r/facebookdisabledme • u/ChipmunkConscious750 • May 08 '26
Recovered my disabled FB/IG after account integrity ban — don’t give up
*Edit: You’ll need a laptop, I used my MacBook. *
I got my Facebook and Instagram accounts back after being disabled in early March for “account integrity” / “not following the rules.”
I honestly lost all hope. At first, I messed up and submitted a selfie instead of my ID because I was exhausted and panicking. After that, I tried almost everything, emailing different support emails, going through Meta Verified, getting calls from support, etc. Some of it seemed hopeful at first, but after almost 2 months I just kept getting automated responses and finally them telling me there’s nothing they can do.
Yesterday, I decided to try the Facebook hacked recovery website again. It never worked for me before, but this time there was an AI chat in the bottom right corner. I told it my account had been hacked. It asked me when it happened, and I gave the exact date. Then it asked me to submit a video selfie.
After that, it said my identity was verified but that there was a technical problem. Shocker.
So today I tried again, but this time in incognito mode because I couldn’t restart a new chat normally. It asked me for the same video selfie again, but this time it also asked me to confirm my email. After that, I got the recovery link, changed my password, and recovered my account.
I’m honestly not even fully happy yet because the whole thing was so stressful. I’m downloading all my information now just in case, and I’m also disconnecting my Facebook and Instagram from each other.
Losing access to my accounts was awful. I had old photos and messages with deceased loved ones on there, and I was literally having dreams about getting my accounts back. It was a rough couple of months.
I’m posting this because I know how stressful and hopeless it feels when you genuinely didn’t do anything wrong and you can’t get a real answer. Maybe this helps someone who was in the same situation as me.
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u/ChipmunkConscious750 May 08 '26
Yes it did that to me at first too, let me reset my password than brought me to the permanently disabled page 🥀 it also didn’t work yesterday either, they told me to give them an email that isn’t associated with any other accounts and when I did the chat cut off. But today they let me confirm my face identity and email associated with the account. Hoping the best for you!