It's part of Facebook's security commitment to keep your data safe, so if you've forgotten your account password, you must validate your profile somehow. To know how to do this, read on.
How to reset my Facebook password in just a few steps
To reset your Facebook password, you will be asked to enter the email or phone number your account is associated with. It is mandatory to have an account on this platform to have at least one of the two options.
If you have forgotten your Facebook account password, you can reset it by validating your account. To do this, log into Facebook from the app on your mobile device or from the browser on your computer.
Enter your email or the phone number you registered with and click on «Forgot your password?». In case you don't remember which method you used to register, enter your username and click on «Find my profile».
You will see that there are several profiles with the same name. You have to be guided by the photo of Profile that has to the right of everyone. Click on it when you have found it. It will ask you to enter your password, but since you don't remember it, follow the link "Forgot your password?" to reset it.
It will ask you to validate your identity by entering the password reset code that was sent to you at example@correo.com or 123… 345. In case you have both methods, you can choose one.
Now you just have to wait for the message that Facebook will send you and enter it in the corresponding box. The next thing will be choosing a new password. Please choose a different one, as it will not allow you to enter any of the passwords you used previously.
You can also close other sessions you have opened on other devices from "Settings> Security and login> open all> Log out of all sessions" or by clicking on "Close open sessions on other devices".
The latter option is available when you have finished changing your password. In this way you will have recovered your Facebook account.
How to recover my account if I no longer have access to my email or phone number
It may happen that you no longer have any method of validating the account you registered in your Facebook account. Don't be alarmed however you can recover your Facebook password, although this may take a little longer.
To do this, you have to send an email to Facebook technical support explaining your situation, that you no longer have access to the email or phone number you registered with e attach a photo of your ID on both sides.
It may take up to 48 hours to get back to you, it will depend on the amount of question this platform has.
People who work in technical support need to verify that the person who is trying to enter a Facebook profile without any validation method is you and not an unauthorized third party, that's why you need to send a photo with your ID to that are compared to the one in your profile
Once this information is confirmed, they will send you a response with a link where you can reset your account and change your password. Remember to close sessions that you opened on another device to be safe.
Finally, we recommend that you take a few minutes to add several options to validate your account, this way you will be able to recover your Facebook password in case you forget it more quickly.
You can add more than one email address or phone number alternatively. Just make sure you always have a validation form available and it's secure, to prevent others from hacking into your account.
