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Guidelines for Handling Forgotten Facebook Password
1. Recovering Facebook Password via Email.
Step 1: To address the situation when you forget your Facebook password by recovering it through email, intentionally enter the wrong password until the system notifies you of an incorrect password. Here, click on the Forgot Password section.
Step 2: Subsequently, a Facebook code will be sent to your Email. Please check your Email for verification.
Step 3: Here, simply press click here to change your password without using any code to handle Facebook password recovery.
Step 4: Immediately, a new password will be generated for you. After creation, click on continue.
Step 5: Facebook gives you the option to either log out of all previous sessions or continue logging in. According to Mytour's recommendation, log out from the old device. Click on Log out of other devices and then press Continue.
After that, you will be directed to your main account, and the Facebook password recovery process via Email is now complete.
2. Recovering your Facebook password using a phone number
Step 1: If you've linked your account to a phone number and forgotten your Facebook password, this section comes into play. Similar to the process for recovering a Facebook password via email, you need to input an incorrect password to access the forgot password section.
Step 2: Immediately, you'll encounter an option for recovering your Facebook password through SMS code delivery. Choose it and proceed.
Step 3: Next, check the code on your phone and enter it in the provided security code input field.
Step 4: Similarly as before, you will create a new password. After creating it, press the continue button.
Step 5: Next, you'll be given the option to either remove all logins on the old device or continue logging in. According to Mytour, it's recommended to log out on the old device.
After this step, you'll be logged into the main screen interface of Facebook. The process of handling a forgotten Facebook password via phone number is now complete.
Currently, on Facebook, there are two ways to deal with a forgotten Facebook password that you can apply. Ideally, jot down your Facebook password to avoid the situation mentioned earlier when forgetting your Facebook password. Additionally, activating Facebook's 2-factor authentication mode significantly helps in recovering your password and protecting your account. Therefore, if your account hasn't activated this mode yet, proceed to enable Facebook 2-factor authentication immediately.
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