How to Update your Facebook Email Address on Desktop and Mobile

If you’re on a desktop or mobile device, changing the email associated with your Facebook account requires a few measures.

Facebook lets you customize your experience in a variety of ways, including the email address you use to log in.

In a few simple steps, you can update your email address on Facebook on your desktop or mobile device.

Facebook is the most popular social media network of all time, and almost everyone uses it these days. What began as a portal for American university students — many of us recall when you needed a valid.edu email address to sign up for the site — has grown to connect over 2.3 billion people worldwide as of early 2019.

Almost every aspect of your Facebook experience, including the email address you use to log in, can be personalized. If you allow it in your privacy settings, your email address is used to log into Facebook as well as to allow other users to find you.

It’s a simple and fast process to update your Facebook account to communicate with a different email address if you lose access to the email account associated with it or simply want to connect with a different email address altogether.

How to update your Facebook email address from a desktop machine
1. Go to Facebook.com and log in with your current email address and password in your browser.

2. After you’ve logged in, click the downward arrow in the upper right-hand corner of your screen to reveal a drop-down menu of options. Click “Settings” at the bottom of the list.

3. You’ll find a section for contact information under your general account settings, where your primary email address is specified. When you click “delete” next to your email address, you’ll be taken to a page where you can add another email address or phone number. When you click the button, a pop-up window will appear, prompting you to enter your new email address.

Next to your password, click “Edit.” Company Insider/Jennifer Still You’ll be prompted to re-enter your existing Facebook password after entering your new email address and pressing the enter key on your keyboard to validate the changes. After you’ve completed this security process, Facebook will send you a verification email with a connection that you must click to verify that the email address you provided is a legitimate one.

5. When you click the link in the confirmation email to confirm your new address, Facebook will make your new email address your primary contact. This can be updated at any time by repeating the above steps to enter a new address or using your old one as your primary contact method.

How to update your Facebook email address using the Facebook mobile app
1. Locate and tap the Facebook app icon on your phone’s home screen to open it.

2. Open the Facebook app and tap the three stacked horizontal lines in the lower right hand corner of the screen to reveal a menu of options.

3. Scroll down to the “Settings & Privacy” option, tap it, and a sub-menu of additional account settings will appear.

4. Selecting “Settings” from the “Settings & Privacy” bar will take you to a new screen with your account information, including payment settings, preferred language, and personal information, including your email address. Select “Personal Information” from the drop-down menu.

5. On the personal information screen, click the “Email address” section to access a screen where you can add or remove email addresses linked to your account.

6. Enter the new email address you want to add to your account by clicking “Add Email Address.” Hit “Add email address” after you’ve typed it in. You will then receive a confirmation email with a connection that you must click in order to verify that you are the account’s owner.

7. When you click the link in the confirmation email to confirm your new address, Facebook will make your new email address your primary contact. This can be updated at any time by repeating the above steps to enter a new address or using your old one as your primary contact method.

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