By Hally | Last Updated
Can't sign in the Gmail account because you failed to find the correct password? Or you did not use this account for a long time and now you want to recover the account? It is common situation for both of us today. Luckily, Gmail offers you multiple methods to prove that the account belongs you and enable you to reset the password. Here is the guide to reset the forgotten Gmail password or recover the Gmail account. Try it and regain your Gmail account now.
Step 1: When you go to the Gmail login interface, enter your Gmail account name(email or phone) in the box and then click Next button, you will get the Forgot password option here.
Step 2: After clicking Forgot password option, for the reliable users, Google will offer several ways for them to prove that they are the Gmail account owners and send them the verification code. If you fail in one way, you can change another way by clicking Try another way.
Way 1: Use the last password to prove you are the account owner. It needs you to enter the last password you remmber using with this Google account. Please pay attention that the last password should be the right one.
After that, you will be asked to enter the email address or phone number you added to the account to get a verification code.
Way 2: If you do not remember the last password, you can directly click Try another way and use the related phone number or email address to verify the account is yours.
Way 3: If you did not connect the phone number or annother email address with this account, you can get the verification code by answering the security question. As the screenshot shows, you need to provide the month and year when you created the Google account.
Then you will enter the account recovery interface by sending the verification code to your connected account. As you can not access the related account to read the verification code, you can click Try another way to enter a new email address to receive the code.
Step 3: Input the received verification code which you got via any way in Step 2.
Step 4: When the account is verified successfully, you can create the new password and then tap Next to save the change.
Step 5: Now, you have reset your Gmail password and recovered your Gmail account. With your Gmail account, you can use any free service in Google because this Gmail account is also your Google account.
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