How To Find Your Facebook Password (And What To Do When You Can't)
Let's be direct about something important upfront: Facebook does not show you your saved password anywhere in the app or website. This is by design — storing visible passwords would be a serious security risk. So if you're hoping to log into Facebook settings and simply read your password off a screen, that option doesn't exist.
What does exist are several legitimate methods to recover access, retrieve a saved password from your device, or reset your credentials entirely. Which method works for you depends heavily on your specific situation.
Why You Can't "Find" Your Facebook Password the Usual Way
Facebook stores passwords using one-way cryptographic hashing — a process that converts your password into a scrambled string that even Facebook's own servers can't reverse-engineer back into readable text. This is standard practice for any security-conscious platform.
This means:
- No Facebook settings page will display your password in plain text
- Facebook support cannot tell you what your current password is
- Anyone claiming to "retrieve" your Facebook password directly is either mistaken or running a scam
What you can do is find where your browser or device has stored the password locally, or go through Facebook's official account recovery flow.
Method 1: Check Your Browser's Saved Passwords 🔍
If you've ever clicked "Save password" when logging into Facebook in a browser, that password is stored locally on your device — not by Facebook, but by the browser itself.
Google Chrome:
- Go to
chrome://password-manager/passwordsin the address bar - Search for "facebook.com"
- Click the eye icon to reveal the stored password (you may need to verify your device PIN or biometric)
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Settings → Privacy & Security → Saved Logins
- Search for Facebook and click the eye icon
Safari (Mac):
- Go to System Settings → Passwords (or Keychain Access)
- Search for "facebook" and authenticate with your Mac login or Touch ID
Microsoft Edge:
- Go to
edge://wallet/passwords - Search for Facebook and reveal
Important variable: This only works if you previously allowed that browser on that device to save the password. If you used a private/incognito window, cleared your browser data, or simply declined the "Save password" prompt, nothing will be stored there.
Method 2: Check Your Phone's Password Manager or Keychain
Mobile devices maintain their own credential stores, separate from browser-saved passwords.
iPhone/iPad (iCloud Keychain):
- Go to Settings → Passwords and search for Facebook
- Authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode
Android (Google Password Manager):
- Go to Settings → Passwords & Accounts or visit
passwords.google.com - Sign in with your Google account and search for Facebook
Third-party password managers (1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, Dashlane, etc.):
- Open the app and search your vault for a Facebook entry
Again, this only works if you were using one of these systems when you originally set or last changed your Facebook password. If you've switched devices, migrated Google accounts, or never enabled keychain syncing, the entry may not be there.
Method 3: Reset Your Facebook Password
If no saved password turns up anywhere, resetting through Facebook's official recovery flow is the cleanest path forward.
From the Facebook login screen:
- Click Forgotten password?
- Enter the email address or phone number associated with your account
- Facebook will send a one-time code via email or SMS
- Enter the code, then create a new password
Variables that affect this process:
| Situation | What Happens |
|---|---|
| You still have access to your email/phone | Straightforward reset via code |
| Email/phone account is also inaccessible | You'll need to use Trusted Contacts or ID verification |
| Account has two-factor authentication enabled | You'll also need your 2FA method |
| Account was hacked or email was changed | Facebook has a specific compromised account recovery flow at facebook.com/hacked |
Method 4: Use Facebook's "Trusted Contacts" Recovery
If you previously set up Trusted Contacts in your Facebook security settings, you can ask those friends to retrieve a recovery code on your behalf. This was designed specifically for situations where you've lost access to your email and phone. It's less commonly used but worth knowing exists.
What Affects Which Method Will Work for You
A few key factors determine which of these paths is actually open to you:
- Which device and browser you used most recently to log in
- Whether your phone number and email address linked to Facebook are still active and accessible
- Whether you use a password manager — and whether it's the same one you used when you created or last updated your Facebook login
- Your two-factor authentication setup — having 2FA adds a recovery dependency that can complicate things if you've also lost your authenticator app
- How long ago you last changed your password — older stored credentials may have been overwritten or cleared
A reader who logs in daily on a single device with Chrome's password manager has a very different recovery path than someone who shares devices, uses Facebook primarily through a third-party app, or hasn't logged in manually in years. 🔐
The right starting point is taking stock of exactly which devices, browsers, and accounts you were using when you last successfully logged into Facebook — because that's where the trail leads.