How to Recover Your Forgotten Facebook Password Using Phone Number or Email

Facebook offers several methods to help users recover their passwords if they forget them. If you've added all the necessary contact information, recovering your lost Facebook password on your phone will be incredibly straightforward.

I. Recovering Your Password Using a Phone Number

Note:

This method is suitable for users who have added their phone number to the Contact Information section on Facebook.

1. Quick Guide

Step 1: Open Facebook, select account => Click Forgot Password.
Step 2: Enter your phone number => Choose Send Code via SMS.
Step 3: Enter the verification code =>Create a New Password.

2. Detailed Guide

Step 1: Open Facebook, select the account for which you want to recover the password => Click Forgot Password.

Step 2: Enter your phone number => Click Find Your Account.
Step 3: Select Send Code via SMS =>Click Continue.

Step 4: Enter the verification code sent to your message inbox.

- On some devices, the system may automatically fill in the verification code sent to your phone and proceed directly to the screen for creating a new password.

Step 5: Enter your new password => Click Continue => Press Allow to grant permission for future logins without needing to enter a verification code.

II. Recovering Your Password Using Email, Gmail

Note:

This method will only work if the user has added their email address to the Contact Information section on Facebook.

1. Quick Guide

Step 1: Open Facebook, select the account => Click Forgot Password.
Step 2: Choose Search by Your Email => Enter your Email.
Step 3: Click Get Code => Select Send Code via Email.
Step 4: Enter the verification code => Create a new password.

2. Detailed Guide

Step 1: Open Facebook, select the account for which you want to recover the password => Click Forgot Password.

Step 2: Press Search by Your Email => Enter your Email => Click Find Your Account.

Step 3: Select Get Code => Press Send Code via Email => Click Continue.

Step 4: Create a new password =>Press Continue.
Step 5: Click OK to save the password, and you won't need to enter it again for future logins.

III. Recovering Your Account via Messenger

Note:

Recovering Facebook via Messenger will only work if the user has not logged out of their account on the Messenger app.

1. Quick Guide

Step 1: Open Facebook, select the account => Click Forgot Password.
Step 2: Enter your phone number or Email => Click Find Your Account.
Step 3: Press Login => Reset your password.

2. Detailed Guide

Step 1: Open Facebook, select the account for which you want to recover the password => Click Forgot Password.

Step 2: Enter your phone number => Click Find Your Account => Select Account.

- Alternatively, you can choose Search by Your Email if you use an email as your contact information on Facebook.

Step 3: Click Login => The system will now retrieve contact information from Messenger and automatically log you into your Facebook account.

- Once you've successfully logged into Facebook on your phone via Messenger, you can navigate to settings and change your Facebook password.

Additionally, if you want to view deleted Messenger messages, refer to Mytour's detailed guide to learn how to do it.