How To Contact Facebook: A Directory of 120+ Forms
[Last updated: April 2024] If you’ve ever had reason to contact Facebook, chances are you may have felt frustrated at how difficult it is to get any real support. For example, whether you’ve been locked out of your Facebook account, your account got hacked, your Facebook Ad Account got shut down for no good reason, you’ve discovered a bug, or you need a profile of a deceased loved one to be memorialized, then you’ll definitely want to contact Facebook.
However, getting any semblance of a response from a real person at Facebook seems impossible.
HOW exactly do you reach someone at Facebook and how do you actually get a response? I’ve got you covered in this directory that I first started in 2010 and my team and keep updated!
Facebook used to provide a modicum of support via a series of email addresses, e.g. info@facebook.com. However, in an effort to better serve its members and scale the support, the only way to reach Facebook is through a VAST array of custom forms. Thing is, all those forms are scattered throughout the Help Center and you can often go on a complete and utter wild goose chase attempting to find the right one. Grr!
Help is at hand! My team and I scoured Facebook (and Google!) for you and have compiled this helpful directory of Facebook’s contact forms. As we become aware of more, I’ll add to this directory.
UPDATE: Use Facebook’s guide to show you exactly where and how to report abusive content or spam on Facebook. How To Report Things.
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PLEASE NOTE: Comments have been closed on this post as I am unable to personally respond to requests for additional support with trying to contact Facebook. I do not work for Facebook.
To quickly search through this directory, simply use the “Find” feature on your browser (usually Ctrl + F on PCs or Cmd + F on Macs).
Facebook Security – Hacking, Phishing, Scams, Abuse
Please see this blog post packed with resources, tips and help to reclaim your hacked Facebook Account, Page, or Business Manager along with steps to protect and secure your account: Facebook account hacked? Business Manager hacked? Here’s how to get help.
- If you’re unable to get into your Facebook account because you believe it has been hacked, immediately go to facebook.com/hacked and follow the instructions.
- To report any kind of abuse or violation, go to Report Something on Facebook and find your specific issue there.
- See also these two resources for support on Security and Safety:
- Keep your Facebook account secure
- Meta Safety Center
NOTE: if you or someone you know is in physical danger of any kind due to bullying, harassment, stalking, threats etc., contact your local police immediately.
Facebook’s Page Guidelines
Facebook’s Brand Resources and Guidelines
- Here’s how you can/cannot use Meta’s logo, trademarks, screenshots, name, etc: Meta Brand Guidance
Facebook’s Terms and Policies
General Support
Here are all the links to general areas of support:
- Facebook Help Center
- Facebook Location Basics
- Facebook for Business (previously Facebook Pages)
- Manage Your Apps
- Facebook Developer Group
- Meta Safety
- Facebook for Education
- Facebook for Business Hub
- Nonprofits on Facebook
Page Name Change
Report That Your Facebook Personal Account or Page was Disabled
Facebook disables both personal Profiles and Pages for violating its Terms of Use. The company can often be rather heavy-handed though – and that’s mostly because it’s all controlled by AI on the first pass. Use one of these forms as appropriate to submit a report:
- Your Personal Account was Disabled
- Report a Page Unavailable Error
- Use this form if your Page was hacked and you’ve lost Admin access
Report Issue with Confirming or Identifying Your Personal Account
- Recover an Old Facebook Account
- Report an Imposter Account
- Report your Hacked Account
- Report an Issue with Accessing Your Account by Confirming Your Identity
- Report an Issue with Verifying Your Account
Restore Content After Your Account Is Reactivated
Claim/Find Your Official Page
- If you can’t find your fan Page in Search results, see this section: Page not Displaying in Search
Get Help With Facebook Groups & Events
- Can’t find Group in Search
- Report an Issue with Message or Invitation Delivery
- Report an unavailable Group or Event
- How to pause or delete a Group
Report Problems with Uploading Photos and Videos
- If you’re unable to select photos to upload
- Report an Issue with the Flash Uploader
- Fix problems with Photos or Videos
- Report an Issue with Disappearing Videos
- Video Uploading Issues
Trademarks and Copyright
See also this INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Help Center page.
Get Help With Facebook Mobile
- Report a Login Issue
- Confirmation Code SMS (Text message) Issues
- Report an Issue with Verifying your Account
- Report a Problem
Get Help With Facebook Ads, Ad Credits / Report A Facebook Ad
- If you have a general question about Facebook Ads, contact the Facebook Ads Team here: Ready to Start Advertising?
- Submit Your Facebook Ads Success Story! If you’d be interested in having Facebook develop a Facebook Ads case study about your experience, write a description within 500 words as to how Facebook Ads helped you. You’ll receive a $50 Facebook Ads coupon if Facebook use your success story! Share Your Business Success Story!
- Facebook ad credits
- Report an ad next to a profile, group, photo or other page within the site
- Report an ad you saw when you were using a Facebook application
Get Help With Facebook Payments
- If the payments functionality has been temporarily disabled on your account, use this form: Disabled Payments.
Report Bugs and Error Messages
Include a screenshot whenever possible. There’s a browse/upload file for the image on certain forms where appropriate.
- Login/Password: Report a Login Issue
- Report A Bug on a Facebook (fan) Page: Report an Issue with Facebook Pages
- Friends: Unable to send or accept a friend request on Facebook
- Search: Report an Issue with Search
- Photos: Report an Issue with Photos
- Problems Sending or Receiving Gifts: Contact Facebook Gifts Support
- Video: Report an Issue with Videos
- Groups: Report an Issue with Groups
- Events: Report an Issue with Events
- Pages: Report an Issue with Facebook Pages
- Confirmation Facebook Account Error: Report an Issue with Confirming Your Facebook Account
- Site Maintenance Error: Facebook Will be Back Soon Error
- Database Down Error: Facebook Will be Back Soon Error
- Oops Error Message: Report an Issue with Messages
- My Contact File or Address Book Won’t Import to Facebook: Report an Issue Importing Your Address Book
- Remove Imported Contacts: Remove All Imported Contacts
- I Tried to Use the Friend Finder: I’m Being Told I Entered the Wrong Password When Importing Contacts
- Inbox Messages: Report an Issue with Messages
- Inbox Not Loading: Report an Issue with Messages
- I can’t see my messages in Messenger or connect to the Internet
- Home Page (other issues): Report Something Isn’t Working on Facebook
- Comment Disappears: Report Comment Disappears
- Older Wall Posts Do Not Display: Report Older Wall Posts Aren’t Showing Up
- Posts Not Appearing In News Feed: Report Posts Not Appearing in News Feed
- Wall Posts Disappearing: Report an Issue with Timeline
- Wall Is Not Visible to Friends: Report an Issue with Timeline
- Not Receiving Site Notifications: Report an Issue with Notifications
- I’m Not Receiving Email Notifications: Report an Issue with Email Notifications
- Wall (other issues): Report an Issue with Timeline
- Page Not Found Errors
- Chat Bar Not Loading: Report an Issue with Chat Loading
- Online Friends Appear Offline: Chat Appears Turned Off for Friends
- Messenger Chat (other issues): Report an Issue with Chat
- For developers only, see this bug tracking system: Bugs
Report Hacking, Malicious Links, Scams
- My Account Has Been Hacked And I Have Access To My Login Email
- Report a malicious link or website (phishing) — or you can always report strange emails to phish@fb.com.
- My friend’s account has been hacked
- Report Problems with Facebook or Instagram Advertisers
Report Offenders
- Report Suicidal Content
- Violation of the Facebook Terms: Report a Violation of the Facebook Terms
- Report a Threatening Message
Report Unauthorized Content of Minors
- Report the Profile of an Underage Child (Under 13 Year Old): Report an Underaged Child
- Report the Profile of an Underage Child in South Korea and Spain (Under 14 Year Old – the laws are different in South Korea & Spain): Report an Underage Child in South Korea and Spain
- Report an Unauthorized Photo – Under 13 Year Old Child To advise Facebook of photos of your child that are unauthorized, please use this form: Report a Privacy Rights Violation
- Report Unauthorized Non-Photo Content – Under 13 Year Old Child: Report a Privacy Rights Violation
- SEE ALSO: Privacy information for Parents
Report When A Friend/Family Member Dies – Memorialize a Profile
- Report a Deceased Person’s Profile (to have the profile removed or placed in a memorialized state): Memorialization Request
- If your own profile has been inadvertently turned into a memorialized state, use this form: Unable to Access Your Account
Submit Suggestions to Facebook
See the directory of Suggestion forms on Facebook here.
- Your Feedback About Places
- Your Feedback About the Home Page
- Your Feedback About Messages
- Your Feedback About Timeline
- Your Feedback About Graph Search
- Your Feedback About Events
- Your Feedback About Groups
- Your Feedback About Photos
- Your Feedback About Videos
- Your Feedback About Facebook Mobile
- Your Feedback About Pages
- Your Feedback About Privacy Settings
- Your Facebook Ads Suggestion
- Your Feedback About Notifications and Emails
- Your Feedback About Facebook
Delete Your Account
- Use this form to permanently delete your account: Delete my Account
I trust this compilation is helpful to you!
Remember, you can often find solutions to your issues by doing a simple search of Facebook’s Help Center. Use the appropriate forms listed here in the event you cannot find a solution and need to contact Facebook.
PLEASE NOTE: Comments have now been CLOSED on this post. Please do not call or email my offices with Facebook issues, as I am unable to provide Facebook tech support, due to sheer volume and due to the fact I do not work for Facebook so am unable to provide direct assistance with various issues. If you are unable to contact Facebook directly through any of these forms, unfortunately, you just need to keep trying. Thank you!
I wanted to contact facebook about the issue I was having below:
I create a facebook username.I did not know it would automatically be displayed on my profile page permanently, and that I would not have the option of not displaying it.
Is there a way of having control over displaying my user name on my profile? I don’t want it displayed. If it could not be, not displayed, how could I then just delete it?
How would I go about/what form would I use to contact facebook about this issue?
Or if there is anyone that figured out how to not display or delete their fb username, I would love to hear how you did it. Thank you.
someone hacked my fb account and posted VERY inappropriate photos and comments as if they were me. They even replied to a private message with my phone number and email (the phone # wasn’t listed), so they know me. The minute I found out I changed everything and deleted comments they put on others pages. FB has deactivated my account, I wrote them through the help page and explained. How long till they respond and can I get the ip address of whoever was logged on to my account? It’s been 2 days.
someone hacked my account now i am facing charges what can i do?
My account has been hacked on 15 FEB, and i cant login to my hotmail too! So, i cant reset my password! I reported it to FACEBOOK team, but they never reply, i waiting 5 days already! I’m so worry and sad, i’m the real owner, iwillng to accep account recovery throughs friend, but the problem is they r not reply me! So, how they help me!! Anyone know, how long they processing Account Recovery Process, and how long they verify our identidy? I feel HELPLESS now, I really need help, and want to access to my original account…… PLS HELP ME!
ve the same problem but i wasnt hacked i just forgot my password and now my hotmail dosent wanna let me log in
This sounds like a browser/keychain issue. If, the first time you made your pw, you told your browser to remember that pw, then you just need to sign into fb with your new pw and when your browser asks if you want to change, click change. It should remember your new password now.
My account in facebook has been hacked, and changed the password and I can not login in the acoount, i see that not only changed the password but also add an email address that I do not use. At my request, the account is blocked. But I want to return my old account.
Can someone help me to unlock my account and somehow to send me a new password ?
I am having this problem too. It is what brought me to this web site for answers. I guess they just don’t want to give my facebook page back to me until they are done investigating the phisher.
You have blocked account too? and you write them to unblock your account? How many days have passed you contacted them? Hope?
my wife’s account has been “phished” …. this was reported, and her account was “frozen” for 24 hrs. She then went to go back on, and now has nothing, other than the same form to fill out asking for help, which facebook does not reply to. her name has been removed from my friends list, and her name also has been removed from my pictures. when i go on to try to report this, they ask for her URL …, duh, she has been removed, so her name and/or URL do not show up… any help here ?? why can’t facebook have a live on-line help?? or a phone number. my wife has been without her facebook for 2 days and is getting very frustrated. HELP! trj
My photo strip has disappeared from my profile page and when I click on my profile pics, it says the album is empty. Also it is saying there are 43 pics and there are only 41. It was there yesterday and I can see them on my I phone. What happened?
How can I properly display my initials with both letters capitalized on Facebook? (The name change feature on the Help site is no help.)
My first name has been J.P. since I was in the cradle and everyone I know knows me by that name. It’s even on my checks. On Facebook, my name displays as J.p. ****, but I would like the P capitalized as well. It isn’t even necessary to have the periods, even “JP” with no space between letters would suffice as well.
I have seen hundreds of other Facebook members with their initials capitalized, and have contacted many of them. In every single case they had corrected the issue when it was still possible to contact a Facebook representative, and the support links they used were no longer valid. Please, how can I make this happen?
Mari, I need your help & expertise! Just yesterday, Facebook authorized me to claim my Place, which I was then permitted to merge with my Page. All done successfully. I also had an out-of-date other Page that I wanted to merge with new one, with it in mind that it says I can unmerge if not happy. So, I merged my two Pages together, but it only kept the old one! The new one, that I have worked countless hours setting up, is GONE. I instantly panicked and unmerged, but nothing happened. The newer Page isn’t back…all evidence of it is gone. Though when I type in the new Page name in the search at the top, it still shows up (as does the Place), however when you click on it, it just reroutes you to the newsfeed Wall. Is there a way to get my new Page back?!?! Is it gone forever, deleted? PLEASE HELP. Thanks!
Ugh, now the newer Page doesn’t even show in the search. FML!