Recover access to your Facebook account

With this page you will learn how to easily solve your Facebook login/sign in and password problems.

Facebook is the second most visited website on worldwide web, fb have more than 1.5 billion users registered. It’s easy to sign up  and use facebook but you could meet many login issues.

Nowadays mobile and computers can remember username and password so people tend to forget their username, name or email used when they need to connect to fb from another device or browser. Most of people uses email, username or mobile number to log in facebook and are not familiar with custom URL.

Find here the ultimate method if you forget username or password of  your facebook account and fix the most common issues faced by users in facebook login page.

Facebook recent logins

• If you are on a device that has been recently connected to your Facebook account, Facebook may be able to save you the trouble by showing you recent connections. If you see your account profile, select it to automatically log in to your account.
  

Facebook username incorrect

1. Try to connect with email address or phone number, facebook offers multiple solutions to connect, if your email and phone number are registered on facebook, it’s possible to connect even if forget one.
2. If first step does not solve problem, try full name or nickname you normally use. Also  try every  mobile phone number or mail address you’ve owned
3. If you have entered an email address or phone number and Facebook finds a match, select how you would like to receive your password reset code, then select Continue.
4. If you entered a name in the search field, Facebook will show you the corresponding search results. Select This is my account if you see your profile picture, or select I’m not in this list.
5. If you found your account and selected a method to receive your reset code, enter the security code you received and select Continue.
6. Enter a new password and select Continue. You have successfully changed your password.
7. You can also retrieve your facebook username by asking a friend, your username is your personalized Facebook URL, so ask a friend to go to your fb profile and send you username in URL.
   

Facebook password incorrect (desktop browser)

1. Facebook login password are case-sensitive, first you have to check your keyboard.
   Verify that Caps Lock is not activated and Num. Lock is activated before reseting your password.
2. If your forgot password is saved in browser, it’s possible to recover your existing password without reseting.
   • On Google Chrome :
     Just go to URL “chrome://settings/passwords” (or go to password management option in advanced settings) click facebook entrie, then click the “show” button, your password will be revealed (you will be asked to enter your windows password)
   • On Firefox :
     Click Tools, Options, Security tab,then click on “Saved Passwords” button (Firefox Saved Passwords dialog)., click facebook entry, then clcik the “Show Passwords” button, forgot password will be revealed
   Never save or store your passwords on web browsers!
   When you save your password on a browser, it is saved and it is easy to make appear the characters the component
3. If previous steps does not solve problem :
   • Click below the login password entry field on Facebook’s sign-in page ‘Having trouble?’.
     
   • Enter email, mobile phone number, username or full name as registered in your Facebook account, and press Search.
     
   • Facebook will ask the way you want to reset your password:
     
     
     Reset your Facebook password:
     Attention make sure you can connect to your email account before reset because an email will be sent to continue handling.
     
   • Facebook will send a mail with a confirmation code, just enter it in security box.
     
   • After entering security code you have to set new password for facebook, Select a new password easy to remember but strong with alphabet, number and special character.
     Check our post Password Security to learn how to create and retain the best secure password

     That’s the proper and official way to recover your forgot access and then setting a new password.

Reset Facebook password from the app

If you use Facebook on an iOS or Android device, here’s how to recover your account.

1. On the Facebook login screen, tap Forgot Password.
2. Enter a phone number, email address, name, or username.
3. Select Confirm by email or Confirm by text, depending on your settings, and then press Continue.
4. Enter the password reset code.