymore.

Method 1: (option C) – If the hacker has changed both your email address and password associated with your Facebook account.

Method 2: Enables you to reset your password without verification (this is a recent security feature by Facebook )

Method 3: Identity Verification with government issued identity documents like International passport, Voter’s card, Drivers license, etc.

Now, I will explain steps to take for any of the above methods.

Note that the method to use depends on the current state of your hacked Facebook account as I had stated earlier.

If your case is related to Method 1: (option A) – If the hacker has changed your password only, but you still have access to the email address associated with your account, then follow the below steps:

How to easily recover hacked Facebook account If the hacker has changed your password only, but you still have access to the email address associated with your account

Step 1. Open Facebook app or website and click on “forgot password”.

Step 2. In the next page, you will be required to type in either the email address associated with your account or your phone number. You may choose any of the options and proceed to the next step.

Step 3. In the next page, your Facebook profile will be displayed, you should then click on “continue”.

Step 4. A recovery code will be sent to the option you chose for recovery, either your email or phone number. Enter the recovery code and click continue.

Step 5. You will then be required to change your password to a new one and that is it. You have successfully reclaimed your Facebook account after changing your password. Congratulations!

If your case is related to Method 1: (option B) – If you do not have access to the email address associated with your Facebook account, then follow the below steps.

How to easily recover hacked Facebook account If you do not have access to the email address associated with your Facebook account

Step 1: Open Facebook app or website and click on “forgot password”

Step 2. Enter your Facebook username or email the box and click on “search” to locate your profile.

Step 3. When your profile is displayed on the screen, an option will appear to reset your password.

Step 4. Click on “don’t have access to these” since you do not have access to your associated email address anymore.

Step 5. An alternative recovery option will be shown to you, either to answer a recovery question or to use “trusted friends” option. Either of the above options depends on the age of your Facebook account. If you are given the recovery question option, then answer the questions asked accordingly. But if you are given the “trusted friends” option, then proceed with the next step.

Step 6. If you are to use the “trusted friends” option, fill in any email address you have access to in the box provided, then click on “reveal my trusted contacts”.

Step 7. Type in the name of any of your trusted contacts and Facebook will send a link to them.

Step 8. Ask the trusted friend to click on the link sent to him and give you the code that he will see, you should then enter the security code to recover your account.

If your case is related to Method 1: (option C) – If the hacker has changed both your email address and password associated with your Facebook account, then you should follow the below steps.

How to easily recover hacked Facebook account If the hacker has changed both your email address and password associated with your Facebook account

Step 1. You should open Facebook app or website and click the forgot password button, you should try to use your phone as a recovery option but if this doesn’t work, then follow the next step.

Step 2. Open that your email address that was removed from your Facebook account, you will see a special link sent to you by Facebook during the time your email was removed from your Facebook account. Just click on this link and reverse the email change, you will be able to recover and secure your account.

There are also other recovery options like providing your date of birth, uploading a government issued ID card or recognizing your Facebook friends by their pictures which Facebook will show you.

Method 2: Enables you to reset your password without verification (this is a recent security feature by Facebook ) This method requires that you try to reset your Facebook password from the device you frequently use to access your Facebook account.

How to easily recover hacked Facebook account by trying to reset your Facebook password from the device you frequently use to access your Facebook account

Follow below steps.

Step 1. Open Facebook app or website with the device you frequently use to access your Facebook account and click on forgot password.

Step 2. If your device is recognized by Facebook, then you may be able to reset your password without any further verification from Facebook. Note that there is no assurance that this method must work, but you should try it anyway.

To increase the chance of succeeding with this method, you should use the regular WI-Fi or internet service provider (ISP) you regularly used to access your Facebook account.

Method 3: Identity Verification with government issued identity documents like International passport, Voter’s card, Drivers license, etc.

This method requires that you upload any of your government issued identity document to successfully recover your account. You should note that your Facebook profile name and other details should match with that on the identity document you are using. With this method, you will visit Facebook help center and upload your identity document, Facebook will review it and give you a response between 1 to 3 days.

How to easily recover hacked Facebook account using Identity Verification with government issued identity documents like International passport, Voter’s card, Drivers license

Follow the below steps to use this method

Step 1. Visit https://m.facebook.com/help/contact/183000765122339

Step 2. Fill in the required form and attach a scanned copy of your government issued identity document, then click on send.

Step 3. You should wait for a couple of days to receive a mail from Facebook through the email address you provided in the form. This mail will bear details of your account recovery and next steps to take.

Conclusion:

With the above methods and steps I have mentioned above on how to easily recover hacked Facebook account, I trust you have gotten all important clues on how to easily recover hacked Facebook account.

Congratulations on your account recovery success. I remain your friend and your tech guider, Callistus Onyewuchi.

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