User account needed to access services provided by Google
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5answers
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How do I change my default account with Google multiple sign-in?
After I enable multiple sign-in, and login to multiple accounts, I see that one of them says "(Default)". How do I change which of the accounts is the default one?
27
votes
2answers
685 views
How to find a list of sites that I've authenticated with using my Google OpenID?
I use Google's Profile feature when logging into sites that support OpenID.
Is there a way for me to get a list of all the websites that I have logged into using my Google Profile as my OpenID.
14
votes
2answers
541 views
Google Apps Account vs Google Account
Might be a strange question but...
I run a google apps account for my own domain for myself and family members for email, calendar and contacts. Email name@domain.com
I have found that when it comes ...
12
votes
1answer
2k views
Can I have multiple gmail accounts associated with Google+?
I have two accounts that I wish to have associated with my Google+ profile. Meaning that I would like to be able to sign into either account, and have access to the same Google+ profile. Is this ...
9
votes
1answer
731 views
Merge Google Accounts?
I have a Google Apps Account which has recently been changed to a full Google Account which has the email address me@mydomain.com . I also have a gmail account with me@gmail.com . The Gmail account ...
8
votes
1answer
961 views
Does Google log your search to your Google account?
When I go google.com and do a search while being logged in to my Gmail account (or Google account). does Google log that search to that specific account or will it only log that search to the ...
6
votes
2answers
105 views
Which google services have I signed up for?
I have three gmail accounts. All of them have been used to sign up for different google services. Is there a page somewhere that tells me which services are associated with my accounts?
6
votes
1answer
842 views
Google 2-step verification: Should my phone know my password?
Just enabled 2-step verification for my Google account. I have installed Google Authenticator on my Android phone, and I set up an application specific password for the Google account associated on my ...
6
votes
2answers
49k views
How can I recover my GMail account?
I have a GMail account that I haven't used in ages so I've forgotten the login name I used to sign up with. I've forgotten the recovery e-mail address setup on the account but I can remember my ...
5
votes
2answers
2k views
Should I give Google my phone number?
Gmail is bothering me lately with this message:
Hey, this is important: We don't have a password recovery email address or phone number for your account. If you lose access, we may not be able to ...
5
votes
2answers
357 views
How easy is it to migrate all your 'Google Account' based services to the 'Google Apps For Your Domain' trial
Just received the following email:
I have services such as Reader and Picasa using regular Google Accounts.
Is there an easy way to import them in one step?
Do I have to export from every service ...
5
votes
2answers
3k views
How do you transfer Google Music from one account to another?
I spent days, maybe even weeks, uploading my music to Google Music, and now that it's available for Google Apps users, I'd love to be able to transfer it to my primary google account instead of ...
5
votes
1answer
444 views
How to remove a personal Google account with the same address as an Apps account?
I'm using Google Apps for example.com. Before doing so, my example.com email address was associated with a Google account, probably because of Picasa. Upon attempting to reset the password for my ...
4
votes
2answers
1k views
How to open my Google account and my Google Apps account at the same time?
I have a "normal" Google account I use privately and I have a company account on Google Apps. Since yesterday, it was possible to open both, side by side in two tabs of my browser. When I try this ...
4
votes
4answers
10k views
How do I change my primary Gmail email address on Google Accounts
How do I change my primary email address on Google accounts? (My current primary email is a Gmail address which seems to be the problem.)
4
votes
1answer
4k views
Change ownership of a YouTube account over to another Google account
On a client project at work I had to create a YouTube account for them. We're about to hand over ownership of it all, but the issue is that the YouTube account is linked to my Google Account.
I ...
4
votes
1answer
351 views
YouTube shows real name when I post
I forget when but somehow my Gmail account has my real name, which sucks because when I post on a YouTube video everyone sees it. How can I change it?
4
votes
2answers
171 views
How can I increase the likelihood of having Google Apps Accounts upgraded to Google Accounts?
I currently have the standard edition of Google Apps, and I'm eager to have my Google Apps accounts function as Google Accounts. It's my understanding that this is a phased deployment by Google, with ...
4
votes
1answer
1k views
Adding a non Google Apps account to a Google Apps Google Voice account
I have Google Apps Standard edition. I upgraded the domain so that user's account are also Google Accounts. I have one of those accounts set up with Google Voice. I would like to enable the forwarding ...
3
votes
3answers
953 views
Change Google's notion of primary email address
I've added a gmail address to my Google account and now it is stuck and displayed as primary address:
david.black.co.at@gmail.com (Primary email)
david@dasz.at Remove
Is there a way to ...
3
votes
1answer
853 views
Google Account automatic logout every one or two days
I have a Google account that I keep permanently logged in on two computers + an android phone.
On one of them I get signed out every one or two days, while on the other I'm signed in all the time ...
3
votes
1answer
70 views
Google Reader bookmarklet insists that I'm logged out
For a few days now, I can no longer use the Google Reader bookmarklet (the one shown on the 'Your stuff' page in the upper right) on one particular machine with FF5.
Whenever I do activate it, the ...
2
votes
2answers
336 views
Does Google's OAuth URL embed my email address?
When I use Google's OAuth system to login to a website (e.g. a StackExchange site), I see it use a string similar to the following: ...
2
votes
1answer
216 views
Should I add all my domain names to a single google apps account?
I have a large amount of domain names. I also have a Google Apps account (not a business one, but I'm grandfathered into having 50 users before I have to upgrade, etc.)
Since I'm no longer able to ...
2
votes
1answer
707 views
How do I change my username for Google Code without creating a profile?
At the moment Google Code displays my username as a not-very-well-obscured version of my email address. This setting can be changed at https://code.google.com/hosting/settings - it can be switched to ...
2
votes
1answer
214 views
How do I leave Google feedback about one of its features?
I'd like to leave Google some feedback on 2-step verification, but I can't find an obvious place to do so.
Where should I leave this feedback? More generally, where does one give Google feedback ...
2
votes
1answer
2k views
How to change setting in Google Groups with not gmail email address?
I don't have a gmail address (and I don't need one). I've been invited to a discussion group hosted at Google Groups. I accepted the invitation and now I can receive and send messages to the groups. ...
2
votes
1answer
571 views
Add Google Apps Email to My Google Account Email Addresses
I have an account ABC@gmail.com and just migrated my domain XYZ.com to Google Apps. I setup Gmail for my domain so now I have two different inboxes: (1) ABC@gmail.com, (2) me@XYZ.com .
Now I want to ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
I want to add Gmail to my Google Account, but Google won’t let me change my username
Now, to fully understand my problem I have to tell you that my parents own an Android tablet (which one is irrelevant). After not being able to sign into Google Play with my main Google account (which ...
2
votes
1answer
160 views
What happens to my Google account contacts data when accessed by a third-party?
I want to start to use goodreads.com with my Google account but when I start to sign in with my Google account I get prompted that goodreads.com will get access to my Google contacts. This worried me ...
2
votes
0answers
151 views
Automatic logout of Gmail
Gmail is logging me out of all of my mail accounts with the following alert message:
You have been signed out of this account.
This may have happened automatically because another user signed ...
2
votes
0answers
317 views
How to set up a Google Checkout merchant account in a non-US country?
I am a Canadian resident looking to sell paid apps on the Google Play store. According to this page:
"If you want to sell products on Google Play — priced apps, in-app products, or subscriptions — ...
2
votes
0answers
643 views
Why won't Google let me log into Youtube? [closed]
It's been a while since I logged into Youtube. I just reset my password, and tried to log in with my old username and the password I just set. I received a message saying I had to log in with my ...
2
votes
3answers
497 views
is it possible to save settings in Gmail multiple account sign-in?
Using the (rather) new multiple account sign-in feature, I can access two or more gmail boxes: I need to sign-in to my mail account, and then choose to sign-in to another account and fill my other ...
2
votes
2answers
1k views
Is there a way to associate two Google Voice numbers to the same cellphone?
I have a Gmail account and a Google Apps account. I have setup a Google Voice number and associated it with my mobile phone for personal use.
I want to setup a Google Voice account for business and ...
1
vote
1answer
244 views
Synchronize my favorite sites with my Google account
How do I to synchronize my favorites URLs, (all that I marked with the star) with my Google account?
I want to be able to to save my favorite sites in my Google account and not to lose the content ...
1
vote
1answer
108 views
Which apps that use Google Account sign-in are currently incompatible with 2-step authentication?
I decided to opt for Google's 2-step authentication for increased security.
After setting up my Android device with the Google Authenticator and also configuring backup phones and printing out the ...
1
vote
2answers
105 views
How does a Google Apps account differ from a Google account?
There's been some news recently that Google Apps accounts, having previously been not quite as full-featured as regular Google accounts, are being upgraded to included additional services (e.g. ...
1
vote
1answer
14 views
Customized messages in Google Inactive Account Manager?
Is it possible to send customized message to people when they gain access to my account through the Google Inactive Account manager? If it is not possible, is their anywhere I can go to suggest this ...
1
vote
1answer
95 views
Changing ownership of Google Documents
The rules around transferring ownership of a Google Document to another user appear to have recently changed, so I'd like some clear answers around what is and isn't possible.
My testing indicates ...
1
vote
4answers
504 views
Can't change Google profile name
My brother somehow changed his 'real name' in his Google profile to something ridiculous and now can't change it back. It seems the only place we can find to change this name on my account is by ...
1
vote
1answer
543 views
How can I get access to my Google Analytics control panel again?
Recently, I migrated one of my domains to full Google Accounts. As my main account had been used for Google Analytics before, I renamed my existing me@mydomain.com Google Account to oldme@mydomain.com ...
1
vote
1answer
195 views
What is a irancell hijacker?
Someone recently tried to sign in to Google Account - [example@gmail.com]
We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker
trying to access your account.
Please review the ...
1
vote
1answer
83 views
How can I change account type on Trello?
Some time ago I created an account on Trello. Now I see that you can log in with a Google account. How can change my current Trello account to log in with my Google account?
1
vote
1answer
88 views
When I click on Gmail, only one of my accounts show -how do I access the other one?
I used to see the account on my google bar, it disappeared. I set up a second account and it now appears on the bar, but not the original one.
1
vote
1answer
1k views
Can I change my primary Gmail account without losing my YouTube account?
I made my old Gmail account awhile ago, and it's stupidly named and embarrassing to the point that I avoid having my friends look at my computer screen.
So I was wondering if I could make my ...
1
vote
1answer
294 views
Change YouTube username to Google username on non-Gmail accounts
I have a Google account, from a mail that is not Gmail based.
I would like to have my own Google+ username on YouTube, but I can't do it from within this account, because I just can't find the ...
1
vote
1answer
1k views
How to delete iGoogle account?
I have tried iGoogle for some time, but I don't like it and want to permanently delete it. But the new products information confuses me. Clicking on edit (bewerken) in the title will ask me if I want ...
1
vote
2answers
347 views
Last signed in date for Google Apps is not correct
I recently confronted a user for not using his Google Apps account - the admin console indicated he had not signed in for about a month. However the user had been signing in and using his account ...
1
vote
1answer
209 views
Is there a way to merge a non-Google-Apps Google Voice account with a Google Apps account?
I have a Google Voice account that I created before it was available on Google Apps. I recently created a Google Apps account and maintain my e-mail as ben@mydomain.com.
Is there a process that ...
