How to Send a New Password for Facebook to an Old Email

Reset your password from the option on the Facebook home page to get a new password sent to your old email address.

If you're worried that your Facebook account has been compromised then you can change the password from the "Account Settings" menu. This change is automatic and Facebook therefore won't email you with the new password. The only way to get email notification of a password change is to use the "Forgot Your Password?" option from the log-in page. You can choose to have the new password sent to an old email address during this password reset process.

Instructions

1. Launch your computer's Web browser, and navigate to Facebook.com.

2. Click the "Forgot Your Password?" link below the log-in boxes on the Facebook home page.

3. Type the correct answers to the security questions in the appropriate input fields. Facebook uses the personal information you supplied when opening the account to set the security questions.

4. Type the "Captcha" security code into the input field in the pop-up security window.

5. Enter the old email address that you want to use for receiving the new password into the email address field.

6. Click "Reset Password."

7. Open the email client on your computer. Wait for the Facebook email containing the new password to arrive in the inbox of the old email account. This usually takes a few minutes.

Tips & Warnings

• Change your Facebook password regularly as a security measure to prevent unauthorized access to your account.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Facebook Help Center: Login and Password