Questions tagged [google-account]
Google common user account needed to access services provided by Google.
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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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I keep on getting strange notifications on my phone from my Gmail account (Calendar). Is it a virus?
This is the second time I get this strange notification on my phone.
In the notification panel I see a "calendar event notification" (from google) with a strange title, something...hot...
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Google is asking for a cell phone number [closed]
My father tried to sign in to his Google account today. After entering the verification code he received from an email sent by Google, he was "asked" to add a cell phone number in order to ...
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Combine Google & Facebook Login on External Site [closed]
On a website hosting a community forum that offered Google and Facebook account logins, I logged in many years ago through Facebook to post a thread.
Sometime after, having forgotten the creation of ...
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Account on Gmail that I can log into, but not receive email on?
I have an additional email address [email protected] associated with my Google Groups account that I use as sender on some groups. I can use this account to log into gmail by providing ...
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Is it possible to transfer subscriptions, likes, watchlists, and comments from one account to another?
In YouTube, is it possible to transfer subscriptions, likes, watchlists, and comments from one account to another?
I don't have a channel or own any original video.
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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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This phone number has already been used too many times for verification
tl;dr: When trying to login to a new Google account I'm getting a "This phone number has already been used too many times for verification" error, but I don't have another phone number. Is ...
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Need to continue retrying Gmail password without being presented with account recovery [duplicate]
So, I have a Chromebook. I started to use it again recently and because my Gmail password had changed since the last use, I had to enter the old one and use the new one. But…because of Google's stupid ...
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Migrate to another GSuite account with same domain
I work for 'B' which is run along with 'A' and 'C' by the same authority. 'B' wanted GSuite and 'A' offered to help by adding the domain to their GSuite account. So a.edu had a GSuite account under ...
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Add more Google Apps to gmail side panel
I mean to add more Google Apps to show when I click on the Waffle icon in the right side panel of Gmail.
In particular, I want to add Groups.
I know I can do two other things:
The "+" ...
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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 ...
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Change the country where Google account is managed [closed]
Many years ago, I had signed up for a Google Account when I lived in the UK. I have since moved to Germany, and changed my address, country for Google Play and contact telephone number all to Germany (...
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Issues accessing school Google Account, after getting locked out of it [migrated]
I just graduated this May and essentially, I had to get as many important files transported from my school account to my main before June. I'd say I did a good job of doing that, but not necessarily ...
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How can I hide my Gmail profile picture from contacts?
For the last few weeks, I have started seeing people's Gmail profile pictures in my contacts list or when I call them.
I don't want any callers (whether in my contacts or not) to see my profile photo....
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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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Migrate from personal Google to GSuite
I’ve been using Gmail for almost 15 years, including many Google products linked to that same account.
I’ve now created a GSuite account, and I want to migrate as much as possible to that new ...
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How do I recover my Google account, password, or username?
Google Account Recovery Questions
This is the canonical target for Google Account questions about recovering usernames and passwords, as well as problems logging in for other reasons. For example:
I ...
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How do I recover access to my account?
I have a Google account with its recovery address set to a Yahoo address.
Both of my Google and Yahoo accounts were hacked, and I can't login because the passwords no longer work.
I have tried ...
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I've forgotten the Gmail I used to create a YouTube Channel
2 years ago I created a YouTube channel, because I wanted to start making videos as a hobby. I uploaded a grand total of one video and promptly forgot about it. Now I want to try and get back into it, ...
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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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Google shows results and values in mixed languages
I am using English language in Chrome and have this language set as default for most of the sites, but since I am from Poland I have forced (in Google Account settings) to have all the search results ...
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How does YouTube know my Google identity without my explicitly connecting? [closed]
I've found that recently when I visit YouTube, I am automatically logged in with my Google/Gmail Account. I don't like this at all. I do not want my video browsing history tied up with my Google ...
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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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How to change the primary language for google services? [duplicate]
Even though I set the primary language to Polish and the second language to English, Google services are displayed in Turkish.
I would like the menu on Google websites to be in Polish. I don't know ...
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Do sites know my name when I'm signed in to Google?
When I visit a site like https://medium.com/, I see a popup asking me if I want to "sign in to medium.com with Google", along with my Google account's name and profile picture.
How does this work? ...
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How to sign in to YouTube with another account that is not disabled? [closed]
This is an example.
My youtube account is disabled and I can't sign in with youtube with another account. It just redirects me to the cancelled account page.
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Why won't Gmail allow me to change my profile picture?
I've tried many and multiple times to change my profile picture. all it says is, "Sorry, you can't change this photo for this account." It'll keep saying that over and over again. I hate my ...
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How can I allow a second person to login to a Gmail account with two step verification turned on?
I want to have a trusted coworker access an email account that has two step verification turned on. How can I have him access Gmail without going through the actual verification on my phone? (I have ...
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Alternate address to access https://accounts.google.com
We use Google services to sign on to a range of Web Applications as contractors for a company. But they have locked this address and state that this address enables file sharing - which I'm pretty ...
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How do I remove someone else's Google account from my device?
My friend logged onto her Google account on my device. Now I can't access my own Google account. I've pressed sign out, removed the account with the "remove account" button, and signed back in, but ...
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How do I allow sign-ins from unusual locations in Google? [duplicate]
I work for a company that provides internet to the users through proxy servers located in the USA and Switzerland, which results in all kinds of inconveniences, of which the most annoying is the fact ...
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How to identify the Super Admin email of your GoogleApps
Our network guy left sometime ago, covid n all. He never told us which/what email was the super admin in our org. been over 5 months now.
We are trying to add new users, how can we add new users to ...
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How do I recover an account that was converted to a Google "kids" account and immediately blocked?
I have created an account for my 9-year-old girl. Then I found out that creating a kids account was possible. So I tried to convert that account into a kids account by modifying date of birth, When I ...
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Google account: How to delete related unwanted services? [closed]
I use my google account for saving YouTube videos. But Google has added a whole bunch of their services onto my account, such as Adwords, documents, calendar, Picasa, talk, checkout, sites, blogger ...
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How Can I Delete My YouTube Account?
My school email address is not @gmail.com, however, it is managed by GMail, so I log into a special school log-in and it takes me to my email with the familiar GMail tools and GMail inbox.
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Do Google Search URLs contain sensitive (private) details?
I noticed that if I'm logged into Google Account (my Gmail and everything) and do a search in the address bar, the URL of the resultant page is really long.
Now, I was wondering: is there any ...
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How do I make Google default English in Chrome?
If I go to Search Settings / Languages / select English / Save, it goes to English but then keeps switching to Slovak.
In my Cookies, I have 'Allow local data to be set' checked.
I'm in Ireland and ...
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How to move folder to a folder shared with me? [closed]
I have maintained a folder in Google Drive for an org I work with. Call the folder: \OrgDocs
-- There is a whole structure in here, including subfolders that are shared with individuals
The org itself ...
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Why does Gmail show two different pictures for my profile, one of which is not me?
Recently, a strange thing occurred in my account when viewing it on my laptop computer. I have my normal profile picture that appears in the upper right hand corner of what I see when viewing my mail ...
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Change picture of Google account [duplicate]
I tried to change the picture of my Google account. I did this through Gmail. However, the picture has not yet changed. I tried the things I have read in other related questions; remove/change my own ...
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Google account recovery when hacker has added their phone [duplicate]
About 15 minutes ago someone managed to log in to my gmail account, and then added their phone number. I tried to follow the suggested steps but the problem is when it gets to the recovery part google ...
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Can I recover Gmail account after I forget answers to my security questions?
I have two Gmail accounts that I remember my password but forget answers to the security questions. I have used it for a while in my old devices.
However, when I tried to log in to the accounts on my ...
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How do I stop receiving "Remove risky access" emails about Google Scripts I have created?
I have created a Google Apps Script which I use frequently. I receive regular emails from Google: "Some apps or services that you allowed to access your Google Account have not been verified by Google....
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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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Log out all sessions of Google brand account
In Gmail, I’ve “logged out all sessions”. Will this also log out all sessions of brand accounts?
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Is there such a thing as a Google Brand Account in existence? [closed]
When I try to create a Google brand account, it directs me to a Google support page called "Move YouTube channel to Brand Account", and on that page there is written - quote: "If your YouTube channel ...
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When I change name and username on Gmail, will my name change in previous conversations?
I have recently changed my username and account name on my Gmail account.
It works perfectly (for now) but I noticed when I entered in some of my past email conversations that it still shows up my old ...
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Where is the Apps Script located which Google Account is referring to?
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Under myaccount.google.com > security > Third party apps page, there are a few App Scripts apps listed, like so:
But there is no link or project ID or any way to actually reach or ...
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How can I see what Gmail accounts are using my email as the secondary/backup email?
I have an older Gmail account that I set up that I need access to. I know that I used my primary Gmail address as the backup account, but I can't remember the username that I used.
I'd swear that I ...
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