You don’t know what you’ll have until it’s gone.
To be honest, the first thing I do when I wake up is to check my phone. I check the time, I check my Facebook notifications. Imagine the horror I felt when I saw that my Facebook account is logged out, and it was disabled!
Did I do anything wrong?
- I am using my authentic name in my account.
- It represents me (not a celebrity, pets, ideas, objects, etc.)
- I’m not impersonating anyone.
- I don’t have multiple accounts.
- Lastly, I don’t use my account for spamming or harassing others.
My account was disabled by mistake.
Because of that, I had to confirm my identity to Facebook. I uploaded my passport and my professional license ID. Of course, I blurred some details. The only requirement is to see the name and the birthday.
Why I need to recover my Facebook?
- It has 8 years worth of memories! Most of my pictures in high school and college are uploaded there. I would definitely miss the “On This Day” reminders.
- I use it to connect with my family and friends. My phone is basically for Facebook. I don’t even have a sim card. Haha!
- I use it to log in in various websites. Instead of going through the long sign up process, I often use the connect with Facebook option. Losing my Facebook account would mean losing many accounts in various websites.
- I use it to manage my Facebook Page. It took me 3 months to build my audience. 16,000 followers aren’t easy to have. I also use my page for business transactions. I use it to promote my blog content as well as my sponsors.
My Facebook account was restored!
“Thanks for confirming your identity. We’ve unlocked your account, and you should now be able to login. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.”
Facebook verified my ID’s in less than 24 hours. Well, I must say that I was sad the whole day. I was only able to access it around 9:00 pm.
Lessons Learned!
- I realized that I only have 2015-2017 pictures in my laptop. This means that I should make a back up for my pictures from 2009-2014.
- I have to manage the “Page roles” in my page. I was the sole admin of my page. The page became unpublished when my account was lost. I decided to give access to new admins.
- I only got 1,200 views in my blog that day. Facebook is really helps in gaining page views for my blog.
I guess you have to save all your pictures in a USB or hard drive from now on to prevent this from happening again. Thank you for the insight!
Hi Jefferson,
Thanks for confirming your identity. We’ve unlocked your account, and you should now be able to login. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
– i have this message everyday, the problem is i can still log-in? anyone can help me regards this one? thank you
I am currently locked out of my account but I feel I they won’t do anything about it. My story is here on WordPress if you’d like to take a moment to read it.
I guess you just have to keep on sending them messages on Twitter. Btw, how many proof of identity did you send?
I sent two. One was a bank statement header with the account number blacked out and the other was a Govt issued social security card.