What’s worst than getting an account hacked? Nothing, we mean it nothing. If your Instagram account has been hacked then you are in a very critical situation. The hacker can do anything with your account. He can download your images and can make illegal use of it, or he might post content on your account and badly influence your following. Whatever may be the case, you must act fast in order to recover your hacked account. There is no more time to waste, your Instagram account and following is at stake. However, nothing is impossible, recovering a badly hacked account perhaps will be a little difficult but not impossible.
How to Recover Hacked Instagram Account? – Famoid
In the process of recovering your account, you must be aware of the severity of the case. There are levels of an Instagram hack. If you are discovering content posted from your account that you have got no clue of then your password may be is compromised and the hacker has your password. The more severe hack is when you cannot log in to your account and your email address, as well as other information, has also changed. If you are dealing with such a complex situation then do not worry, we have the right solutions for you.
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If you can log in to your account:
If your account has been hacked and you can still log in to it. You must be observing suspicious things, the hacker may comment or like and post unauthorized content. Then you may realize that your account has been hacked, however, the good thing is that you can still sign in to your account.
In order to recover this account, you can change your password by resetting it or by sending yourself a password reset email. This is easy, and your account will be recovered. However, there are certain things that will help you to ensure the safety of your account. You must check access to third-party apps. You should only give access to those third-party apps that follow the Instagram’s Community Guidelines or Terms of use. If you do not recognize some third-party apps then you must cancel their access to your account.
For doing so, first, log in to your recovered account and then click on the settings icon on the profile page, if you are using an internet browser. Then on the next page tap on “authorized apps” then by clicking on revoke access, you can cancel the access of the apps that you do not use. Or you can revoke access from all the apps so that the apps will ask your permission for access
If you cannot log into your account:
If you have been a victim of a dangerous hacker, he might have changed your password to throw you out of your Instagram home. Despite of that, there is still hope to recover your hacked account. For this purpose you have to follow these steps:
- Open the Instagram login page.
- Tap on “get help signing in” option.
- Then a reset password page will open. You are requested to enter your email address or username.
- If you are using an Android phone you need to tap on the arrow icon in the top-right corner after entering the username.
- If you’re an Apple user there will be no arrow and you can go to the next step where you tap on “need more help”.
- The Instagram app will then let you through the password reset process.
If your email address is changed:
If you have been hacked by a more nefarious hacker, then he will not only change your password instead he will change your every information including your email and username. Recovering such accounts is more difficult and the process is also time taking. But you have to wait and work for it.
The first thing to note is that either you have received an email from Instagram to your email address. If you have received it, then this is great news. Instagram will ask you that have you submitted the email change request. If you haven’t then there will be provided with a link to regain access to your account.
Instagram will send you auto-response email to the secured email address that you have provided and ask you to verify your identity. For doing so, you must be asked one or both the following verifications:
- Your photo with the hand-written code that Instagram has provided.
- The device you used to sign up and the email or phone number you used at the time of sign up.
- When Instagram will be satisfied that you are the owner of the account then it will provide you with further specific instructions to recover account your hacked.
Try to reach Instagram easily
That was easy right, but what if the hacker gained access to the original email id and deleted the email that Instagram has sent you? Don’t be disappointed, Instagram has further options for you. if you have linked your Instagram account on facebook, then Facebook can help you to recover it.
- If you are an android user then tap on “get help signing in” on the login page of Instagram. Then tap on “log in with facebook” and use the Facebook information to log in to your account.
- On iOS, the Instagram account will already be signed in the facebook app, click on “continue as” with your Facebook username. Once you have signed in you can adjust your email id and password.
Instagram also send a text message to the owners who have provided the phone number. It will send you a link to recover your account.
Recovering a hacked account is not difficult, however, make sure that the hacker doesn’t delete your account. If the Instagram account is once deleted it can never be recovered. In order to make your account secure, you can turn on the two-factor authentication option that Instagram provides. It will require your phone number and a code will be texted to you whenever you log in with a new device.
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Hope this article can help you to get your instagram account back!
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my daughters account has been hacked and she has followed all the steps correctly that have been asked of her including sending a photo of herself holding a piece of paper with the code instagram sent her written on it yet theyre saying they cannot verify it is her, her phone number has not changed nor has her email not to mention she has long ginger hair and is easily identified as the person in the photos on the account. how can she get it back if instagrams own recovery system fails.
Hey Samantha,
Sorry to hear that, your daughter published any photo of herself before hacking situation happened?
Instagram needs to verify your daughter by looking the old photos that shared before.
how to see message in instagram pc
Use the APP we’ve recommended in the post -> BlueStacks
My instagram profile have been hacked for the 2nd time, I cant accessed to my instagram account, my support email was missing and my phone number is not applicable. I accidentally have created another account which link to facebook and used the same email with the one that has been hacked. now i dont know what to do next since Instagram not responding to my email
I followed the steps and received the e-mail from Instagram support to send a picture of myself holding the handwritten code. They have stopped responding to me and it has been close to a week now and nothing, no next steps or anything to get back into my hacked account. Is this normal? How long does it take for them to respond with next steps? I’m getting more and more concerned as each day passes and nothing back from Instagram now…
Hey there,
For last step, it may take up to 3 weeks as they have many tasks to do.
I have been hacked over a month ago, on one of my business Instagram account. I followed all the steps to retrieve my account. The hackers changed the email that the password retrieval email is forwarded to. But I sent the correct email I started the page with, a picture of myself with the code two weeks ago and I still do not have access to this account. I have another business and personal page as well. when I reset using the phone and the hacked username, it automatically resets one of my other passwords/
Did you ever regain access?
Did you make the account through Facebook? If so, I have great news for you.
My account has been hacked and they have changed my user name, password, and email associated with my account. How and where do I received the link that is mentioned above? Because I have an iphone and I do not see it.
Just try to contact with Instagram by filling the Form through app.
the hacker has changed my email, password and username. I can’t use my facebook to log in either. how to contact Instagram and fill to form?
1. Open app
2. Click “Trouble logging-in”
3. Click necessary option.
4. Form will appear that asks your identity etc. fill it and send.
Instagram will get back to you in 24 hrs.
Yeaaaaaah maybe in 2019 lol not so much in 2021 especially not with those new stupid updates.. I’ve filled out the form a million times, I’m sure of it lol
I have been dealing with the same thing! did you ever get a solution to this?
Possible solutions in the post above, mostly working for many people. Did you try them?
My instagram was hacked yesterday. They changed my username, email, and phone number. On top of that they hacked the email too and deleted the email that was sent to change the email to their’s in the first place. I have checked trash, junk mail, and archive and it’s not there. I’m just concerned because my name and photo are still on the account and I’m worried that they will post vulgar and inappropriate things in my name. Do you have any advice? I have already filled out the forms and the report a problem on the instagram app.
famoid April 16, 2019 at 11:16 pm- Reply
Sorry to hear that,
After filling the
My instagram was hacked yesterday. They changed my username, email, and phone number. On top of that they hacked the email too and deleted the email that was sent to change the email to their’s in the first place. I have checked trash, junk mail, and archive and it’s not there. I’m just concerned because my name and photo are still on the account and I’m worried that they will post vulgar and inappropriate things in my name. Do you have any advice? I have already filled out the forms and the report a problem on the instagram app.
Sorry to hear that,
After filling the form you’ll receive e-mail from Instagram then you’ll send a photo.
Then you’ll be able to get back it shortly.
What if I did all necessary steps but haven’t recived any reply from Instagram support. Where to send emails complains?
If you’ve done all steps correctly, 100% they will get back to you.
My Instagram account not open send court your not my Gmail
My Instagram account has been hacked and the hacker is using my id and changed my id name and bio he als
if you use a Comcast email you’re in luck. log into your Comcast email account from a computer, click on the trash folder. even if its empty don’t worry, once open click on the 3 lines to the right of the trash folder, then click recover deleted items.
Same thing here my email and username changed to Instagram. next day account gone. I contacted Instagram sent the picture with code and information. few days later all messages sitting in in box gone for good. Still have not heard form Instagram. ;It has been 3-4 weeks. I keep sending the request been hacked and nothing form them.
May take 1-2 weeks to get response back from Instagram due to overload.
my instagram account was hacked and my email was to why do i do i cant get in either
My email in instagram was changed and the notification email is missing in the original mailbox, like above. However, I don’t see any option like “Trouble signing in?” or “Need more help?” like in the instructions above.
I found this Blog helpful… Instagram help is pretty useless to explain the info here. My email was also hacked and the Instagram email was deleted. However after regaining access to my email via security questions, I was lucky enough to find the email from Instagram in the trash folder… there were about 5 emails after they changed my email address / username etc. Thankfully i could use this email to regain access, unfortunately they deleted most of my content. May not be in the trash for everyone but i strongly recommend to double check trash folders if you cant find the email.
Thank you so much for your feedback and recommendations!
My account was hacked as well. I sent in a picture of me with the code and then received a link to reset which did not work because my email had been changed. Its now been months and FB has basically ghosted me and will no long respond.
If you were using Facebook App on your phone, try to reset password from it.
As its known device, you’ll be able to recover it without asking any confirmation.
My instagram got hacked today, it was connected to facebook,I can login to my facebook account but it shows an error when I try login to using facebook account not it letting me login with my mail and username,I have 1.5k followers and 100 of pictures please help me to get it back.
Method-2 in the post above will solve your issue!
My instagram profile was hacked. I send email to instagram and they are not responding.What i shall do?
Try to apply Method-2 in the post.
Similar to everyone above, my Instagram was hacked too; they changed the email and username. I’ve clicked the “help logging in” and “need more help buttons” I’ve sent two photos with the code they sent and my information they needed and I have not heard back. When I go through those steps again, I am not brought to that page to send more information in exchange for a code. Do you have any advice?
After sending all documents, may take 1-3 weeks to get back to you. As millions of requests they are processing in a day, it can take time.
My insta acc just got hacked on tuesday the funny thing is. I was on it an hour ago and then one hour later my password changed and email and phone number
Did you try to reset password from known device?
I lost my phone and the one who get that hacked my instagram account also my email address. I can only search the username but the password was already change. I cannot get any email because they change the password of it too and as usual i don’t have the phone and the number. What can i do?
Hey there, did you try possible solutions in the thread?
Hello,
My account has been hacked and I when I go to the support request form on the app it is blank and it won’t let me type anything, so I can’t report the identity theft or start the identity verification process. I’ve tried on a number of different phones and I have the same result.
Any ideas? I would love some advice!
xHey there,
Did you try the possible solutions in thread?
I contacted instagram and I did the verification process and they sent me a link to change my password to the hacked account. But one of the directions was to “completely log out of my instagram” before doing so. This makes no sense. My instagram was hacked, the email and password changed. I am logged and locked out of it. I can’t “log out” if the hacker is logged in somewhere else. I have no idea what to do and I’m afraid that this person might post inappropriate things on my page, I have family and friends following me.
So I tried to follow the link anyway but of course I got a “suspicious log in attempt” notification. And now I’m back to square one. This is so frustrating.
Really sorry for that,
We are also investigating it.
Even my instagram account has been hacked. When I try to click on need more help the support request form doesn’t pop up instead im being led to the help centre links. Can anyone help with this
Hey there,
Please try from a different browser.
3rd time my account has been hacked, each time it says location is from Russia.
I still cant get back on.
why does this keep happening to me. mine of friends have had any of these problems.
I`m I doing anything wrong
Please do not enter your Facebook password in anywhere else and check 3rd party application access.
Hi, I have received a notification on my e-mail, that I can log back into my insta account (after sending code and photo to IG), but before I could change the password on IG, hackers probably changed the address again, because the pasw reset was forwarded to another e-mail address. Any experience with this? Thanks!
You need to contact with Instagram by providing your Identification, check last step in the post.
Hello, Why now Instagram “Request Submit Form” has been removed?
you know that what i can show “Help Us Recover” Option in Instagra Application?
Our instagram account has been hacked but we can’t Speak with instagram of need more help!
what can we do?
Instagram has to verify your identity before giving the account back, so you have to fill the form and wait patiently.
please help me my account is hacked everything has changed can you do it for me please
I can’t recover my account. How can I get in touch with instagram? I mean, that thing with holding a code in your hand and making a photo of yourself..
Hey Emre,
Have you tried possible solutions we have mentioned in post?
Hi! There is no form to fill out, that’s the problem. To get sure, I even bought an iPhone to see if there is a form to fill out or not, apparently there is no form to fill out on iOS as well, so there is actually no chance remaining to recover the account. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
*Finally I got my page back* ………..
How long did it take for you to get back from Facebook? Mine was hacked this morning and I am trying to restore it within the next two weeks so my data cannot be deleted
In iOS when I go to the report my account hacked form, fill out the emails and other information, the keyboard hides the submit request button and nothing will hide it… it’s driving me insane, I have tried on an iPad and an iPhone. I even bought an andriod phone to try it, but the help form doesn’t even appear on there. I have reported the fault to IG and no response for a week. Help!
i cant excess my Instagram because hacker had change my email and password . I had read all the comments but there is no link or form that i can find here.
Please my account got hacked and they changed the email and phone number. But i found the username please can i get a link through my email address to identify my self
How long does it take them to answer my email that contains the code and my face?
I was hacked and it is supposed to be sending me a message with a security code, but I am not receiving that message. How long does it take to rhwy hasn’t it come through yet?
**or why
my account got hack and he change everything and now it’s showing me that this page might be broken so what can I do to get back my account
My instagram just got hacked today. My password and email was changed. Can you please send me the link or email of instagram where I can send a report pls.
My account was hacked 2 weeks ago now. I have filled out the form over 5 times and have gotten no word back from IG. My password and email was changed and the person hacked both IG and facebook to gain access. Now i got my facebook back but there is no link to my IG at this point im almost willing to pay someone to get my IG back.
My Instagram account was hacked, My number is switched because when I try to log in and it sends my security code I never get it. My account is totally deleted when you look it up on Instagram, I have followed every instruction online but I keep getting put to dead ends, I just want my account back, I get it takes awhile and there is many requests I just hope your Instagram team sees this and can help me get my account back.