Having trouble recovering your hacked IG account? The following is a collection of ways to restore a hacked Instagram.
Maybe you have 100 or even 100 thousand followers, but when you feel like an account Instagram you were hacked, you must be upset. Moreover, if the account can't be opened.
Well, first thing you can do is:
Report it to Instagram help center
choose Privacy and Safety Center
After that, select Report Something and click Account the Hijacked. Then, just follow the instructions listed on the page.
In addition to reporting and asking for help directly to Instagram, there are several other ways that you can do yourself to restore a hacked Instagram.
How to Restore Hacked Instagram easily and quickly
This time, Jaka has summarized three ways to restore a hacked Instagram account easily and quickly.
If Instagram is hacked, but you can still login
If suddenly your Instagram account is used by someone else, but you are still logged into the account, there are several things you can do to restore your hacked Instagram account.
- open Instagram app on your cellphone then select Settings to change your password.
After you change your password, check the list authorized applications to ensure hackers don't upload or post from other sources.
To remove all access to applications connected to your Instagram, you must log in using a PC or laptop via a browser. After you enter your profile, select menu Settings then click Authorized Apps.
Then, Revoke Access or cancel access to applications that you do not recognize or simply revoke all access.
Now your Instagram account is no longer accessible to others. There is a possibility that the person knows your password so he can enter your Instagram account. So, keep the password secret!
If Instagram is hacked, but can't login
If this is the case, it means you are facing a better hacker.
Indeed, many hackers change passwords so that it is difficult for us to enter our accounts.
The following is how to restore hacked Instagram, if you can't login at all.
- open Instagram app on your HP. Then click Forgotten Password. Then type your Instagram username or email. If that doesn't work, try entering your phone number.
- After that you just follow the orders to restore your Instagram account.
If the username and email are also changed hackers
If the hackers not only changed your password but also changed your username, email and you don't have access to the email linked to your account, it means you can't follow the steps that Jaka has mentioned above.
If this is the case, it is not impossible for you to restore your account. The first step what you can do is check email you are connected to the Instagram account.
If there is a message in the Inbox or Spam from Instagram that says there is request or a request to change your Instagram email, try clicking the option as Jaka has marked below to confirm that it wasn't you who submitted the email change.
If you don't find the message, try searching for bin or trash because it might be deleted.
But if the email from Instagram really doesn't exist, You can use Facebook to change your Instagram email. This you can do if before you already connected your Instagram to Facebook.
The steps are as follows:
For Android phones, click Get Help Signing In on the login page. Then click login with Facebook. And, use your Facebook credentials to login to your Instagram account.
Meanwhile, if you are an iPhone user, click Facebook icon (Continue as..Your name).
- After you successfully log in, go directly to the menu Settings and reset your email and password.
How to keep your Instagram safe from hackers
To prevent your account from being hacked, ApkVenue has tips on how to keep you safe from hackers, namely activating two-factor authentication in the Settings menu.
Indeed, this method does not guarantee 100 percent of your Instagram is free from hackers, but at least it makes it a bit difficult for hackers to access your Instagram account because there are double protection.
Those are 3 ways to restore a hacked Instagram easily and quickly. Good luck!
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