My Instagram was hacked and email changed, what to do?

If you are suddenly logged out from your Instagram account, and you received an email that your email address has changed or even your password, it might probably someone who hacked your account.

But how can people hack you on Instagram?

Hacking an Instagram account is not easy unless they had access to your information, such as email, phone number, or even password. If you choose weak password Instagram, hackers may easily open your account. What they do is changing the email and phone number, and also username immediately.

However, if you have created an Instagram account, and you have access to the email or phone number, then you make sure that you can recover the account.

How to recover a hacked Instagram account?

If you suddenly logged out of the Instagram account,and want to know how to get back an ig hacked account,follow these steps immediately. It is better to take action before 14 weeks. After this time, it will be harder and sometimes impossible to recover the account.      

Before recovering the Instagram account, make sure you have access to the email address you have created the Instagram with it.

To recover the Instagram account:

1. Go to the Instagram app

2. Tap on the “Forgotten password?”

3. Enter the username, or phone number/email address

4. Tap on “Need more help.”

5. If you have access to the phone number or email address, select one of them and tap on send security code

6. Check the email address/phone number to receive the security code

7. If you cannot access, tap on “I can\t access this email or phone number.”

8. Fill up the form (email addresses, choose the type of account and select “My account was hacked.”

9. If you have any other info, write in the other info section

10. Tap on request support

11. Please wait for the support team to contact you (it may take sometimes)

12. Follow the instruction in the email to justify that you are the owner of the account

How to recover the Hacked Instagram account via email?

If you have access to the email address that you have provided on Instagram,use it when your  instagram got hacked. you can change the password once you realized you are hacked. If you logged out suddenly from the Instagram account, immediately check the email address.

If you had a new email from Instagram that someone has changed your account setting, click on the link provided in the email to change the password.

How to secure your Instagram account?

There are many ways you can do to secure your Instagram account.

• Enable two-factor authentication
• Set a difficult password
• Make sure you have access to the email address you create the account
• Make sure you have access  to the phone
  • Open the Login screen on Instagram, enter your Instagram username, and click on the Get help button.
  • Click on the need more help button on the trouble logging in page.
  •  Next, enter the email address you used to sign up on Instagram. 
  • Choose the type of your deleted Instagram account. For example, company accounts, brand accounts, or personal accounts.
  • Select my account was hacked, and write down any additional details needed.
  • Choose the Request Support button, and Instagram will send you an email. Now, you have to enter some necessary information to verify the account is yours.
  • If Instagram confirms your account, you will get the message.Save your device while logging to Instagram, if it asked you. Then if you locked there, Instagram would let you log in using the devices you have used before.
    

    How to recover deleted Instagram account?

    Instagram will store all you post on your account, which means you do not access them after deleting your account. It is not possible to get back your deleted Instagram account based on Instagram’s policy. But here, you can read about methods to recover deleted Instagram accounts.

  • In the guide: “Instagram deleted my account” you will find all the reasons why Instagram deleted your account and what to do about it.

    How to get deleted Instagram account back by Reactivating

    Sometimes you disable your Instagram account temporarily, which means you can get it back later by reactivating it. Pay attention that the deactivation process takes time, and you cannot reactivate it during this period. 

    Open your Instagram account, and enter your username and password and try to log in. If your credentials are verified correctly, Instagram allows you to reactivate your deleted Instagram account. Now, you have to follow the onscreen instructions.

    Get back eternally deleted Instagram account

    While many people believe that they can not recover their deleted Instagram account, it is good to try the steps below to get it back.

• Open the Login screen on Instagram, enter your Instagram username, and click on the Get help button.
• Click on the need more help button on the trouble logging in page.
•  Next, enter the email address you used to sign up on Instagram. 
• Choose the type of your deleted Instagram account. For example, company accounts, brand accounts, or personal accounts.
• Select my account was hacked, and write down any additional details needed.
• Choose the Request Support button, and Instagram will send you an email. Now, you have to enter some necessary information to verify the account is yours.
• If Instagram confirms your account, you will get the message.

All in all
Hacking Instagram account is no more possible. Instagram has solved this issue by sending the code to the creator’s email address or phone number. It is better to keep the login info of the email address that you had made the Instagram account with it in a safe place.

Without having access to those emails, you may lose your Instagram account forever unless you can justify the support team that you are the owner of the account.