How to Recover Gmail Account
Gmail is the most used platform for email service. It is convenient and has enough open-source features for individual users and organizations. You can purchase additional features as well if you need more. It is natural for users to forget their password. In that case, they tend to lose their account. Therefore, Gmail provides multiple options to recover your email accounts, such as phone number, email address, and security questions.
Here, you will get an informal and helpful guide to recover your Gmail account so that you can work efficiently without any delay and disruptions.
How to Recover Gmail Account with Phone Number
- Open gmail.com into your browser and go to the login page.
- Click on the Forgot email address link, and you will get the option to enter the phone number or email address.
- Enter the phone number that you have added into your Gmail account to receive the recovery link/OTP and follow the on-screen instructions to recover your account.
Note: This option will only work if you have entered the phone number into your email account.
How to Recover Gmail Account with New Phone Number
Note: You should be logged in to your in a device to use these steps.
- Open your device’s settings app and go to the options Google Manage your Google Account on your mobile device.
- Go to the Security link and click on the Recovery phone.
- You can Change, Edit, or Delete the phone number.
- You can access the link myaccount.google.com/phone to get the more option to edit a new phone number to recover your account.
How to Recover Gmail Account with Old Phone Number
Note: Make sure that you have used that phone number into that account before, and that number is still in function.
- When you go to the login page in Gmail, click on the Forgot email address and enter the old number into the empty given field.
- You will receive the steps to recover your account on that phone number.
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How to Recover Gmail Account with Verification Code
You can recover your account through the verification code as well. Look for the detailed guide for this step below.
- Go to the Gmail login page and give the email ID that you want to recover and click on the forgot password link.
- Move to the option to get verification code by recovery email address by clicking on the Try another way link. Skip choices to get the verification code recovery option.
- Give your recovery email address to get the verification code and enter it in the given field and complete the verification steps by following on-screen instructions.
- When you get back to your account, change your password to complete the account recovery option.
How to Recover Gmail Account with 2 Step Verification
You can recover effortlessly through a 2-step verification if you have added this option in your email account.
Here are the steps to add the two-step verification option in your account.
- Login your account through the link https://myaccount.google.com.
- Go to the Security link on the left side menu on the screen.
- Select 2-Step Verification and then click Get started option.
- Next, you need to follow the on-screen steps to complete the process.
- After you successfully add 2-Step Verification to your account, you will get the notification to your mobile device whenever you log in to your account on any other device.
Here are the account recovery options with easy 2-Step Verification.
- You can tap Yes or No to grant access to your account to that platform to access your Gmail account. So even if you forgot your password, you get to access your account into the saved device through this step.
- You can add a security backup code to help you during the account recovery under the Backup Codes> Show Codes option. Print or download your code. Switch off the Use your phone to sign in option to use this Backup code option for verification.
- To add a device to access your account without second step verification, you can check the box beside, Do not ask again on this computer from the device you want to save the login details.
How to Recover Gmail Account with Date of Birth
Date of birth is one of the options that you can get for Gmail account recovery if you have added it to your account.
- Open the Gmail sign-in page and enter your email address (click on the forgot email link if you don’t remember your email address and recover your account from there).
- Now, click on the forgot password link, which will redirect you to the password recovery page.
- You will get the option to enter the last password that you remember, give the password you know and complete the security process to get back to your account. If you don’t want to use this option, then click on the link, Try another way.
- It will take you to the page through which you get the option to recover your account via security question or the Date of birth (Make sure that you add Date of birth in your Gmail account to get it as the account recovery option).
- Enter your Date of birth in the given field, and then you will get the option to reset the password.
- Give the new password with the combination of alphanumeric and symbols and confirm it to save the changes.
How to Recover Gmail Account with Recovery Email
Steps to retrieve your account through the recovery email address.
Note: This option will only work if you have added a recovery email address to your account.
- Go to gmail.com and open the login page.
- Click on the Forgot email address link, and you will get the option to enter the recovery email address.
- Fill that field with your email address, and you will receive the instructions to regain your account from that account. If that account is of your friend, then keep your mate informed in advance to receive the instructions.
- Follow the given instructions to recover your account, and then change the password.
How to Recover Gmail Account with Security Question
If you forgot your password, then you can recover your account through security questions.
- Enter your email address on the Gmail login page.
- Click on the Forgot password link, and go to try another way option, where you will get the account recovery option through security questions.
- You have to answer the question to recover your account and change the password when you get it back.