Questions tagged [google-account]
Google common user account needed to access services provided by Google.
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How to activate TOTP without phone number?
How can TOTP 2FA be activated on a Google account without first activating SMS 2FA, and therefore entering a phone number?
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This phone number has already been used too many times for verification
tl;dr: When trying to login to Google account and getting "This phone number has already been used too many times for verification" error, is there anything else that I can do except for ...
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Error trying to login: "This service cannot be accessed because your login request contained saml assertion that has already been used once"
My Google Workspace account is disabled and I don't know why.
I am seeing this error:
"Google Workspace - This service cannot be accessed because your login request contained saml assertion that ...
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Saved passwords disappeared [migrated]
Suddenly all my saved passwords are gone... If I go to 'Manage Passwords' in Chrome the list is blank.
However, if I visit https://passwords.google.com and login, my passwords are listed.
I am now ...
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Replace old Authenticator option in my Google account [duplicate]
This question is different from the suggested duplicate, How do I recover my Google (or Gmail) account, password, or username? That question was about recovering a Google account. My question is ...
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How to recover Google account if you lose your phone number? [duplicate]
I tried to log in to my Google account but after typing in the correct email and password, Google demands me to enter SMS code sent to my phone number attached to the account. However, I already lost ...
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Is there a way to manage a gmail account without access to a cell phone?
My brother has Alzheimers, but still likes to send emails to his kids.
His email is a Gmail account.
Something changed and Apple Mail isn't letting him read mail. Mail is requiring some form of ...
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What happens when you share a Google Doc with a non-Google user? What do you have to do to make it work? [closed]
If you create a Google Doc, click Share and then enter a non-Gmail-address and uncheck "Notify user" (I don't want to share the link using clear text e-mail in this specific case), ...
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How to switch account in google drive without losing the shared contents
Please note the shared folder you see isn't limited to my account. It's a shared link open for access to anyone with google account. So whenever I click on the shared link it always open with default ...
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How does one answer questions about G-Mail account for recovery? [duplicate]
Question originally posted provides specific details not answered by 9-year-old question to which it redirects without notice. Having sensibly jumped right to the answers, I only noticed it wasn't my ...
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How do I recover a Gmail account? [duplicate]
I haven't used Gmail in a long time, but want to save it from deletion on June 1. I forgot my password for a bit, and tried to recover it thru Q&A, but, on starting with "Try Another Way,&...
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Passkeys aren't allowed on this account when trying to configure on iPhone [closed]
I want to configure a passkey for my Google account.
On my iPhone I
surf to https://myaccount.google.com
click the Security tab
click Passkeys
I'm shown a screen stating "Passkeys aren't allowed ...
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How to make Windows' devices easy to recognize in Google Account
An important aspect of maintaining account security is knowing what devices are signed into your account. Google makes this information available when you view your Google Account. But, this ...
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Where can I see login attempts to Google account?
Where can I see login attempts to Google account?
I remember in the past soemtimes Google would send an automatic email if there was a login attempt from an unknown device and I think it would give a ...
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Get Gmail 2FA text verification code instead of starting YouTube app on phone?
This question is not about using the YouTube phone app or about the app at all. It is about general login to one's Gmail account via a desktop browser, and avoiding Google's use of the YouTube app on ...
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File in google drive and access to a non gmail account
In the google sign in form can we login using a non gmail account?
I have a case someone sharing a file in a google drive and saying that she provided access to the person's receiving the email link ...
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Disable Google 2FA when authenticator is lost [duplicate]
I have a Google account where I have set up 2 step verification, with a phone number and Google Authenticator.
However, recently, I have lost the TOTP details used for the "Google Authenticator&...
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How to add Google Authenticator (TOTP) to a Google account? [duplicate]
I'd like to 2FA with Google Authenticator to my Google account using the account settings page, but when I want to add 2FA, Google only offers adding an U2F security token for 2FA but provides no TOTP ...
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Creating separate Google Drive account using alternate email of main Google account
(This question is related to Can't access Google Docs with different email?, which starts with the same difficulty. But that question does not address the workaround I present here, and thus does ...
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Google allows to sign in using SMS, but requires only Authenticator while accessing 2-step verification settings [duplicate]
I have several 2-step verification options in the account, including Authenticator and SMS. Authenticator is lost. On signing-in I can successfully use SMS, but when I try to access the 2-step ...
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How do I prevent websites from prompting me to sign in with Google?
How do I prevent websites from prompting me to sign in with my Google account: "Use your Google Account to sign in to X"?
I've followed Google's instructions to "Stop using Sign in ...
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Why do Google results have a globe icon? [closed]
I am using Windows 11 and recently started to see a globe icon on Google results.
If I log out of my Google Account there are no globe icons,
But when I login again, the globe icons show up again..
I ...
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Can I download emails "with all labels" from my school account (gsuite) to my personal account?
School authorities are going to close my email account (School's gsuite) in 7 days. I am planning to download all my emails to my personal account. But I am facing some pop server-related errors. My ...
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How to use Google AccountChooser with prefilled Google Forms?
I'm trying to generate prefilled Goole Forms links, which are sent out to users. They should be able to easily log in with their Google Workspace account and fill the rest of the fields.
Step-by-step ...
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How to use HOTP 2-FA (e.g. Google Authenticator) for a Google account? [duplicate]
I recently created a secondary Google account and wish to enable Two Factor Authentication using standard HOTP, such as Google Authenticator.
However when I go to my account's security settings, 2-...
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Google 2FA Keeps Asking for Additional Steps - Any Fix?
I have a google account with app based 2fa setup
Sometimes when i sign in, it asks me to verify via SMS as well after verifying with the google authenticator code.
or it asks me to confirm the ...
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IP of the devices that logged into a Google account
My Google account is not signed up with gmail. I know that gmail lists the last IP's. If your account is something other than gmail, is there a way to see the last IP's of the devices that logged into ...
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Could a Google account be lost without the user deleting it?
I am the admin of several Google accounts through GSuite that uses a custom domain. I have disabled the account deletion feature for the Google accounts I manage. However, I am wondering if the ...
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cannot add 2-factor auth to google account [duplicate]
I have a google account, where supposedly I am super admin, but I can't seem to add 2-factor authentication. My phone number and backup email are attached to the account. But I would like to use an ...
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Family Link: Lock Screen Password
I volunteer in a project where we offer academic support to children with limited resources. I am in charge of the tablets we lend them during the lessons, and we use Family Link to control what kind ...
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How to remove the Google Calendar duplicate events?
I have been using Google Calendar for quite a while now. But now I am facing too many duplicate events in my calendar.
Here's what my setup is:
Account 1 - Individual google account is given by my ...
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Does a link shared via Youtube application on Android contain information about a Google account its been shared from
Can a link shared via in-built "share" feature of the official android YouTube application be traced back to a Google account (anything related: i.e username, e-mail address etc) user was ...
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How do I uninstall an app in my Google account?
I found an unwanted app in my Google Drive nine-dot-icon:
How do I remove it?
Thanks
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How to recover gmail account without password? [duplicate]
I've changed one of the gmail passwords of one of my accounts and since forgotten it. I have tried using an old password and Google says that I have changed it.
I have acess to gmail on my phone from ...
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Cannot change country in gmail
I want to change my country in gmail. I originally set up my gmail in Spain but moved back to the UK. It is showing both my gmail and play store as Spain.
I used the following advice:
https://support....
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Google Brand Account can't open sidebar app launcher
I made a Google Brand Account (for the purposes of moving an existing YouTube channel to that account). Whenever I log in to that account, the right-side navigation sidebar (which should pop up from ...
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How do I find out if I made my Google account correctly?
When you sign up for a Google account it asks you whether the account is for yourself or your business and I can't remember what I used. How can I check whether my Google account is for business or ...
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Can't log in to Google on desktop, despite verified-as-correct email/password
I have a Windows 11 laptop with Firefox installed as my primary web browser, and Brave as backup. I logged into a company Google account on my Android 12 phone, adding it as a Google Account under the ...
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Will the shared sheets be removed if I my account is deleted in company's gsuite?
The company that I work on uses some neuralgic spreadsheets that I created and shared with my team. I am the owner of them.
If my account is deleted from company's owner (for various legitimate ...
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Can I change a Google account from "business" to "personal?"
The organization we work with implemented a weird rule that demanded that we change the name of our business. I hadn't setup a google account in a while, so I clicked the business account type during ...
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Do I have to create a new user in Google Workspace to create a shared inbox?
I have set up a Google Workspace with 3 users having a unique email.
I also want an email "[email protected]" that goes into a separate inbox that we all can collaborate on.
Will I have to add ...
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Is OTP code 2-step verification no longer supported for Google account?
I tried to enable 2-step verification on a new Google account. I wanted to use OTP (e.g., Google Authenticator) as before, but I could not find such options. All I could find were
How do you want to ...
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A suspicious app was blocked from accessing your account - How to check IP or app name?
Last days Google is sending me a "A suspicious app was blocked from accessing your account".
I'm a developer and it can be one of my apps but I can't find a way to see what IP or App name is ...
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How can I access my Google account while overseas?
I received an email from Google today that says, starting 6 days from now, after I enter my password I'll need to complete a second step on my phone to log in.
The problem is that I'm overseas, so I ...
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Are dotted and non-dotted Gmail addresses always different?
I am receiving very often emails with a dot in the address, such as [email protected], despite my actual username is without dot (jondoe).
According to Google, dots are irrelevant in Gmail addresses, ...
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That username is taken [closed]
When trying to log into my gmail account on my PC, I get the error message "That username is taken."
But I know as a fact, that the user name is the name I registered.
As a matter of fact on ...
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Ordering Google accounts
Recently I created some new Google accounts, which messed up my ordering (Ex: /u/3 > /u/7).
I was wondering if I could change this ordering in the URL, as /u/1 - /u/3 are all accounts that I rarely ...
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Retrieve a Google account's email address or other information from a profile photo
I recently saw some very strange behavior in drive, similar to what's outlined here, and the only information we have on the user is their profile photo and URL. In the activity pane, you can see that ...
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Cannot complete Google's "Verify your account" with SMS
I'm trying to verify my account as:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/114129?hl=en
Now, I can login to gmail and send and receive messages. However, I cannot update the verification phone ...
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Can't add alternate email in Gmail
I am trying to add an alternate email address to my Gmail account but I cannot because Google says it's already in use. I can't find where it's in use and have been researching this for days.
The ...