can't sign in to facebook on my ipad, error message 'enter the Facebook password for "" in Settings.'

I am not that annoyed any more lol but still can't fix it... I got this message when I try to enter my password...

You might instal the Facebook app then try again.

I am having the same issue. I think the problem might be that either IOS 7.x or Facebook, or both doesn't like it when you try to have two facebook accounts on your IPad. I have an IPad Air, btw. I even went so far to reset the entire IPad back to factory settings, then set it up as a new IPad, and finally after getting Facebook working I did a restore from my backup so I could have my apps and saved games. Guess what, the "" came back. Whose idea was it to not allow us to remove all of the settings from memory from programs we uninstall? I have uninstalled Facebook so many times that is stinks. I am buying my IPad on a payment plan from T-Mobile and I may have to return it. I don't want a piece of equipment that can't behave.

No need to Reset.

this worked for me too: (forget who posted but HUGE THANKS!

I put the password in Settings, but didn't press return, I then went to Privacy in settings and changed the Facebook setting to off, where it says applications that have requested etc etc, then back to the FB icon, where it let me sign in properly!! Why this worked god knows, but it did!

That is not my problem. I can sign in, but I can't get rid of the extraneous Facebook account. The extraneous account has its own login name, but it won't let me delete it.

I Had this same problem as of July 9,2014 tried everything but finally I got it go into setting and then go to General then go to reset an from there hit "Reset All Content and Settings" this would do a restore without having to plug it to iTunes from there set up everything because it will be like getting it out the box after that go back into setting an Facebook should now allow you to add you account info hope it works

I have been struggling with this error message since it first appeared on my iPhone many, many moons ago. I have tried to fix a few times but gave up trying.

I tried my Facebook password like it requested and got the "..could not communicate with server error message" like everyone else. Today it showed up again and I vowed to fix it once and for. In addition to my iPhone, I have an IPad 4. I have never seen the message appear on my Ipad. In my iPad I went into settings, Facebook, and lo and behold i saw my name right below settings. I clicked my name and it said:

Full Name XXXXX XXXXX (my first and last name)

User Name XXXX.XXXXX.33 (<<<--- this is the key to the whole mess. Firstname dot lastname dot 33)

Password ooooooooooo (this is your facebook login password)

I stared at the User Name in amazement. This is probably what the facebook setting was needing, but it was only asking for password. So here is what I did:

I hit Delete Account and it then it asked for those three pieces of information. So I entered in my iPhone what was on my Ipad 4 and it cleared everything up. Now I was lucky I had another apple device with my User Name already inputted. Where would I have found out that crucial piece of information if I had not had another apple device? It is part of your Facebook login web address. Another place you can find it is: Log into facebook account, go to About and look for your contact info, it will be something like this: bill.smith.22@facebook.com bill.smith.22 is your User Name

So basically your Facebook has three names attached to it: #1 your name = Bill Smith #2 User Name = bill.smith.22 #3 email or phone that you put in your web browser with your password to log in to facebook. Confused? So was I. I hope my instructions weren't confusing.

Thank you Scotty - I just got a new to me - used iPhone 4s and I have had a HORRIBLE time trying to figure this out- I have tried all the settings adjusted and everything! I followed your "I hit Delete Account and it then it asked for those three pieces of information."
For me I hit delete and it asked if I wanted to merge contacts before deleting - and I said yes - It is "merging contacts" and I will follow the rest of your suggestions! SO far it has rid my phone of the pesky Facebook settings "". error!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!

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