WHAT TO DO IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED

 We have other tutorials on our site with step-by-step directions on how to remove a hacker from your account, how to regain your account if you lost it, and how to guard against being hacked.  

This tutorial addresses what you can do if you think someone else has been on your account (or still is).  

Before starting this tutorial, go to SETTINGS>>>WHERE YOU ARE LOGGED IN to make sure you are the only one on your Facebook account right now.  

If you see ANY location that is not you, click END SESSION or LOG OUT on all of them except the one you are using now.  

Then change your password.  If you get logged out, log in again with the new password. Then continue this tutorial.  



You need to have access to your Facebook account in order to perform Facebook's self-guided tutorial at this link. It is very easy to follow the directions.

https://www.facebook.com/hacked 

On the first screen, select the choice that is closest to your situation. 

Facebook offers help steps

Caution:  If you choose "I don't see the right option on this list" - Facebook will assume you have been hacked. You will immediately be redirected to this screen to secure your account. 

If you select any other choice on the above list, Facebook will hold your hand and walk you through the steps.  

If you think you ended up in the wrong place or if you change your mind and want to quit, click on your name on the blue Facebook bar at the top of your screen. This will stop the process and send you back to your regular Facebook desktop.  

It will not save any of your progress. 

If you want to try again, you will need to start from the beginning.


If you get logged out, log back in again.

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