Facebook is the most widely used picture and message-sharing application. It has billions of users and the daily turnout of its users is immense. There are people from all age groups and almost all walks of life who share their personal data on Facebook and in light of that, Facebook had a moral and ethical responsibility to take care of the privacy and security of the data that is being shared on the application.
Owing to that, Facebook keeps on revamping its security norms and rules to protect the integrity of this social media platform. The main aim of these rules and norms is to keep any malicious activity from happening. In order to keep things in order sometimes, some legit users can also get locked out of their accounts.
How to Fix “Your Account is Temporarily Locked” on Facebook
While it’s a fairly common phenomenon for genuine users to get locked out due to ever-evolving security norms on Facebook, we will guide you through the various reasons for an account getting temporarily locked.
- If a user’s account gets repeatedly reported for abusive or malicious content then Facebook has the authority to lock that user out of his/her account.
- Facebook has put up a limit to the number of friend requests that one can send to people on Facebook. On exceeding that, Facebook can lock the person out of his/her account.
- If a user repeatedly shares spam content in the name of marketing, then too, Facebook can lock the person out of his/her profile.
- Even if a user unknowingly shares spam content, his/her Facebook account can be locked out.
- If a user is using their Facebook account simultaneously at many devices, the. Too they can get locked out.
- Another common reason for someone getting locked out of their Facebook account is when they try to log in to their account from a different device but fail to do so because of an inability to remember their password. In that case, Facebook might lock you out due to security concerns.
- If Facebook suspects that some illegal/suspicious activity is going on in your account, then Facebook can lock you out of your account.
Facebook is a fairly easy application to use. Even in case of being temporarily locked out, the user can fix the situation by following some steps. We will walk you through the process of fixing a situation where you might be temporarily locked out of your account.
- Clear the memory cache and the browser history from your phone/tab or laptop.
- Open the Facebook application or open it in the browser.
- Try logging in to your account.
- You might be asked to fill in some security questions.
- If you enter your mobile number or email address, an OTP might be shared with you and upon sharing it, you might be able to access your account.
If this doesn’t work, then you can try out the following steps.
- Open the Facebook login page
- On the security page, select get help from friends.
- Select a person from the displayed friend list who might be able to help you.
- When you click on the friend’s name, a code will be sent to them
- Upon entering the same code, on your device, you might be able to access your account.
If you are unable to access your account regardless of the above-mentioned steps, we advise you to wait for 96 hours before your try logging in to your account and repeating the above-mentioned procedures. But in case, you are still unable to access your account, then it is probably due to security reasons, and in that case there, is not going to be any other way to access your account apart from submitting your legit ID details
The method for submitting your details are as follows
- Open http://facebook.com/help/contact/260749603972907 this link
- An application will open up where you can choose and upload your ID credentials.
- You can upload documents like your driver’s license etc.
- After that click, on the send button.
- You will be able to gain access to your account after that
Conclusion
Facebook is a very vast and easy-to-use social media platform but that doesn’t mean that this application falters on its security norms. We shall advise you to not share or send any down content to anyone and abstain from sending friend requests to multiple unknown people. Apart from that, unwarranted, blasphemous, and malicious content should also never be shared. These few pointers can go a long way in patenting your Facebook is and your data.
