Got Your Facebook Account Disabled? Here’s Why and How to Get it Back?

Who doesn’t love Facebooking? Facebook is much more than a social platform and it also allows you to promote your business. But everything has to be done under the rules and regulations set by Facebook. Over time, it has strengthened its security measures to fully stop the increasing incidents of hacking, spam activities, fake accounts, cyber bullying, and other illegal acts.

If your account has been banned, suspended, disabled, or locked by Facebook, the reason could be anything from entering the wrong password to making too many posts. There will be no warning and your account will be directly locked for an unknown period if Facebook smells something suspicious.

Due to the strict policy measures of Facebook, many of the genuine users have also faced the problem of their accounts getting locked or sometimes deleted forever. Therefore, it is better to know what kind of behavior Facebook expects from its users and what can be done to prevent loss.

In this guide, you will learn about the following topics:

Symptoms that you have been blocked from Facebook

If you don’t know what it looks like when a Facebook account is locked, here are the things you’ll notice:

Reasons why Facebook has deactivated your account

If you are interested in knowing about “How to Unlock My Facebook Account”, first of all, take a look at the causes that are responsible for putting you in trouble:

• Create a fake Facebook account

Facebook never allows anyone to create fake accounts or use someone else’s name or face on their profile. You cannot cheat Facebook through a fake account and once it identifies that it is not you, your Facebook account will be temporarily locked.

• Friend request too many people at once

Making friends is what Facebook was made for. But sending or accepting friend requests in bulk can make Facebook consider you a spammer. So this can be one of the reasons for facing a locked account.

If Facebook finds you involved in any suspicious activity or if you post offensive content, your Facebook account will be temporarily blocked for security reasons. This can also happen when you don’t comply with Facebook’s policies.

Hacking incidents are very common and if Facebook believes that someone else is trying to hack into your account or you have entered the wrong password multiple times, your account will be disabled until you verify that it is you.

If you are using an account that represents another person or company without your knowledge, Facebook will block or delete it without notice.

Facebook account can also get temporarily locked if someone tries to access it from an unknown device. Facebook controls the locations from which you log into your account, so if they detect a strange location, just to prevent hacking, they block it for a while.

For whatever reason, you can never join a large number of groups on Facebook. Doing so may put a block on your account.

If your account has been reported as a fake account, Facebook will not block it after just one complaint. But other requests to block your account can definitely lead to a blocked FB account.

Sometimes it can also happen that if you click on something on Facebook and it turns out to be a scam like for example:

• If something claims that you can see who is viewing your Facebook profile, clicking that may lock your account or may be one of the tricks to hack your account.
• Similarly, a pop-up asking you to install something to fix a particular problem can also be a scam.
• Random videos that ask you “Do you know whose photo this is?” or similar questions.

Never click on links that will get you into serious trouble and you may lose access to your account.

Facebook account recovery

Now, if you are facing a suspended Facebook account or your account has been disabled for any reason, the big question that arises is “how to recover Facebook account”. There are different ways to unlock your FB account. You can try the underlying method to regain access to your Facebook account.

If you believe your account was disabled in error, you can submit an appeal by completing an online form. Submit all the details and then Facebook will help you by looking into the matter.

1. Go to the link: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/260749603972907 where you will see the page “My personal account was disabled”.
2. Now, you need to enter your personal information such as login email address or phone number, your full name, etc.
3. Additionally, you will be required to upload any of your proofs of identification for account verification. As proof of identification, you can use any document issued by the government of your country, such as a voter ID, passport, or driver’s license.
4. Clicking ‘Submit’ will send your appeal to Facebook.

Please note that you may need to wait several weeks for a response from Facebook. But if you haven’t violated any of Facebook’s policies, this method is one of the easiest to recover your account.

If you think your account has been locked for security reasons, you can follow the steps below:

1. Open a browser and go to the official Facebook website.
2. Go to the login page, enter your credentials, and sign in to your account.
3. When you get to the security page, select the ‘Get help from friends’ option.
4. On the next page, when you see the list of your contacts, select those you trust.
5. Once this is done, click ‘Continue’.
6. The friends you have selected will receive a code.
7. Ask them to send you the code.
8. Enter the code to unlock your Facebook account.

Another way provided by Facebook to unlock your disabled account is to identify the friends you have tagged in their photos. This way, you can let them know that you are the true owner of your account and that you have genuine friends on your account. You will be asked to name 5 of your friends to get your account back.

Once your account is verified, you can create a new password for your account or change the email address if necessary and press ‘Continue’.

Situations in which Facebook account restoration is not possible

• Facebook does not restore accounts that have been banned for serious violations of Facebook’s policies and rules.
• If you are found to have created two accounts or a fake Facebook account, you will not be able to recover it as only one real name account is allowed.
• If the name on your account does not exactly match the name on your ID that you are providing to recover your account, you will likely lose access to your account.

Also Read: Tips to Avoid Facebook Jailbreak

Facebook Jail is another term used to show accounts that have been disabled or locked by Facebook, prohibiting their ability to post or send friend requests for a few days. Sometimes Facebook only stops you from using a particular feature if you’ve overused it. For example, if you continually post content, you may not be able to post to Facebook for some time.

In most cases, you will see two types of blockage:

• The first is temporary blocking where Facebook only blocks you for a certain period of time. After that period is over, you can access your account again. Facebook Jail also lasts for a few hours or days and after that, you can start using it again.
• If there is a serious violation of Facebook policy, your account is permanently removed from the platform.

No one wants to face a situation like FB jail, especially when you were genuine of yourself. Here are some tips to avoid getting into such a delicate situation:

1. Avoid spam by tagging people unnecessarily in your posts or images they are not a part of.
2. Be sure to take breaks while posting on Facebook to avoid being flagged as a spammer.
3. Another activity that is considered spam is posting Google images, so make sure you get your images from a good source.
4. It is not considered modest to add people to FB groups without their prior permission, so make sure you get proper consent before adding someone to your group.
5. You are not allowed to like and comment on the Facebook post like a robot, that is, continuously. Likes and comments genuinely and not just to create engagement.
6. You must use your real name for your personal account and your business name for your business account. Using your personal account for business purposes can put you in FB jail.
7. Another reason why Facebook might flag your account is if you are sending so many friend requests to unknown people, and in return, you reject or delete them.

If you follow all the guidelines, there are minimal chances of being blocked, disabled or blocked by Facebook. The platform has been provided to enhance connectivity and share memories. Therefore, it will be better to keep it clean from spam activities.

How long does FB block your account?

First of all, it depends on why it was blocked in the first place. It can take anywhere from a few minutes, a day, 7 days, 14 days, 21 days to a month or more. Serious violations can even ban your account forever. In that case, you will need to create a new FB account with a different email address.

Facebook account under review

Facebook always works to improve user security and to ensure that the account is always safe, it has added a security feature.

If at any time Facebook feels that you are using your account for some illegal purpose or that you are not following the policies, you may be asked to validate its authenticity. That is why the next time you try to log in, you will be asked to send your photo to Facebook in which your face must be clearly visible. Once you’ve submitted your photo, you won’t be able to log into Facebook until your photo is successfully reviewed. You’ll see a message every time you try to log into your account “You can’t use Facebook right now, we’re reviewing the photo you sent us.”

Every time you try to log in, you will find the same message until the moment Facebook has reviewed the photo. Also, please note that the account will only be restored if you have provided a real photo of yourself. Providing the wrong photo can cause you more trouble and make it impossible to recover your suspended account.

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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI