Account recovery wizard: get back into a hacked or locked account

1. Locked out? Start Meta’s official recovery at facebook.com/hacked (Hacked account recovery)
2. Path C: The hacker changed your email and phone (Hacked account recovery)
3. Prove it’s you: video selfie or ID (and how to tell a genuine request) (Hacked account recovery)
4. Tell your friends (copy this message) (Hacked account recovery)
5. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Recover a hacked account: facebook.com/hacked

1. Change your password and log out everywhere else (if you can still log in) (Hacked account recovery)
2. Remove the hacker’s email, phone number and two-factor method (Hacked account recovery)
3. Remove unknown apps, extensions and admins (Hacked account recovery)
4. Undo changes and report what the hacker posted (Hacked account recovery)

Official help: Recover a hacked account: facebook.com/hacked

1. Make sure you’re on the real Facebook login page (Can’t log in)
2. Reset your password with Facebook’s official “Forgotten password” flow (Can’t log in)
3. No longer have the email or phone on the account? Follow Meta’s lost-access steps (Can’t log in)
4. Asked for a video selfie or ID? Only complete it inside Facebook (Can’t log in)

Official help: Meta Account Recovery Hub

1. Wait, then enter only the newest code (Login code not received)
2. Logged in somewhere else? Approve the login from that device (Login code not received)
3. Use a saved recovery code (lost phone or authenticator) (Login code not received)
4. Nothing works? Ask Facebook to confirm your identity (Login code not received)

Official help: Troubleshoot login with two-factor authentication

1. Logged in somewhere else? Approve the login from that device (Login code not received)
2. Use a saved recovery code (lost phone or authenticator) (Login code not received)
3. No longer have the email or phone on the account? Follow Meta’s lost-access steps (Can’t log in)

Official help: Troubleshoot login with two-factor authentication

1. Unlock it with Get started (Meta’s steps) (Account locked)
2. If Facebook asks you to confirm your identity (Account locked)
3. No code arriving? Meta’s checklist (Account locked)
4. Back in? Secure the account so it doesn’t lock again (Account locked)

Official help: Facebook Help: Unlock your Facebook account

1. Suspended? Appeal within 180 days by logging in (Account disabled or suspended)
2. Disabled? Use any review option Meta offers (Account disabled or suspended)
3. After appealing: how to check the outcome (Account disabled or suspended)
4. If the appeal fails: realistic options (Account disabled or suspended)
5. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: My personal Facebook account is suspended or disabled

1. Start here: instagram.com/hacked (Instagram hacked account)
2. Undo an email change from Instagram’s message (Instagram hacked account)
3. Request a login link (Instagram hacked account)
4. Request a security code or support (on your phone) (Instagram hacked account)
5. Verify your identity: sign-up details or a video selfie (Instagram hacked account)
6. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Hacked Instagram account

1. Still logged in? Lock the account down now (Instagram hacked account)
2. Turn on two-factor authentication (Instagram two-factor authentication)
3. Get or replace your backup codes (Instagram two-factor authentication)

Official help: Hacked Instagram account

1. Forgot your password? Request a login link (Can’t log in to Instagram)
2. Reset email not arriving or not working (Can’t log in to Instagram)
3. Lost access to the email or phone you signed up with (Can’t log in to Instagram)
4. Asked to confirm your identity with ID or a video selfie (Can’t log in to Instagram)

Official help: Instagram Help: I can’t log in

1. Login code not arriving? Use a backup code (Instagram two-factor authentication)
2. Trusted devices: stop being asked for a code on your own phone (Instagram two-factor authentication)
3. Lost access to the email or phone you signed up with (Can’t log in to Instagram)

Official help: Instagram Help: Two-factor authentication

1. Login code not arriving? Use a backup code (Instagram two-factor authentication)
2. Lost access to the email or phone you signed up with (Can’t log in to Instagram)

Official help: Instagram Help: Two-factor authentication

1. Your whole account was disabled (Instagram removed my post)
2. Disabled or deleted accounts (Can’t log in to Instagram)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Instagram Help: About disabled Instagram accounts

1. Forgot your password? Reset it from the login screen (Hacked or can’t log in)
2. Locked out? Recover your account with friends verification (Hacked or can’t log in)
3. “Unrecognized device” when resetting your password (Hacked or can’t log in)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: My account has been hacked

1. Still logged in? Change your password and remove unknown devices (Hacked or can’t log in)
2. Change, add or remove your email or phone number (Hacked or can’t log in)
3. Lock your account down (Hacked or can’t log in)

Official help: My account has been hacked

1. Forgot your password? Reset it from the login screen (Hacked or can’t log in)
2. “Unrecognized device” when resetting your password (Hacked or can’t log in)
3. Logging in on a computer or phone browser (Hacked or can’t log in)

Official help: Reset password

1. Lost your authenticator app? Reset the authentication method (Hacked or can’t log in)

Official help: Account safety

1. Run TikTok’s Account check to see what’s restricted (Banned or under review)
2. Find TikTok’s violation notices (Banned or under review)
3. Permanent bans (Banned or under review)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Content violations and bans

1. Recover and secure your Google Account (Channel hacked)
2. Undo the hacker’s changes with YouTube’s cleanup tool (Channel hacked)
3. Channel terminated after the hack (Channel hacked)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Recover a hacked YouTube channel

1. Recover and secure your Google Account (Channel hacked)
2. Undo the hacker’s changes with YouTube’s cleanup tool (Channel hacked)
3. No cleanup tool? Clean up by hand (Channel hacked)
4. Secure your channel so it doesn’t happen again (Channel hacked)

Official help: Recover a hacked YouTube channel

1. Can’t sign in anywhere? (Can’t sign in)
2. Forgot the email address for your YouTube account (Can’t sign in)

Official help: Get help signing in to YouTube

1. Channel terminated (Strike or terminated)
2. Think YouTube got it wrong? Appeal the strike or removal (Strike or terminated)
3. Channel terminated after the hack (Channel hacked)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Channel or account terminations

1. Think you were hacked? Secure your account with X’s steps (Can’t log in to X)
2. Lost access to the email on your account (Can’t log in to X)
3. After a hack: stop it happening again (Can’t log in to X)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Help with my compromised account

1. You got a login alert you don’t recognize (Login alerts and security)
2. Log out of other sessions (Connected apps and sessions)
3. Remove a connected app (Connected apps and sessions)
4. Turn on Password reset protection (Login alerts and security)

Official help: Help with my compromised account

1. Reset your password with "Forgot password?" (Can’t log in to X)
2. Reset code or email not arriving? Check these (Can’t log in to X)
3. Seeing "Locked out!"? Wait about an hour — and don’t keep resetting (Can’t log in to X)
4. Lost access to the email on your account (Can’t log in to X)

Official help: Help with logging in

1. Login verification (two-factor) code not arriving, or authenticator lost? (Can’t log in to X)
2. Use a different method at login (Two-factor authentication)

Official help: Help with two-factor authentication

1. Verify your account by phone, email or reCAPTCHA (Account locked or limited)
2. Account "locked" or "limited"? Complete X’s unlock steps (Can’t log in to X)

Official help: X Help Center: Help with locked or limited account

1. Follow X’s prompts to unsuspend your account (Account suspended)
2. File an appeal (Account suspended)
3. Locked, not suspended? (Account suspended)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: X Help Center: About suspended accounts

1. Re-register your account to log them out (Hacked account)
2. Asked for a two-step verification PIN you don’t know (Hacked account)
3. Warn your friends and family (Hacked account)
4. Once you’re back in (Hacked account)
5. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: WhatsApp Help: How to recover a compromised account

1. Once you’re back in (Hacked account)
2. Warn your friends and family (Hacked account)

Official help: WhatsApp Help: How to recover a compromised account

1. Get a new code by SMS, phone call or email (Verification code)
2. “You have guessed the code too many times” or you have to wait (Verification code)
3. Check your number and SIM card (Verification code)
4. Forgot your two-step verification password or PIN (Verification code)

Official help: WhatsApp Help: Can’t complete registration

1. Phone lost or stolen? (Hacked account)
2. You changed SIM cards (Hacked account)
3. Check your number and SIM card (Verification code)

Official help: How to recover a WhatsApp account from a lost or stolen device

1. Request a review (Account banned)
2. Switch from an unofficial app to official WhatsApp (Account banned)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: WhatsApp Help: About account bans

1. Locked out? Start Meta’s official recovery at facebook.com/hacked (Hacked account recovery)
2. Path C: The hacker changed your email and phone (Hacked account recovery)
3. Prove it’s you: video selfie or ID (and how to tell a genuine request) (Hacked account recovery)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Recover a hacked account: facebook.com/hacked

1. Change your password and log out everywhere else (if you can still log in) (Hacked account recovery)
2. Remove the hacker’s email, phone number and two-factor method (Hacked account recovery)
3. Tell your friends (copy this message) (Hacked account recovery)

Official help: Recover a hacked account: facebook.com/hacked

1. Can’t log in to Messenger? (Can’t log in)
2. Reset your password with Facebook’s official “Forgotten password” flow (Can’t log in)
3. No longer have the email or phone on the account? Follow Meta’s lost-access steps (Can’t log in)

Official help: Meta Account Recovery Hub

1. Wait, then enter only the newest code (Login code not received)
2. Use a saved recovery code (lost phone or authenticator) (Login code not received)
3. Nothing works? Ask Facebook to confirm your identity (Login code not received)

Official help: Troubleshoot login with two-factor authentication

1. Your account was hacked (Can’t log in)
2. Secure your account (Hacked account)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Snapchat Support: I can’t access my account

1. Secure your account (Hacked account)

Official help: Snapchat Support: My account is compromised

1. You forgot your password (Can’t log in)
2. You forgot your username (Can’t log in)
3. Snapchat login error codes (SS01, SS02, SS04, C02A and more) (Can’t log in)

Official help: I forgot my password. How do I reset it?

1. Verification code not arriving, or “Too many requests” (Can’t log in)

Official help: Snapchat Support: I can’t access my account

1. Your account is locked (Can’t log in)
2. Temporarily locked (Account locked)
3. Permanently locked: appeal in the app (Account locked)

Official help: My Snapchat account is locked

1. Your account is temporarily disabled (Can’t log in)
2. Permanently locked: appeal in the app (Account locked)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: How to Submit an Appeal

1. Locked out: report unauthorized access (Hacked account)
2. Clean up after you get back in (Hacked account)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: LinkedIn Help: Report a compromised account

1. Still signed in: lock your account down (Hacked account)
2. Clean up after you get back in (Hacked account)

Official help: LinkedIn Help: Report a compromised account

1. Reset your password (Password & codes)

Official help: LinkedIn Help: Reset your password

1. Approve (or deny) the sign-in prompt in the LinkedIn app (Password & codes)

Official help: Sign-in security prompt for two-factor authentication

1. Lost your phone (no access to two-factor codes) (Password & codes)

Official help: No access to mobile device for two-factor authentication

1. Temporarily suspended after failed sign-ins: wait 24 hours (Account restricted)
2. Verify your identity with Persona (Account restricted)

Official help: LinkedIn Help: Account restrictions

1. Restricted: log in and follow the on-screen steps (Account restricted)
2. Verify your identity with Persona (Account restricted)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: LinkedIn Help: Account restrictions

1. Locked out of your account (Hacked account)
2. Someone changed your account email (Hacked account)
3. Report the scam (Hacked account)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Discord Support: Undo an email address change

1. Change your password and turn on MFA (Hacked account)
2. Remove Authorized Apps you don’t recognize (Hacked account)
3. Scan your computer for malware (Hacked account)

Official help: Account security and compromised accounts

1. Reset a forgotten password (Can’t log in)
2. Disabled or hacked instead? (Can’t log in)

Official help: Discord Support: Change or reset your password

1. Log in with a backup code (Can’t log in)
2. Log in with an SMS code (Can’t log in)
3. No backup codes, no SMS, and not logged in anywhere (Can’t log in)

Official help: Lost access to Multi-Factor Authentication (backup codes)

1. Verify your phone number (Verification required)
2. Resend the verification email (Verification required)

Official help: Discord Support: Verification Required FAQ

1. Check your Account Standing (Account disabled)
2. Appeal with “Let us know” (Account disabled)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Discord Safety Center: How you can appeal our actions

1. Get a hacked account back (Hacked or two-factor problems)
2. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Reddit Help: I need help with a hacked or compromised account

1. Get a hacked account back (Hacked or two-factor problems)
2. Lock your account down (Hacked or two-factor problems)

Official help: Reddit Help: I need help with a hacked or compromised account

1. Reset your password (Can’t log in)

Official help: How do I log in to Reddit if I forgot my password?

1. Locked out by two-factor (Hacked or two-factor problems)

Official help: I have two-factor authentication set up, but can't log in to my account. What do I do?

1. Appeal a ban or spam flag (Banned, suspended or locked)
2. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Reddit Help: Account status overview

1. Can’t log in or can’t find your account (Hacked account)
2. Secure your account (Twitch’s checklist) (Hacked account)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Twitch Help: What can I do if someone else accessed my account?

1. Secure your account (Twitch’s checklist) (Hacked account)

Official help: Twitch Help: What can I do if someone else accessed my account?

1. Reset your password (Can’t log in)
2. Find a forgotten username (Can’t log in)

Official help: Twitch Help: Account Access/Login Issues Guide

1. Logging in with 2FA (Codes not received)
2. Logging in on a new device (email code) (Codes not received)

Official help: Twitch Help: Not Receiving Verification Codes?

1. Locked out after losing your phone (Two-factor (2FA))
2. Change your 2FA number (you can still log in) (Two-factor (2FA))

Official help: Twitch Help: How to Change Your 2FA Phone Number (Authy FAQ)

1. Appeal a suspension or warning (Account suspended)
2. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Twitch Help: About Account Enforcements and Chat Bans

1. If you’re logged in on another device (Hacked account or stolen phone)
2. If you have no other logged-in device (Hacked account or stolen phone)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Telegram FAQ: My phone was stolen, what do I do?

1. If you’re logged in on another device (Hacked account or stolen phone)
2. Turn on two-step verification (Two-step verification)

Official help: Telegram FAQ: My phone was stolen, what do I do?

1. Forgot your two-step verification password? (Two-step verification)

Official help: Telegram FAQ: How does 2-Step Verification work?

1. Look for the code in Telegram on another device (Login code not arriving)
2. Get the code by phone call (Login code not arriving)
3. Check your number’s format (Login code not arriving)
4. Still no code? (Login code not arriving)

Official help: Telegram FAQ: Troubleshooting (Login and SMS)

1. If you’re logged in on another device (Hacked account or stolen phone)
2. If you have no other logged-in device (Hacked account or stolen phone)
3. Worried about data on the stolen phone? (Hacked account or stolen phone)

Official help: Telegram FAQ: My phone was stolen, what do I do?

1. Know what you can still do, and wait (Account limited)
2. Account “frozen”? What it means (Account limited)
3. Appeal through @SpamBot (Account limited)
4. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Telegram: Spam FAQ

1. Reset or change your password (Hacked account and 2FA)
2. If the hacker changed your email (Hacked account and 2FA)
3. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Pinterest Help: We protected your account

1. Reset or change your password (Hacked account and 2FA)
2. Turn on two-factor authentication (Hacked account and 2FA)

Official help: Pinterest Help: We protected your account

1. Reset your password (Can’t log in)
2. Log in with Google or Apple (Can’t log in)

Official help: Can’t log in to Pinterest

1. Ask Pinterest to review the deactivation (Account deactivated or suspended)
2. Use only the official recovery routes (Account recovery scams)

Official help: Pinterest Help: Account deactivation