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Various social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter provide various methods to recover the user accounts. Here are some methods to recover a hacked Instagram account.
The risk of cybercrimes has been increasing rapidly. When a user’s account is hacked on any social media platform, all of the credentials containing sensitive data gets accessible to hackers. Various social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter provide various methods to recover the user accounts.
Check your mail box for a message from Instagram
STEP 1 If your email address has changed, you will be notified via email from . If users choose to secure their account in the message, this security feature will allow them to undo their account’s information to change.
STEP 2 Users can ask Instagram for a login link or security code if other information such as their password has also been changed and users are unable to link their account back to their email address.
Requesting a login link from Instagram
To request a link to login, these steps must be completed:
STEP 1 Open the Instagram App and on the login page, tap on the Get help logging in option (Android) or Forgot password? (iPhone or web browser).
STEP 2 Users must enter their username, email address or phone number associated with their account and then tap on the Next button.
STEP 3 If users do not have the access to the Username, email address or phone number associated with their account, they can enter the login information they have used and then tap on the Can’t reset password? And click on the Next button.
STEP 4 Enter the CAPTCHA Code
STEP 5 Users must either select their email address or phone number, and then hit the next button.
