Totally Off Topic - Help Needed with Facebook

[Annie]

(I'll understand if this thread is deleted.)

 

So, I had to clear my caches and cookies to solve an email problem. But in doing so I couldn't get into many sites, including this one. I'm obviously on this on now, but I have to login anew most times.

 

The problem is Facebook will not let me back on there. I try to get a new password, but each time they send me code number to set up a new password, and every time I try to use it and they say the code number is wrong.

 

So I've kind of given up. I really want to get on to my Facebook page and not have to set up a new one.

 

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[30Duck]

I'm not on Facebook, but this situation is very similar to what I've experienced with other Password situations. The first thing I did was look for an actual phone number, though often one doesn't exist, that connects me with the site. If there is no phone number, on the Sign Up page, you might get started toward getting back in by hitting "Forgot Password"

[Drake]

Facebook only allows a few tries to reset password per day. Then you have to wait 24 hours. 
 

If you have another device with a different operating system, you can try logging in from it. 

[Annie]

On 3/12/2025 at 12:37 PM, 30Duck said:

I'm not on Facebook, but this situation is very similar to what I've experienced with other Password situations. The first thing I did was look for an actual phone number, though often one doesn't exist, that connects me with the site. If there is no phone number, on the Sign Up page, you might get started toward getting back in by hitting "Forgot Password"

Unfortunately, there's no phone number, and when I try the "forgot password" it sends me a number code to use to get a new one, then when I put it in, it tells me the number is wrong.  

[Annie]

On 3/12/2025 at 1:12 PM, Drake said:

Facebook only allows a few tries to reset password per day. Then you have to wait 24 hours. 
 

If you have another device with a different operating system, you can try logging in from it. 

I've tried from another device, but same problem. Facebook is notoriously uncommunicative. No phone number, no chat, no nothing except a suggestion to do a search for the problem! And that leads to people who use FB trying (usually without success) to figure out how to solve it.

[Annie]

On Twitter (AKA X), which I can access, though I now have to log in every time (as I now have to do here too), after each time I visit I get an email that there was a post from another device. All I can figure is that it is a newer computer, not the one on which I originally signed up for twitter.

 

While I have cell phone, I don't use it to access these sites, because I prefer the bigger screen and larger keyboard of my desktop computer.

[Signoramous]

Annie,

If you've ever entered Facebook through Chrome, then your password might be saved there. Go in to Systems, then Password Manager and then scroll to find Facebook. If it's there, voila, you will find your password. 

Perhaps other browsers have a similar feature. Good luck

 

[Annie]

On 3/12/2025 at 4:20 PM, Signoramous said:

Annie,

If you've ever entered Facebook through Chrome, then your password might be saved there. Go in to Systems, then Password Manager and then scroll to find Facebook. If it's there, voila, you will find your password. 

Perhaps other browsers have a similar feature. Good luck

 

 

On 3/12/2025 at 4:20 PM, Signoramous said:

Annie,

If you've ever entered Facebook through Chrome, then your password might be saved there. Go in to Systems, then Password Manager and then scroll to find Facebook. If it's there, voila, you will find your password. 

Perhaps other browsers have a similar feature. Good luck

 

I don't remember ever using Chrome, but I'll give it a try.

[Charles Fischer]

I wish I could help, but I've had problems with FB for years, and given up.