Questions tagged [google-account]
Google common user account needed to access services provided by Google.
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Maximum number of Google accounts using the same mobile number
I have created a few Google(Gmail) accounts for separate purposes. I often provide my primary Gmail account and my (only) mobile number as the recovery email and phone number.
My concern is that at ...
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How to migrate ownership of all files in shared folder to one account before shutting down the other
I currently have 2 Google Drive accounts (personal and school). Because I'm finishing my degree, my school account will shut down. I have one shared folder between both accounts and half the files are ...
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Why do I need to login to Gmail twice?
Recently I have found that when I log in to a Gmail account it throws me back into the login page the 1st time but I always lets me in the 2nd time. Someone is not capturing my passwords are they?
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How can I find my Google Account name?
I can't remember the name of one of my Google accounts (account a), but it was signed in on a computer that was signed in to a different account (account b). is there a way to find account a in the ...
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Why does Gmail force a dot in my email address?
Google insists that dots don't matter in an email address.
However:
If I attempt to log in with [email protected] then it tells me I'm logged in as [email protected].
I am ...
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Can Gmail third party app access my phone number? [closed]
When an app (like signup using Google in website) access my Gmail contacts permission or other permissions, can that app know the phone number that registered with Gmail also used to recover the ...
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How can I share access to a Google account?
I help to run a small organization, which runs a camp for two weeks per year. We use a free Google account for e-mail, and there are some items stored for safekeeping in the Drive. There are a few ...
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Gmail inaccessible abroad
I have a Gmail account that's not registered on my phone. I have private data in there and I don't want to keep it as my phone account.
Whenever I travel to another country, I can't access this ...
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How can I access my Gmail account if I forgot the address and don't have access to recovery phone?
Bit of a complex one.
I went travelling for a year in Australia (2001/2016) so I got a SIM to put in my phone. 8 months in I created an email address (was similar but not the same as my original ...
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Automatically switch to another Google account during work hours?
I have two Google accounts:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Is it possible to automatically change between during working hours?
Example:
Monday to Friday
08:00 - 17:00 -> business@...
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Can't change language on Google Account [duplicate]
After using Google from work behind proxy servers, for some reason, they redirected me to Netherlands Google. Ever since, my Google account has been stuck in Dutch no matter where I use my Google ...
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How do I change my Youtube nickname from "Firstname Lastname" to "Nickname" or just "Firstname"
I'm encountering a small but rather frustrating stupid problem that's driving me mad.
At some point Google insisted on me specifying a first and last name. I entered "Stromboli" for both. Since then, ...
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Google script insecure?
For a couple of years a script is run in https://script.google.com, but now it is seen as an insecure app? Why? The service is provided by Google right? Third party?
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How can I remotely log out of my Google account on a recently used device?
I have noticed a device I don't recognize in the list of recently used devices in my Google account. I'm not overly-concerned about it, because I think the device belongs to one of my family members, ...
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Log Google Security Center - which insecure app did I disable?
By mistake I just disabled some app that Google deemed "insecure" in Google Security Center (I clicked "disable insecure app" and expected a new screen listing the app I was about to disable but it ...
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Does changing Google account password log me out of Gmail on Chrome?
I used a public computer to check my Gmail. I forgot to log out of the public computer. I have just changed my Google account password and I have always had 2 factor authentication enabled.
Will I ...
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Use new email for google account [duplicate]
I have a google account based on an email name that I don't really like(used native spelling instead of the English one and now live abroad). I have LOTS of things tied to it though, (Android, drive ...
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Forgot my mail id & password of my google account , how recover id & password? [duplicate]
IForgot my mail id & password of my google account , how recover id & password ?
my phone was rebooted and it cant start without google account & not accept any other google account pls ...
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Chrome user login for one app only
I use Google Chrome and I would like to give permission for some people to use my account but only for one / two Google apps like Google Calendar and Google Meet. I don't want to allow them with full ...
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Managing 3rd party accounts created with my Google Account? [closed]
Many services offer the ability to "Sign up using Google," such as Stack Exchange. Other examples are Quizlet, Yelp, etc. Essentially, you can create a user account using the credentials of your ...
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How to properly close Google AdSense account?
I had a Google AdSense account before (around 5 years ago) for an abandoned project. Now I have a new project and I want to monetize it with AdSense. I signed up for an account unknowingly I used the ...
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Transfer Google Accounts
I'm part of a nonprofit that runs workshops for schoolchildren. In these workshops they must edit Google Drive documents.
Up to 90 children attend these workshops at a time and they all need a ...
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One of me Gmail accounts is being hacked; how can I inform Google?
I think one of my Google accounts is being attacked because without my desire G-XXX codes are being sent to my phone via SMS. I want to know which email is this code for and want to inform Google for ...
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Multiple Google accounts for multiple services of Google
If one has multiple different Gmail accounts not linked to each other, is it allowed to use one account for, say, Adwords as a seller and buyer, the other - for other Google services, the other -- yet ...
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Turn Off All Google (Gmail) Security
I want to turn off all gmail security and nonsense. Like back to the days when a SECURE PASSWORD was good enough.
I travel a lot and have different cell phone plans for different countries I'm in. ...
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Youtube get wide view
How do I get the wider view in Youtube?
Me and my friend have the same display with the same resolution. However, youtube has a wider view on my friends display while my view is narrow.
I think I ...
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Can't access Google Docs with different email?
I have a google account. Someone sent a link to access a google doc to my email [email protected]. I added [email protected] as an alternate in my google account. It still does not allow me to access ...
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How to bypass Google login verification screen?
I can't use my phone, and I'd much rather "let it be a hacker". What do I do?
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Google Settings: Visible on your content & to people who interact with you
Google Account ≪Gender, birthday, and more≫ settings says:
Visible on your content & to people who interact with you
(Cf 1; Cf 2.)
What does it refer to for accounts without Google Plus?...
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Secondary email on Google account showing different name
I have an email that I'm using from within my gmail account and it is also my secondary email address for the same gmail account.
At some point in history, while I was setting up this email address ...
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Does Google send text messages about deleting your email?
I received a text saying, “Wait is over and security for obry****@gmail.com was replaced.”
The email address is my email.
Is this a scam?
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Unknown email adress logged into my Gmail.
An unknow account has logged in to my gmail or in my google apps. All his mails are coming to my gmail.How can i delete that account from my device as i dont know the password as it is an unknown ...
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Is Google Account birth year shown?
The page ≪https://aboutme.google.com/ ≫:
(an example)
When I click on the lock icon beside "Birthday", it's this:
Yet when I click on the edit button, it shows:
So is the account's birth ...
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How to access photos previously in Google Panoramio?
I had a lot of photos uploaded to Panoramio. Some time back Google said I needed to "convert" my Panoramio account to a Google account to preserve them when they retire Panoramio. I thought I did ...
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Confusing Google icons
This is what I see when an app/script asks to access my Google account:
There's a circle icon by the sentence "View and.."; and a white arrow icon by the sentence "Display and.."; What do the icons ...
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Is there a way of preventing Google account password reset by a former team member who keeps changing it?
A former member of our team who originally had our Google account password keeps trying to modify the password and it succeeds! I think he uses the password recovery feature and succeeds in his intent ...
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Find the sites that have been granted access to the Gmail account [duplicate]
So I've been trying to find out how you can see what apps and sites I have used my gmail for. I feel like this used to be possible, but all the answers I've gotten always lead me to a dead end where I ...
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How do I make a Google account my default when I can't sign out of other accounts?
My school blocked the thing where we can switch our accounts (although I found a way to sign in to my other accounts) and I hate having to change my account every time I want to do something. How do I ...
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If I change my name, do my contacts see?
I would like to change the name associated with my Google account, and for various reasons I'd rather a few contacts didn't know about it. What I wonder is when I change my name in Gmail, does it ...
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Log in using Google without logging into Google
I log into Stack Overflow (and others) using Google. I don't have any alternative means of login in many cases, like an email/password combination - Google is the only way of accessing those accounts.
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Locked out of Gmail account/I have tried too many times [duplicate]
I have been locked out my Gmail account for the last 36 hours because Google complains that I have tried to log in too many ways. I have three different devices home so that would stand a recently yes....
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How to delete user accounts from Google
I have four Google accounts but I only use two of them. I'd like to delete the other two but all four show when I click the blue sign in from google.com.
How can I delete the two I don't use and make ...
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"Add Account" is not letting me create a new Gmail account
I am trying to add a third email account to my google ID. It won't let me. It just takes me in circles.
From the dropdown menu under my name icon, I select: Add Account
That takes me to a new tab or ...
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How to get Google Account last activity info with more precision than a simple date?
Under Gmail page > Activity Information (low right hand corner) page, I can see:
As per the last few rows, the information is certainly not helpful as they are accurate only to the day instead of ...
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How to remove profile picture in Google account? [duplicate]
I am looking for remove my profile picture and keep default Google account profile picture.
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Have lost all Google information to allow me to sign into my Google accounts [duplicate]
Have been trying to login to my accounts and not able to as I have forgotten all emails, passwords, username and how I sign up as per name. Have no idea estimated (date) when I signed up but has been ...
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How do I recover my Gmail account without using two-step verification? [duplicate]
Two-step verification is turned on and I can't get in to my Google account.
How can I recover my account?
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Change display name on YouTube
I use the same Google account for all Google products (YouTube, Drive, Analytics etc). For YouTube, I'd like to use a different profile name (eg my display name) but still have it linked to the same ...
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Will deleting your Google account delete all the YouTube comments you made with it?
I just deleted an alt Google account thinking it would delete all the YouTube comments I made with it. Is this true?
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Is there an URL that will let me create a Google Doc for a specific Google account I'm signed into?
I have a Personal and Work account with Google. I use Google Docs to take notes, but every time I want to create a new document for work, it requires me to switch accounts. Gmail lets you access ...