How do i access my instagram account
How to Log Into Instagram or Troubleshoot Your Login
- You can log into your Instagram account as long as you have your username, email address, or phone number associated with the account.
- If you lose or forget your password, you can request a password reset on the login page.
- If you want to log into Instagram using Facebook, you can connect the two accounts using the Settings menu on the mobile app.
If you have an Instagram account, you can log into it from any device — your phone, tablet or a browser on your computer. All you need are your login credentials, such as your Instagram username or the phone number or email address associated with the account, along with your password. It's also possible to log in via Facebook, if you've connected the accounts. Here's what you need to log in on any device.
How to log into Instagram on a mobile device
Logging into your Instagram account on a smartphone or tablet is the same regardless of whether you are using the Instagram app on an iOS or Android device. In general, Instagram allows you to log in using your Instagram username or the phone number or email address associated with the account — so enter any one of those three items. After that, enter your password and tap Log In.
You need your Instagram username, email or phone number to log in. Dave JohnsonHow to log into Instagram on a computer
It doesn't matter whether you're logging into Instagram on a Mac or PC — the process is the same.
Open Instagram.com in a web browser and then enter your Instagram username or the phone number or email address associated with the account. After that, enter your password and tap Log In.
How to log into Instagram using Facebook
If you link your Instagram account with Facebook, not only can you easily share your Instagram posts on Facebook, but you can use your Facebook credentials as an easy way to log into Instagram as well.
To link your Facebook and Instagram accounts, open the Instagram app on your mobile device, tap the three-bar menu and tap Settings.
In the Account section, go to Sharing to Other Apps and connect Instagram to your Facebook account.
After you connect these two accounts, you can log into Instagram using Facebook — on the login page, you can click Log in with Facebook.
What to do if you can't log into Instagram
If you've lost or forgotten the password, you may need to reset it. The process is essentially the same no matter if you have an iPhone, Android device or you're using a web browser on a computer:
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On the login screen, under the username and password fields, tap Get help logging in (if you're using an Android phone) or Forgot password? (on iOS or a browser).
2. Enter your email address, phone number or username and tap Next (if you are using Android) or Send Login Link (in a web browser). If you're on an iPhone, choose which tab you want to use — Username or Phone — and enter the credential associated with your account, then tap Next.
3. You'll get a message with instructions to reset your password.
It's also possible you might not remember the username or other information associated with your account, or you might be entering it wrong. Here are some things to try:
- Make sure you are spelling the username or email address correctly.
- Don't include an @ symbol when entering a username.
- Ask someone else who can see your profile page to take a screenshot or write down the username for you.
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IG account recovery. When forgot the phone number, email, or username
It happens you need IG account recovery, because you can’t log in. You may have forgotten the password, been hacked, changed the phone number, or your account was disabled for violating the community guidelines, or you deleted it yourself. So now you want to get the account back. In the article, we will look at each case and tell how to recover your Instagram account.
If you lost your password, you can get your IG account back in 90% cases. There are several ways. First of all, tap "Get help logging in", or "Forgot password" if you use the desktop version.
Log in using your Facebook account. You should use your FB account data. From the logging in page tap Log in with Facebook. You’ll be sent to the authorization page. Tap Continue as Username to get into the account.
It works only if your Instagram and Facebook accounts are connected.
And only if you remember your FB data or you are logged in on the platform. Otherwise, when you forget your FB login and password, you need another method.
You can use either the account’s login, email, or your phone number connected to the account. Don’t try to use those that are not connected with your account, it won’t work. Type it and then tap Next to get the code, or "Send Login Link" if using a computer.
When you retrieve your account from a phone, you are sent a code. You choose whether to get it by mail or in SMS. Using a computer to get the IG account back, you are sent a link to email, or a code in SMS. After resetting the old password by the link or code, you should think up a new one.
The letter or SMS usually come through immediately. Rarely are they delayed. If you typed the correct email, but there is no letter, check the spam folder. If there is no letter in any folder, wait for some time, repeat in half an hour.
Here is how the letter with the link or code looks like.
You might have several of your accounts with the same email address or mobile number. Then, in the Instagram app, you’ll be offered to choose what account to log into. In a browser, you get into the first created with them account.
In the Instagram app, you get right into the account. You can change the password in the settings, if you want. In a browser, you must create a new password to continue.
If the page is hacked, the bad people probably have already changed the main account data — the number and email. Then, you receive a letter about that. IG account recovery described above won’t work, approach the support team.
If there is no such letter, the connected email address probably hasn't been changed yet, which means you may try to get your Instagram account back by requesting the letter or SMS using the method above.
Contact the support and describe your problem. We wrote how to contact Instagram customer service here. In the section Can’t Log in, choose I think my Instagram account has been hacked, there you can find detailed directions.
The support team will ask you to send a video to make sure it’s you. You may also be asked about the mail or phone you used when signed up.
If you have a commercial account, the confirmation will need more serious proof, like your company chapter. If you have a commercial account, but it is not switched to a Professional, retrieve it as a Personal.
If your account was not only hacked, but also deactivated, use this form for IG account recovery.
The support may reply in a few days, or may be months, and also may not reply at all. It depends on the load the staff has and on your account. For example, whether the community guidelines violations have ever been noticed in it. You can repeat the requests after some days. They are processed by real people. So some workers may respond quicker.
Assume, you can’t get into your email, or you forget what email address you used for signing up on Instagram. For example, you bought a new mobile or laptop and didn’t save the data.
And you changed the mobile number, but the page is connected with the old one, and you don’t have access to it. What should you do?
Recover the account using the phone number. You get the link to get back into your IG account, if you use a browser. You get a login code to get back, if you use the app.
Make sure the email linked to your account is right. Add only the address of the email you have access to. This will help to recover your Instagram account in the future and prevent being hacked. Read how you can change it, you can do it either from your mobile phone or from a computer.
Recover your account by email. If you know what email your account is connected with, but can’t get into it, try to recover the access to your mail. It’s nor difficult. On most mail platforms, you usually need to use a backup email address or mobile number.
When you get into the email, use it to recover your account.
Recover Insta account using your username. Tap "Get help logging in" or "Forgot password?" button on the sign-in page and insert your username.
The letter with the link or code will be sent to your email. Instagram will partly show the address, so you can remember it.
If you use Gmail, the letters may get into the Promotions or Social folders, not the Inbox.
Look for the username in other social media. You might use the same on Instagram. Ask your friends, after all.
If you can’t find it, reach the customer service, say your page has been hacked. Use the directions above.
You can also get a new account, sometimes it’s easier than to struggle to deal with the Help Center.
How to recover after being banned? It depends on the type of ban — temporarily blocked or disabled Instagram account. The social media usually notifies about banning an account.
Temporary ban is for small violations. The limits are not strict, for example, a user may be prohibited to subscribe to other profiles. Such restrictions usually last from several hours to several days. There is nothing you should do, just wait.
If your case is disabled Instagram account, you barely can help it.
You can try using the appeal form, if you are sure it’s a mistake. But it's easier to make a new account.
Sometimes people delete their Instagram accounts on emotions and then think how to get them back. If a profile was deleted completely, there is no way back. Praying the customer service team won’t help, because you voluntarily get rid of your page.
That’s why when you think about deleting your Instagram account you better Temporarily disable it in the Edit Profile settings from a browser. We wrote the instructions here.
All you need to get your disabled Instagram account is to log in. It will be automatically retrieved.
Ok, now you know how to get your Instagram account back, but the process may take a while. And in the matter of sales, shutting down even for a day may cause a big money loss. That's why you need to tell users about the recovery.
Explain the situation in your other social profiles. Most of the users do not stick to just one platform.
If they can't reach thought to you on Instagram, they will try to do this on Facebook or other social networks.
Make sure they will find the information that you are recovering your Instagram account and can't post or answer there right now.
Link in bio pages are a great help during the time of Instagram account recovery. Create one on Taplink and add it in your bio on socials. The thing is that you can edit this page independently of whether you have access to your social accounts or not because you edit it on Taplink.
Users worried about you being radio silent on the platform will be looking for ways to find the answers. And they will definitely tap the link in your bio just to check. They will get to your link in bio page and see you are safe and sound and still sell.
This is how such pages can look:
In most cases, IG account recovery is possible. The exceptions are a strict ban and deliberate deleting the page. To avoid described problems, follow the recommendations:
- Save your account data on a separate host.
Thus, you’ll find it when needed. - Connect a phone number and Facebook page to your Instagram account.
- Use two-factor authentication.
- If you have a commercial account, post a couple of your own photos. It will make IG account recovery faster, if it’s hacked.
- Don’t violate the community guidelines. Keep your photos and videos saved on a computer or a virtual drive. You can post them again if hackers delete all the content from the account, or you have to create an account again.
- Don’t log in from others’ devices.
- Keep in touch with your Instagram followers. Tell them you are recovering the account in other socials and on your link in bio page.
How to restore instagram: simple instructions
If you deleted your instagram or your account was hacked, you can return it. The editors of MC.today tell you how to restore Instagram and when you have to do it.
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5 most common reasons why a page is restored
Here are five cases when you have to restore your Instagram profile.
Temporary blocking
If a user has violated the rules for using Instagram, then his page can be temporarily blocked. Access to the page is restricted when a person publishes prohibited content, spam (makes a mass mailing of promotional messages. - Note ed.) , violates copyright and so on. Another page is blocked when a person exhausts the limit of actions - the number of likes, subscriptions and comments.
One action can be blocked, for example, the ability to like or comment. And they can prohibit the use of the entire page. This will be announced in the notification.
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To find out what the restrictions are for, go to the Instagram settings on your phone. Select "Help" and then "Support Requests".
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Select the Violations section. There you can see publications that violate the guidelines of the social network.
Temporary blocking lasts from a few hours to three weeks.
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If you get banned
Ban is also imposed for violations of the rules for using the social network, but after it it is not always possible to recover.
If the user constantly violates the rules, then the page is blocked forever. It can also be affected by complaints from other users.
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If the profile owner proves that the hacker did the prohibited actions, then the page can be restored.
When they forgot their password or email
78% of users forget their passwords after 90 days. In this case, Instagram has a button "Forgot password" or "Help with logging in". Along with passwords, users forget what email they used during registration.
If you still have access to Instagram, then go to settings, select the "Security" section and change your password. An email will be sent to you to change your password. This way you will find the correct address.
Access can be restored through a Facebook profile if it is linked to an Instagram page. Next, we will tell you in more detail how to do this.
If you have lost access or forgotten your email password, please contact the technical support of the mail service.
When the Instagram and Facebook profiles are not connected, and there is no access to the mail or phone number, then the page cannot be restored.
Other Instagram login issues can be found here.
If you were hacked
Instagram page can be hacked by ill-wishers or scammers. Accounts are stolen in order to: carry out financial fraud, steal personal data, view correspondence, send mailings and spam.
If the owner noticed that his page was hacked, then he needs to immediately change the password or contact the technical support of the site. If the moderators of the social network notice this, then they will change all the data. More such pages can be blocked.
If the page was deleted
An Instagram page can be deleted temporarily or permanently. In the first case, the profile becomes inaccessible to all users. But you can return it at any time. And an account that has been permanently deleted cannot be restored.
Technical support and other methods will not help. You will have to create a new page.
How to restore the page through the phone and computer
Phone
Through the login page
1. Log in to the application from your phone and enter your username and password.
2. If you don't remember your password, click the Forgot Password or Login Help button. If you have the data, then go directly to step 6.
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3. Enter your username, email, or phone number. Click next.
4. A link to reset your password will be sent to the specified address or contact. Follow it.
5. Update the password.
6. You will be prompted to restore your account. Press the confirmation button.
Through Facebook
If you don't remember your password, you can recover your account through Facebook.
1. Log in to the application from your phone and click on the "log in with Facebook" button.
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2. If Facebook asks, enter your login information.
3. You will receive a link to reset your password by email. Follow it.
4. Reset your password and create a new one.
Important! You can use this method if your Instagram and Facebook profiles are linked.
Computer
1. Log in to the Instagram website using a computer browser and enter your username and password. If you have the data, then immediately go to step 6.
2. If you do not remember the password, then click the "Forgot password" button.
3. Enter your username, email, or phone.
4. You will receive a password reset link by email or phone. Follow it.
5. Reset your password and create a new one.
6. You will be prompted to restore your account. Press the confirmation button.
How to recover an account that was hacked and the login information was changed
If your page has been hacked, try to restore access using the "Forgot password" or "Help with logging in" button.
Follow the same path when you recover your password. If you gain access to the page, then immediately change the password.
If you have not received access, you can go the other way:
1. Go to Instagram on your phone and click the "Forgot your password" or "Help signing in" button.
2. Enter your username, email or phone number and click on the Need More Help button. On the next page, click next.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen. Enter your personal information and other email.
5. An email will be sent to the post office asking you to verify your identity. They may ask:
- to be photographed with a passport;
- take a picture with the security code;
- give information about the phone model from which you previously logged into your account;
- specify the email of the hacked account;
- send photos that were posted in the account.
Important! If there were your personal photos in the account, where your face is clearly visible, then the page will be restored without problems.
Restoring a hacked page can be difficult: technical support does not always respond quickly, sometimes the answer comes after a few weeks.
How to recover your account if it has been banned
If your account has been banned, you will be notified by email. The letter writes the reason for the blocking and the number of the error. For a reason, it will become clear how you can restore Instagram.
For example, if the account was banned for copyright infringement, then the email will include the contact details of the content author. You can contact him. If you manage to agree with the author, then ask him to report this in support of Instagram. He needs to send a letter with the error number and his consent.
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Sometimes, in a letter, Instagram support immediately makes it clear that it will not work to restore the account.
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If at the end of the letter there is a link "let us know", then the page can be restored. Follow this link. There you will find detailed information about the bathhouse and instructions for unlocking it.
Some users find a way out even in this situation: they pretend that the page has been hacked, and all prohibited actions were done by hackers. So you can go through the path of recovering a hacked page, which we described above, and return your account.
9 tips to protect your Instagram page from being hacked
Here are nine rules to prevent your account from being hacked and data stolen:
- Synchronize Instagram with Facebook . Link your email and phone number to your profile. Use an empty SIM card and mail that is not linked anywhere else. They are not hacked, as they are practically inactive.
- Create a strong password for each account separately. This will reduce the chances that scammers will gain access to your profile if the page is hacked on another site.
Write down the password so you don't forget. - Save photos and videos you share on Instagram to your phone, computer or cloud. This way you can prove that the page is yours.
- Post at least twice a year personal photos that clearly show your face. So the owner's identity is confirmed faster.
- Post only your own content. If you decide to use someone else's, then agree on this with the author. Screenshot the message with consent, mark it on the publication.
- Do not install suspicious applications on your phone. Such applications may request access to a social network. Fraudsters often use this to gain access to data. Read the service description and reviews.
- Do not access your profile from third-party gadgets. They may contain dangerous virus files and applications.
- Update the software version in time and check your smartphone for viruses.
- Find out more instagram rules so as not to violate them.
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How to give access to a Facebook business page
To grant access, open your business page on Facebook and select "Settings" - "Roles on the page" in the menu on the left. Enter the Facebook username you want to grant access to, or the email address they used when registering on Facebook. Specify the access level and click Add.
To determine the level of access, look at what rights everyone has, including what they give you to work on Instagram. For example, if the SMM-schik will fully maintain the page and launch the target, the rights of the Editor will suit him.
If only to collect and process statistics - Analyst's rights.
Access to the business page will be opened as soon as the user accepts your invitation on their Facebook page. You can change access rights at any time.
If the SMM manager will run targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram, you need to grant separate access to the advertising account. First, add him as a friend on Facebook. Next, go to Ads Manager and in the menu on the left, click on the gear "Settings" - "Add people". In the window that opens, start typing the name of the SMM manager on Facebook. Next, select the level of access to the advertising account:
How to give access to your Instagram account
This is not always safe and is fraught with a shadowban or even the loss of an account. In addition, you may need to edit the text in a published post or process messages in Direct. Therefore, it so happened that the issuance of access to the SMM-schik is carried out, most often, by transferring the login and password from the account, and after changing the specialist, the password is usually updated.
Despite the ease of issuing such access, it is rather insecure.
Therefore, in order not to give out the login and password from the Instagram account, Facebook created special tools: Creator Studio and Business Suite. With their help, an SMM-box, for example, with Editor access, will be able to post publications in the feed and IGTV, reply to comments and delete them, reply to messages in Direct, view statistics. Through the Business Suite, the SMM manager will still be able to run advertisements. Unfortunately, Instagram stories from Creator Studio and Business Suite cannot be created yet.
In order to provide an SMM with access to Creator Studio and/or Business Suite, you need to:
Make sure that your Instagram account is linked to your Facebook business page.
Perform all the above settings on the Facebook business page to give the required access level for working with the Instagram account. Including giving separate access to Ads Manager if the SMM manager will be engaged in targeted advertising.
Log in to Creator Studio and link your Instagram account. This is necessary so that when you enter Creator Studio, the SMM manager will immediately display the desired Instagram account.
Open Business Suite and verify your Instagram account: enter your username and password.
You only need to log in to your account once. If the SMM manager has changed, he only needs to assign the correct role on the Facebook business page. It is important to note that when transferring access to Instagram in this way, the SMM manager will automatically receive the rights to manage the business page on Facebook (depending on the access level that you have given him).
How to give access to the community on VKontakte
To give access to the community on VKontakte, first ask the SMM to subscribe to it. Next, go to the community and select "Management" - "Participants" in the menu. Find the right person in the list of community members and click "Set as leader".
Select the required authorization level. If the SMM manager will also run targeted ads, check the box next to "Allow to post advertising posts on behalf of the community."
If you plan to monitor and analyze the work of the target, we recommend that you give the SMM manager separate access to your VKontakte advertising account.
If you just give him Advertiser rights (Editor or Administrator), he will be able to run ads, but only through his account. That is, statistics on the advertising campaign will not be available to you if the SMM manager does not provide you with access.
Therefore, it is better to provide access to your advertising account on Vkontakte, from where he can conduct the entire advertising campaign. To do this, in the settings of your advertising account, enter the URL of the SMM account page or the email address to which its page is registered. Click Add User. His page will appear below. Opposite it, click "Set Rights" and select the type: Administrator or Observer.
Administrator – can create and manage advertising campaigns. Observer - only analyze campaign statistics. If you want the SMM manager to keep track of the campaign budget, check the box next to "Show the campaign budget to the user".
At any time, you can demote or change the level of access to both the community and the advertising account. To demote a user or change the level of authority, go to the community and select "Management" - "Members" - "Leaders" in the menu on the left. And opposite the right person, click "Degraded" to remove all rights. Click on "Edit" to change the user's permission level in the community.
To demote a user in the advertising account, go to it and opposite the person, click "Set up rights" - "Remove rights".
How to give access to a YouTube channel
You can only add other users as managers and administrators from a brand account.
If you have a personal account, you need to link it to your brand account. This can only be done by the account owner following the instructions.
If you're not sure if you're connected to a brand account, you can check it like this: log into your YouTube account and click on the icon in the upper right corner, select "Settings". If you have Channel Admins - Add or Remove Channel Admins, then you already have a brand channel set up.
After verifying/linking your brand's YouTube account, click on "Add or remove channel administrators". You will be transferred to your Google account settings, where you need to select "Access settings".
In the pop-up window, click the icon in the upper right corner to add new users. Next, enter the SMM email address (gmail.com only) and select access rights.
The invited user will receive an email in which they must accept your invitation in order to gain access rights.
How to give access to your LiveDune personal account
Statistics is also an important part of privacy, so in LiveDune you can also grant access to an SMM manager without giving him the login and password from your personal account.
The function is available on Business and Agency tariffs.
In order to issue rights, click on the gear icon and open the "Employees" section. Click add employee, fill in the name and email of the SMM manager and position. Also, you can grant rights only to certain categories of accounts on the Dashboard, with which the SMM box will work.
In addition to access to the statistics of selected accounts, every Monday SMM will receive a weekly report by e-mail on the category to which he has access. Additionally, the SMM manager will be able to use Autoposting and work with comments in all social networks.
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