If you’ve forgotten which email address you used to create your Facebook account, you can use your Gmail account to help track it down. Here are some tips for finding your Facebook account when you only have access to Gmail.
Check your Gmail inbox for emails from Facebook
The easiest way to find which email you used for Facebook is to look in your Gmail inbox. Facebook sends out various notifications and emails to your registered email address.
Some things to look for:
- Account confirmation email when you first created your Facebook account
- Password reset emails if you ever requested a new password
- Facebook News/digest emails that recap your notifications and activity
- Emails about new friend requests, messages, post comments, etc.
Go through your Gmail inbox and search for any emails sent from Facebook, Meta, [email protected] or [email protected]. This will reveal the email address your Facebook account is registered with.
Search Gmail for Facebook email address
If you don’t have any recent Facebook emails in your Gmail inbox, you can try searching to see if the Facebook email address is mentioned anywhere.
In Gmail, try searching for:
- “Facebook” – this will show any emails referencing Facebook
- “@facebook.com” – this will look for any Facebook email addresses
- “account” or “registration” – emails may reference your Facebook email address when discussing account creation
Look through the search results for any emails or references to the email address you used for Facebook. Sometimes the email address is mentioned in correspondence from family, friends or businesses.
Check connected accounts
If you’ve ever connected your Facebook account to another app or service, you may be able to find your Facebook email address that way.
Some places to check for connected Facebook accounts:
- Other social media apps – Check if you have your Facebook account linked to apps like Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. The app may show the connected Facebook email address.
- Gaming platforms – Look at any gaming/entertainment services like PlayStation, Twitch, Xbox and see if you have Facebook connected as a sign-in option.
- Shopping apps – Many shopping apps and websites allow signing in with Facebook. Check any connected accounts on apps like Amazon, Ebay, Wish, Etsy, etc.
- Dating apps – Apps like Tinder, Bumble, Hinge often allow Facebook sign-in. The connected accounts page may show your Facebook email.
- Food delivery apps – Apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash, etc may have your Facebook account connected for easy sign-in.
For any services that show a connected Facebook account, see if you can view the associated email address.
Check old emails/accounts
If you’ve had your Gmail address for a long time, you may have used an older email to originally create your Facebook account. Some options to check include:
- Look through any old/inactive email addresses you may still have access to.
- Check for email addresses of old Internet/phone services you used in the past.
- Ask close family and friends if they remember or have record of an old email address you used.
- Search through any old email backup files if you ever downloaded your inbox history.
Searching through old communications and accounts may reveal the email you first registered with Facebook.
Use Facebook account recovery options
If you can’t find any trace of the Facebook email address in Gmail, you can use Facebook’s account recovery options to gain access.
On the Facebook login page, click the “Forgot Password?” link. This will take you to the account recovery flow.
You can try to recover access by entering:
- Phone number associated with your account
- Full name on the account
- Usernames of friends
Once you enter enough accurate recovery information, Facebook will show you the email address linked to the account.
Search public records and databases
There are various public data sources that may have your Facebook email address if you shared it broadly in the past.
Some options to search:
- Google – Try searching your name in quotes plus “Facebook” or “@facebook.com”
- Pipl – People search engine that aggregates public data
- Spokeo – Another search engine for public records and social data
- PeekYou – Searches sources like forums, social networks, documents
- Zabasearch – Draws data from public websites and records
Use these data sources to see if your Facebook email was ever publicly viewable online.
Contact Facebook support
If you still can’t find or access the email address used for your Facebook account, you can contact Facebook support for additional help.
On Facebook’s Help Center, go to the Contact Us page and select “Login and account access” issues. There you can explain your situation and that you don’t have access to the account email anymore.
Facebook may request additional information or documents to confirm your identity before they can reveal or reset access. But their support team can directly view the account email on record and help you out if needed.
Create a new Facebook account
As a last resort, if you have no way to access your original Facebook account and email address, you may have to simply create a brand new account.
You’ll start fresh without access to your old info and friends, but can search for them again and send new friend requests.
Make sure to use an email address you’ll have ongoing access to, like your current active Gmail account, when creating the new Facebook account.
Tips for keeping track of your Facebook email
To avoid this situation in the future, here are some tips for keeping track of which email you used for Facebook:
- Record it somewhere safe – Keep a record of which email address you used for Facebook in a secure location like a password manager or personal document.
- Use your main email – Whenever creating new accounts, try to use your primary, permanent email address that you have regular access to.
- Set email recovery options – Make sure to set backup email addresses and recovery options in case you ever lose access to your primary email.
- Link social accounts – Cross-link your social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) so you can find related login info.
- Add email aliases – Add nicknames or aliases in Gmail for your Facebook email so searches will turn it up.
Taking steps like this makes it much easier to keep track of the email address associated with your Facebook account.
Conclusion
Finding your Facebook account email through Gmail may take some digging, but there are ways to uncover it. Search your inbox, check connected accounts, explore account recovery options, and contact Facebook as needed. And be sure to keep better record of your Facebook email address going forward.