Change your email in Facebook settings in three steps

To change the email address on your Facebook account, open Facebook on any device, go to Settings and Privacy, select Settings, then find the Email section under Personal Information. Click next to your current email, type your new email address, and Facebook will send a confirmation link to that new address. Click the link in that email to complete the change.

The whole process takes about five minutes if you have access to your new email inbox right away. If you do not have immediate access to the new email account, you can save the change as pending and confirm it later — Facebook gives you up to one week to click the confirmation link before the change expires.

Key Takeaways

  • You must have access to your new email address to complete the change, because Facebook sends a confirmation link you have to click.
  • The change does not take effect until you click the confirmation link in the new email — your old email stays active until then.
  • If you cannot access your new email right away, you can leave the change pending for up to seven days before it expires.
  • Changing your email does not affect your password, login method, or any other account settings.

Step-by-step: changing your email on desktop

Start by logging into Facebook on a computer. In the top right corner, click the downward arrow next to your profile picture. A menu will drop down — select Settings and Privacy, then click Settings.

On the left side of the screen, you will see a menu. Click Personal Information. You should now see a section labeled Email with your current email address displayed. Click the word Edit (or the pencil icon) next to your email address.

A box will appear where you can type your new email address. Delete your old email and type the new one carefully — misspelled emails will cause the confirmation to fail. Click the Review Change button.

Facebook will show you a summary of what you are about to change. Click Confirm to proceed. Within a few seconds, Facebook will send a confirmation email to your new address. Go to that email inbox, find the message from Facebook, and click the Confirm Your Email button or link inside it. Once you click that link, the change is complete.

Step-by-step: changing your email on a phone or tablet

Open the Facebook app and tap the three horizontal lines (the menu icon) in the bottom right corner. Scroll down and tap Settings and Privacy, then tap Settings.

Scroll down until you see Personal Information and tap it. You will see your current email address listed. Tap Edit next to the email section.

Tap in the email field, select all the text, and type your new email address. Tap Review Change, then tap Confirm. Facebook will send a confirmation email to your new address within seconds.

Open your email app or go to your email on a web browser, find the message from Facebook, and tap or click the confirmation link inside. The change takes effect immediately after you confirm.

What to do if you do not receive the confirmation email

Check your spam or junk folder first — confirmation emails sometimes get filtered there by mistake. If you find it in spam, mark it as not spam so future Facebook emails go to your inbox.

If the email is not in spam, wait a few minutes and check again. Facebook usually sends the confirmation within seconds, but email can take up to five minutes to arrive. If more than ten minutes have passed, go back to Facebook Settings, click Personal Information, and look at your email section. If the change is still showing as pending, you can click Resend Confirmation to have Facebook send the email again to the new address.

If you still do not receive the confirmation after resending, check that you typed the new email address correctly in Facebook. Go back to the email section in Settings, click Edit, and verify the address character by character. A single typo will prevent the confirmation from reaching you.

What happens to your old email address

Your old email address remains connected to your account as a backup until the new email is confirmed. This means you can still use your old email to log in during the confirmation period. Once you click the confirmation link in your new email, the old address is removed from your account and you can no longer use it to log in.

If you change your mind before confirming, you can go back to Settings and Personal Information and click Cancel next to the pending change. Your old email will stay as your primary email and nothing will change.

Changing your email if you no longer have access to your old account

If you cannot access the email address currently on your Facebook account — for example, if that email provider shut down or you lost the password — you have a different process. Go to Settings and Personal Information and look for the email section. You should still be able to add a new email address even if you cannot access the old one.

Click Edit next to your email, type your new email address, and proceed through the confirmation steps as normal. Facebook will send the confirmation to the new address, not the old one. Once you confirm, the new email becomes your primary email and the old one is removed.

If Facebook will not let you change your email and you are locked out of the old address, you may need to use Facebook's account recovery tool. Go to facebook.com/login/identify on a computer, enter your name or phone number, and follow the steps to regain access to your account. From there, you can change the email normally.

Using email as your login method

Your email address is one of the ways you can log into Facebook — the others are your phone number and your username. Changing your email does not change how you log in. You can still use your username or phone number to log in after you change your email.

If you want to log in using your new email address, you can do that immediately after confirming the change. If you want to remove the old email as a login option entirely, go to Settings and Privacy, click Settings, then click Personal Information. Look for the Email section and make sure only your new email is listed there.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I have two email addresses on my Facebook account at the same time?

No, Facebook only allows one primary email address per account. You can add a secondary email temporarily while you are confirming a new one, but once you confirm the new email, the old one is removed. If you need to keep both emails connected to your account for some reason, you would need to create a separate Facebook account.

What if I confirm the new email by mistake and want to change it back?

You can change it back the same way you changed it the first time. Go to Settings and Personal Information, click Edit next to your email, type your old email address, and confirm. There is no limit to how many times you can change your email, so you can switch back and forth as needed.

Does changing my email affect my password or two-factor authentication?

No. Your password stays the same, and if you have two-factor authentication turned on, it continues to work the same way. Changing your email only changes the email address associated with your account — nothing else is affected.

How long do I have to confirm the new email before the change expires?

Facebook gives you seven days to click the confirmation link in the new email. If you do not confirm within seven days, the pending change expires and your old email remains your primary email. You can start the process again at any time.

Can I change my email if my account is restricted or limited?

In most cases, yes. Account restrictions usually do not prevent you from changing your email address. If you cannot access the email settings for some reason, it may indicate a larger account issue — try logging out and logging back in, or use a different device or browser to see if the settings appear.