Reset Your Instagram Password
This article teaches you how to reset a forgotten Instagram password with either your username, an email address, a text message, or your Facebook account details.
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Steps
Using Your Username
- Open Instagram. Its a purple-red-orange gradient app with a white, square, camera icon.
- If you're using an Android device, you cannot use your username to prompt Instagram to send you a password reset email.
- Tap Get help signing in. It's below the blue Login button.
- You may have to tap Sign in at the bottom of the screen first.
- Type in your username. If you don't remember which email address you used to create your account, typing in your Instagram username will at least give you a hint.
- Tap Send Login Link. A pop-up window with the first letter of your Instagram-registered email address and a confirmation message will appear.
- For example, you might see "We sent an email to m*******b@gmail.com with a link to get back into your account."
- Tap OK. It's at the bottom of the pop-up window.
- Open your email. If you don't have access to the email address you provided, you'll need to instead.
- Open the email from Instagram. Its subject will say "Help with your account," and you'll find a link below the Log Me In button entitled "reset your instagram password here."
- If you don't see an email here, look for it in the "Spam" folder (or the "Social" or "Updates" folders in Gmail).
- Tap the password reset link. Doing so will take you to a page where you can type in a new password for your account.
- Type in your new password twice. You'll enter it in the two text fields listed on this page.
- Tap Reset Password. It's at the bottom of the page. If your passwords match up, you'll be taken to your Instagram home page in your mobile browser.
- You can now open Instagram and log in with your reset password.
Using an Email Address
- Open Instagram. Its a purple-red-orange gradient app with a white, square, camera icon.
- If you know your email address, you can also reset your Instagram password from the website itself: navigate to the Instagram login page, click the blue "Log in" link near the bottom of the page, click Forgot? in the password field, and enter your email to get a reset link.
- Tap Get help signing in. It's below the blue Login button.
- You may have to tap Sign in at the bottom of the screen first.
- Type in your email address. This must be an email address you previously linked to Instagram.
- On Android, you'll need to tap Use username or email first.
- If you remember your Instagram email address but can't log in, you'll need to instead.
- Tap Send Login Link. You'll see a banner across the top of the screen notifying you that the confirmation email has been sent.
- For Android, tap → in the top-right corner of the screen instead.
- Tap OK. It's at the bottom of the pop-up window.
- Open your email. If you don't have access to the email address you provided, you'll need to instead.
- Open the email from Instagram. Its subject will say "Help with your account", and you'll find a link below the Log Me In button entitled "reset your instagram password here".
- If you don't see an email here, look for it in the "Spam" folder (or the "Social" or "Updates" folders in Gmail).
- Tap the password reset link. Doing so will take you to a page where you can type in a new password for your account.
- Type in your new password twice. You'll enter it in the two text fields listed on this page.
- Tap Reset Password. It's at the bottom of the page. If your passwords match up, you'll be taken to your Instagram home page in your mobile browser.
- You can now open Instagram and log in with your reset password.
Using Your Phone Number
- Open Instagram. Its a purple-red-orange gradient app with a white, square, camera icon.
- Tap Get help signing in. It's below the blue Login button.
- You may have to tap Sign in at the bottom of the screen first.
- Tap the Phone tab. It's on the middle-right side of the screen.
- On Android, tap Send an SMS.
- Tap Send Login Link. Doing so will send a text with a link in it to your provided phone number.
- You'll tap → in the top-right corner of the screen instead if you're using an Android device.
- Open your phone's messages app. You should have a text from a five-digit number (formatted like 123-45).
- Tap the message from Instagram. The text's body will say "Tap to get back into your Instagram account:" followed by a link.
- Tap the Instagram link. You may have to tap it twice
- Tap Open. You'll see this option at the bottom of a "Open this page in Instagram?" dialogue window. Doing so will open your Instagram account.
- If you're using an Android device, tapping the link will take you to a password reset page instead. You'll be able to type in a new password twice and tap Reset password before being redirected to your Instagram account in a mobile browser. At that point, you can open Instagram and log in with your new password.
- If you'd like to reset your iPhone's Instagram password but don't have access to your old email account, you'll need to tap Edit Profile on your profile page and enter a new email address into the email field. From there, you can tap Done in the top-right corner of the screen, tap the settings gear, and tap Reset Password. You'll receive a link in your new email address.
Using Your Facebook Account
- Open Instagram. Its a purple-red-orange gradient app with a white, square, camera icon.
- Tap Get help signing in. It's below the blue Login button.
- You may have to tap Sign in at the bottom of the screen first.
- Tap Log In With Facebook. It's at the bottom of the page.
- Note that this method will only work if you've previously linked your Facebook account to your Instagram account.
- Tap OK. This button will appear below text notifying you that you've already authorized Instagram's use of your profile. After a moment, you'll be taken to your Instagram account within the Instagram app.
- For Android, tap Continue as [Your Name] instead of OK.
Tips
- You can use a web browser to reset your lost password if you've lost your mobile device. Resetting your password on a web browser also resets it on any mobile devices on which it's signed in.
Warnings
- If you no longer have access to the email address or phone number that you used to log into Instagram, you'll need to use the Instagram "Contact Us" page to regain access to your account.
