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If you receive an email from Instagram saying “You can easily return to Instagram now” without your prompting, this is an indication that someone is trying to hack your Instagram account.
“You can easily return to Instagram now”: This is behind the message
Instagram accounts are hacked again and again. Hackers either take advantage of data breaches at companies or resort to phishing to get access to data for online accounts. There are various indications of a hacked account.
- One indication is if you receive an email from Instagram with the subject “You can now easily return to Instagram” without having requested it. Usually, someone has then tried to reset the password for your Instagram account.
- If you still have access to your account on the social media platform, however, there is no need to worry. Because as long as no stranger has access to your email account, the access data for the Instagram account cannot be easily changed.
- That’s why it’s essential to protect your email access with a secure password. To be on the safe side, you can also change this at any time.
- Another sign of a hacked account is that you suddenly find yourself following people you don’t know.
- If you can no longer access your account and cannot log in despite having the correct password, your account has probably been hacked.
Get your hacked account back: How to do it
If you’re locked out of your Instagram account, here’s how to do it:
- On the sign-in page of the Instagram app, select the “Get help signing in” button.
- Then enter the username of the account and tap “Next”.
- Then click on “Send e-mail”.
- After a few minutes, you should receive an email from Instagram at the address you left behind. Click on the “Sign in as [your Instagram name]” button here.
- The Instagram website will open in the browser and you can set a new password for the account. Tap on “Change password” to complete the process.
Get access back without username and password: How to proceed
It becomes more difficult if the hacker has not only changed the password, but also the user name or the stored e-mail address.
- Call up the login help as described above.
- Instead of tapping “Next” after entering your username, however, select “You can’t reset your password? “
- Select “Yes, there is a photo of myself in my account” to continue with the process.
- Then enter the password you used earlier and tap “Next”.
- On the next page, you can send a security code to your old e-mail address. This is because it is still stored as security, even if the hacker has changed the email address. To do this, select the e-mail address and tap on “Next”.
- You will receive an email with a six-digit code, enter it in the Instagram app and tap “Confirm”.
- You can then confirm your email address and add a phone number. You also set a new password for the account.
- Finally, you can edit account information such as the user name, photo, or profile. You confirm this step by tapping on “Done”.