How To Recover Facebook Account Without Phone Number

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Your Quick Answer:

To recover your Facebook account without the phone, open your Google chrome and in the search bar write “facebook.com” and then search, then you can see the “Forgotten password?” option. 

Now you have to enter your mail ID to find your account. After finding out your account, enter your mail ID and you will get a code via message. Then enter the code here and set a new password.

To recover your Facebook account without email, you can use your phone number instead of your email ID. 

Enter your phone number and you will get the verification code via SMS. Then enter the verification code here and set a new password and you are done. 

Keep one thing in mind: you can do all of these steps using the Facebook mobile application.

How to Recover Facebook Account Without Email:

It is quite common that anyone can forget their Facebook account’s password. But Facebook has a solution for it:

Step 1: Open Facebook.com & Tap on Forgotten password

If you forget your Facebook account’s password, then don’t worry, because it is very easy to recover your account. It is possible for both the Facebook mobile application as well as for Facebook Web.

Forgotten-password

If you are using the Facebook Web version, then first open your Google Chrome browser and search for “facebook.com”. Now they will be asking for your email address and password to log in, but if you forget your details, you can not log in. You can see the “Forgotten password?” option underneath the tag “Log In”. Click on it.

Now, if you are using Facebook’s mobile application, then first open the Facebook application and you can see the “Forgot Password” option under the “Log In” tag. You have to click on it, to move further.

Step 2: Try Phone if Email is not registered with

After clicking on the “Forgotten password?” option on your PC, you will be redirected to a new page. On this page, you can see that there has already been a section created at the center of the screen named “Find Your Account”. You can see there is a box under this section where you have to enter your mobile number or email ID. Your Facebook account must be registered with either this phone number or your email ID or both of these. If your Facebook account is not registered with an email ID, then use your phone number here. 

Facebook account

If you are using the Facebook app, then after clicking on the “Forgot Password” option, you will be asked to enter your phone number. So, enter your details here.

Step 3: Enter Phone Number and Get Code

Now enter your phone number in the given box and then press “Search”. Now it will show that “Send code via SMS” you have to just click on the option “Continue” to get the code via SMS. You must check your SMS to see the code that they have sent. 

Continue option

If you are using Facebook’s mobile application, then you also have to first enter your phone number, then tap the “Find your account” option to find your account and then press “Send code via SMS” and then click on the  “Continue” option and you will receive a verification code via SMS.

Step 4: Put the Verification code & Set New Password

Now on your PC’s screen, you can see at the center of the screen there is the “Enter security code” section. You have to enter the code here that you have got via SMS. Now after entering the code click on “Continue”.

after entering the code

Then you can see a new section will be created there: “Choose a new password”. You have to create a new password here and then click “Continue” and you are done. This process is also the same for the Facebook mobile application.

Choose a new password

How to Recover Facebook Account without Phone Number:

You can also recover your Facebook account from Facebook’s mobile application as well as the Facebook Web by using your email ID. In this case, your phone number is not needed. 

Step 1: Open Facebook.com & Tap on ‘Forgotten password’

Forgotten password

For the Facebook web version, first, open your Google Chrome browser on your PC or laptop and search for “Facebook.com”. Now you can see there is an email address and a password section to log in to a Facebook account, but you will not be able to log in because you forget your details. You can see the “Forgotten password?” option below the “Login” tag. Click on it.

Now for the Facebook mobile application, first open the Facebook application and you will see the “Login” tag at the center. Under this, you can see the “Forgot Password”, and click on the option. 

Step 2: Try Email if the Phone Number is not registered with

After clicking the “Forgotten password?” option on the PC, you will be redirected to a new page. On this page, you will see a box under the “Find your account” section where you have to enter your mobile number or email ID. If your Facebook account is not registered with your phone number, then it is registered with your email ID, then enter your email ID here.

Try Email

If you use the Facebook app, you will be asked to enter your phone number after clicking on the “Forgot Password” option by default. To enter an email ID, click on the “Search by your email instead” option, which is at the bottom of the screen. Click on it and then you will have to enter your email id.

Step 3: Enter Registered Email ID and Get Code

Now enter your email ID in the box provided and then press “Search”. Now you can see on the screen that it is showing “Send code via email”. You have to click on the “Continue” option to get the code via mail. You must check the inbox section of your email to see the code they have sent.

verification code via mail

In the Facebook mobile application, you will first need to enter your phone number, then tap on the “Find your account” option to find your account. Then press “Confirm via email” and then click on the “Continue” option and you will get a verification code via mail.

Step 4: Put the Verification code & Set New Password

Now on your PC screen, you will see the “Enter security code” section in the center of the screen. You must enter the code you received in the mail. Now, after entering the code, click on the “Continue” button.

Verification code

Then you will see a new section will be created: “Choose a new password”. You need to create a new password here and then click “Continue” and you’re done. You can also do the same thing for the Facebook mobile application.

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The Bottom Lines:

If, after doing all of the things mentioned here, you have a problem with not being able to recover the account, contact Facebook’s technical support team, and report your problem to them. They will help you solve the problem in a short time.

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