How to Recover Forgot Facebook Password

Facebook provide various methods to find and recover your Facebook account if hacked and also provides the option to reset and recover your forgotten Facebook password to regain access to your Facebook account. So, in this article, we will discuss explicitly how to recover forgot Facebook password and how you can regain access to your Facebook account.

If you are unable to sign into your Facebook account you will be required to provide the email address associated with your Facebook account or phone number to receive your Facebook account verification code.

But if you are able to sign into your Facebook with your old password you can easily reset your forgot Facebook password from your device without a verification code.

So, this guide will not only detail how to change your Facebook password if you forgot it, it will also consider how to change your forgotten Facebook account [IF] you can still log in to your Facebook account on your device.

How to Recover Forgot Facebook Password

Without your Facebook password you won’t be able to sign into your Facebbok account either on the web or on the mobile app. So, here, we will show you how to reset your Facebook password if you forgot it.

Mobile

By following the steps below you will learn how to reset and recover your forgotten Facebook password on mobile.

• Open the Facebook “App” on your mobile phone.
• Click on “Forgot Password.”
• Type your “Mobile Number” or ‘Email Address” and click on “Find Account.”
• Your “Facebook Profile” will pop if there is a match to your “Email” or “Phone Number. If it’s your profile you’d need to click on the “Continue” tab.
• Facebook will a notification to your phone for approval. In this case, Facebook sent a notification to my Oppo Reno 5 and iPhone 12 Pro Max for approval. Click on the approve button or choose “Try Another Way” if you are unable to receive the notification or your phone is not within your reach at the moment.
• If you choose “Try Another Way” Facebook will ask you to either:
  • Recieve test message to the associated phone number or
  • Use a backup code you saved.
    • Choose “We will send a code to ***** to allow Facebook to send a verification code to your phone number and click on the “Continue” button.
• Type the “Facebook Verification Code” and click on the “Continue”button. You can add your phone to trusted device so that Facebook will no longer need to confirm your account using verification code or backup code or notification to change your Facebook password. You need to click on the “Continue” button to proceed.
• Facebook will approve your “Login” without password. This is because we choose the option to add your device as a trusted device. On the contrary, if you choose the option not to Facebook will prompt you to choose a new password for your account.
• Under “Create a new password” type your “New Facebook Password,” check “Log out of other devices” if you think someone else is using your account and click on the continue button

That is all you need to do to change your forgotten Facebook password. Meanwhile, Facebook may choose to send the verification code to your email address instead of your phone number. The process is still the same. Just follow the steps above and you will be able to change your Facebook password and sign into your Facebook account.

Must Read: How to Fix Unfortunately Facebook App Has Stopped Working Error

You need to know that Facebook does not send the same code to two different people to change Facebook passwords. Their algorithm generates different confirmation codes and confirmation links for different requests.

Meanwhile, Facebook password reset confirmation codes have an expiry date after which you will not be able to use to change or password to change your Facebook account once its expires.

This is more like saying before you can request for a change of Facebook account password or recover your Facebook password you must be able to access your email address or phone number used during Facebook registration.

iPhone

There are a few steps to take to recover and reset forgot Facebook password if you cannot sign into your Facebook account. So, here, we will take a look at how iPhone users can recover there Facebook account using “Forgot Password” before signing into the Facebook account.

• Launch the “Facebook“ app on your iPhone
• Click on “Forgot Password.”
• Type your “Phone Number or Email” address.
• If you entered email address Facebook will send a verification code to the phone number that is associated with your account. But, if it’s your phone number that you typed, Facebook will send the verification code to your phone number.
• Click on the “Continue” tab.
• Type the verification code that Facebook sent to your email or phone number to confirm your account. You can click on “Send Again” if you didn’t receive the verification code.
• Type your “New Password” and ensure that you enabled log out other devices if you think your account has been compromised.

Windows/Mac

Just like the steps we followed above you can replicate the same process on your PC to reset your forgotten Facebook password. So, here, we will take a look at how to recover forgot Facebook password on the official website.

•  Go to the Facebook homepage on PC on web.facebook.com
• Click Forget Password under the Facebook login column

• If you made an attempt to log in to your Facebook account with the wrong Facebook password you will see the image below even when your username [email or phone number] is correct.

• Choose email if email if your Facebook username and choose to get a code to your smartphone. If your Facebook username is your phone number before you click the continue button.

• Log in to your email account and click on the confirmation reset link sent to your inbox. You can check spam if it’s not in your inbox and enter the confirmation reset codes below the link and click on the “Continue” button.

5. Create a new password and make sure to select log out all devices so as to have absolute control over your Facebook account with the new password.

It’s a must for you to choose to log me out of other devices otherwise if your Facebook account was hacked and gain additional access, the hacker will still be able to log into your Facebook account provided the hacker didn’t log out of the account.

But with log me out of other devices you have control over your account and your Facebook account will be logged out of all other devices includin your own device at the time when you change to recover your Facebook password successfully.

How to Change your Password on Facebook If You Forgot It

Facebook allow users to change their Facebook password if they forgot it but can still access their account on their trusted device. You can capitalize on the feature to change your Facebook password on Facebook if you forgot it. So, with the steps below, you will learn how to change your password on Facebook if you forgot it.

Mobile

For mobile users kindly follow the steps below to learn how to change your password on Facebook if you forgot it .

• Launch the Facebook mobile app.
• Click on the “Menu” option at the top right.
• Click on the “Settings” gear icon or click on “Settigs and privacy” at the bottom.
• Click on “Settings.”
• Click on “Password and security.”
• Click on “Password and security” under the “Account Settings.”
• Choose “Change Password.”
• Select your “Facebook Profile” if you linked your Facebook to your Instagram account.
• Type your “Current Password” and type your “New Password” and “Re-type your new password” and click on the “Change Password” tab.

Note: If you cannot remember your old Facebook password  you will not be able to change your Facebook password. However, you can use the “forgot password” option to proceed to reset your Facebook password. To do this, kindly proceed with the steps below.

• Click on “Forgot your Password.”
• Facebook will pop up your account email and ask you to get a code to log in. Now, confirm the email address that it’s your email address and click on the “Continue” button.
• Sign in to your email account and type the Facebook account verification code and click on the “Continue” button. If you didn’t get the code you can check the spam box and if it’s not there click on “Didn’t get a code” for Facebook to resend another verification code to your associated email address.
• Enter the code and then change your password.

With the steps above you can change your Facebook password if you forgot it while on your Facebook account on your mobile.

How Do I Change my Facebook Password If I Forgot It

If you are using a PC and it’s added as a trusted device before you couldn’t remember your Facebook account you will still be able to log in to your Facebook account on it. However, you’d need to change the password via the Facebook account if you can still log in to the email address associated with your account. So, by following the steps below, you will find answers to how do I change my Facebook password if I forgot it.

• Sign into your Facebook account on the web via web.facebook.com
• Click on your “Profile” icon at the top right.
• Click on “Setting & Privacy” >> Settings.”
• Click on “Password & Security” on the left menu.
• Choose “Password & Security” under “Settings” on the left pane.
• Click on “Change Password.”
• Select your “Facebook Profile” under “Change Password.”
• Type your “Old Password” and create a new password.
• Click on “Change Password” to change your Facebook password successfully.

Since you cannot remember your old Facebook password you then need to click on “Forgot your Password.” Facebook will provide the options to send a verification code to you. You can choose any of the options but it’s mostly either via your email address or phone number.

Once the account verification code is sent to you then you need to type the code and create a new password for your Facebook account ot keep using code to sign into your Facebook account.