Discovered this by accident, and proceeded to get locked out of my Instagram account forever. There's zero recourse for support.<p>I got my password wrong a few times. Forgot I had changed it. It locked me out and asked for a verification/security code which they would email to me.. except they didn't.<p>The support FAQ said to try resetting my password, it let me, but then still wouldn't let me log in without the security code. I hit resend dozens of times over a week, never got one (but I DID get the password reset and other emails, so it's not my email end).<p>Some quick googling shows this has been the case for YEARS. Quora, google support, Instagram "support" (a Facebook page that ignores all messages) all have threads of people asking/begging Instagram to fix this going back for multiple years.<p>So basically.. anyone can go and purposely login wrong to another account a few times, and lock them out forever!<p>Instagram used to have a process for hacked accounts and a process for contacting them.. all of that has been replaced with a FAQ on Facebook.com that basically says "Having login issues? Reset your password!" and that's it. It doesn't even mention "security code" anywhere if you search.<p>More and more companies are going the Google route for support. If it's not in their FAQ, then post to a public support forum where fanboys will echo the exact same FAQ answers back at you (with a free dose of attitude added) and if your issue falls outside the FAQ, too bad, make a new account and lose all your (potentially YEARS of) contribution to that platform.<p>What's the point of using/contributing to ANY Google/Facebook platform when there's zero support, and you can lose EVERYTHING when you trigger some automated system with zero human oversight?<p>Is Facebook abandoning Instagram? Or are they really this arrogant?
Is there a way to link multiple email addresses to one single instagram account? Either through facebook or instagram directly? Looks like the security code service might be consuming a different email address. Maybe double check ALL your email accounts? Maybe you created an email account one day just to signup to FB/insta then forgot about it?