Recover your email first
Whoever controls your email controls your recovery codes.
Stuck? Hand it to a recovery team and skip the guesswork.
We'll handle it for you- Gmail: Google account recovery.
- Outlook or Hotmail: Microsoft account recovery form.
- Yahoo: the "Forgot password" flow on the Yahoo sign-in page.
- Then change the email password, turn on 2FA and remove any forwarding rules the hacker added.
- Now recover Instagram or Facebook.
Check the email's forwarding and filter settings. Hackers add rules that silently forward or delete Meta's security messages.
Questions people ask
Why recover email before Instagram?
Meta sends recovery codes and revert links to your email. If the hacker still has it, they'll take the account again.
More recovery guides
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- Facebook hacked: the recovery checklist
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- No email, no phone: the recovery route
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- Username changed or account deleted
- Lock it down after recovery
- Two-factor authentication, done right
- Spotting recovery scams
- Fake Meta messages: how accounts get stolen
- Warn your followers
- Business assets after a hack
- WhatsApp hijacked: getting it back
- Your account emergency kit
- Prevention checklist
- Recovery FAQ
- Getting past "Confirm you're human"
- Getting the video selfie accepted
- Security code not arriving
- The hacker turned on two-factor
- Hacked, then disabled
- Facebook "Your account has been locked"
- Unknown account in your Accounts Center
- SIM swap: when your number is the weak spot
- Suspicious login alerts