Assign trusted contacts Facebook to recover account

Recover Facebook account with the help of assigning contacts to Facebook.

Trusted contacts Facebook comes into play when you’ve blocked to access your account. Are you one of those clueless people who forget passwords? Have you ever been unable to log in to Facebook by losing the access code and not being able to check your mail? Or, even if you are someone more orderly, what would happen if one day you discovered that a hacker has stolen your Facebook account and you can not enter?

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Instructions to assign trusted contacts to Facebook:
Necessity of assigning trusted contacts Facebook
Access Facebook account setting
Access Facebook trusted contacts setting to recover account
Choose trusted contacts on Facebook among friends
Confirm trusted contacts on Facebook
Verify yourself to set trusted contacts on Facebook
Final view of Facebook trusted contacts list to recover account
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Having assigned trusted contacts, friends you trust blindly and those who will let you have access to your account will help you a lot. In Msntechblog we tell you how to assign trusted contacts to Facebook.

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Instructions to assign trusted contacts to Facebook:

Necessity of assigning trusted contacts Facebook

First of all, think about who these friends will be to whom you will give that power over your account. They are the people you call when you have problems, those who have a set of keys in your house in case you let them inside. Call them and tell them that you are going to add them as trusted contacts and explain that if one day they receive an email from you saying that you access, check by calling you if it was really you.

Access Facebook account setting

With your chosen and informed friends, go to Facebook and click on the triangle icon that appears in the upper right of the screen, next to the help and support question icon. A drop-down menu will open with several options. Click below for “Settings” to access your account settings.

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Access Facebook trusted contacts setting to recover account

You will enter into the Settings of your Facebook account, which has many sections to go and personalize it all. What interests us, the assignment of trusted contacts is in the “Security and Login” subcategory in the left column. Click there and then, in the list of configurable security elements, on the Edit button of “Trusted Contacts”.

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Choose trusted contacts on Facebook among friends

Facebook will tell you that you have not yet chosen any trusted contacts for your account. To do so, click on “Choose Friends”, which will open another window that will give you some tips. Click “Choose trusted contacts” button to select those friends who will help you to access your account if one day you are not capable to.

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Confirm Facebook trusted contacts you belief

You must choose between 3 and 5 friends to be designated as trusted contacts. Start writing your names in the designated field and select the ones you want. When you are finished, click on “Confirm”. Your friends will receive a notification that you have placed them as trusted contacts.

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Verify yourself to set trusted contacts on Facebook

Facebook will prompt you to enter your password again before finalizing the assignment of trusted contacts. Do it for safety, to prevent someone who has entered your Facebook (for example, because you left it open in a public place), can designate itself as a trusted contact.

Final view of Facebook trusted contacts list to recover account

New trusted contacts will now appear in the configuration, where there was nothing before. You can edit them (add more, delete some of them) or directly delete them all. If one day you can not access your Facebook account, call one of these friends to help you solve it.

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