How To Change The Facebook Email Account

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To help keep your account secure, you'll want to make sure that the email address you have associated with your account is up to date. You can also change the username for your Facebook-created email address, but you can only do this once, so choose wisely!

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Sign into your Facebook account.
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Click the ▼ button in the upper-right corner of the page.
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Select "Settings" to open your account settings.
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Adjust your email settings. There are two different types of email addresses associated with Facebook, your contact and recovery address, and your Facebook-created email address. Both can be changed from this page, though you can only change your Facebook-generated address once.
- Contact and recovery email - Click the "Edit" link next to your current email address. Click "Add email" and then enter the email address you want to change to. Open the verification email that is sent to your email account and follow the link to confirm the email account. This will now be the primary contact and recovery email address for your account.^[1]
- Facebook-created email address - Click the "Edit" link next to your Username (this looks like a web address). Your username is used to create your Facebook email address, and changing it will change the email address. You can only change your username once and if it doesn't include your real name Facebook may revert it.

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Open the Facebook app and tap the Menu (☰) button in the upper-right corner. You can only change your contact and recovery email address using the mobile app; you cannot change your Facebook-created email account. See the previous section for instructions on changing it.
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Scroll to the bottom and tap "Account Settings".
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Tap "General" and then "Email".
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Tap "Add Email Address" and then enter the email address you want to change to.
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Enter your password and tap "Add Email".
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Open the verification email that is sent to your new email account.
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Follow the link to confirm the email account. This will now be the primary contact and recovery email address for your account.

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1. Log into Facebook.com.
2. Click the down-arrow menu.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click Edit next to "Email."
5. Update your address.

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