Questions tagged [google-account]
Google common user account needed to access services provided by Google.
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How to log out of all devices on Google (-changing password/log out all - is not disabling gmail on android phone
I want to log out of all devices on Google. I went to a security page, changed my password, and selected log out of all devices. I pick up my phone, and I can read the e-mail that my password was ...
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Forward meeting requests
I have a (non-Gmail) email address. I also have a Google account associated with that email address, because I need it to use Google services on my Android devices. I don't use Google Calendar, ...
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Is it safe to sync passwords that have been deleted on another device?
A little while ago, I deleted my passwords in Google Chrome, thinking that this would only apply to that particular device. Unfortunately, I found that this action had been synced to all devices, ...
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Google account saved devices inconsistency
When I check out the devices logged in under "Your Devices" section for one of my accounts, details are shown for each of the device such as listing the computer model under its name
Ex: (...
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Allow employees to login after “Why you need your phone”
Our employee is unable to access their Gmail account. I'm going to retype this whole error from a screenshot.
We detected an unusual sign-in attempt. To make sure that someone else isn't trying to ...
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Does adding a new user to my g-suite (for business) give that user access to my Google drive, email, etc.?
I have g-suite with my business's domain. I am bringing on a contractor and want to give them an email address with my company's domain. I've gone through the steps of adding them as a user and ...
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How to delete all passwords saved on my google account?
I just found out, that without ever being asked Google stored a lot of my passwords in my google account. Most of them come back from when I was a kid and used Google Chrome for a while. I found these ...
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How to sign in to Google account and avoid that Chrome crashes
Chrome crashed during regular use on a Mac. After forced quit of Chrome I was unable to sign in to Google repeatedly. I could only find advice to rename the data folder on Windows machine. Any tips ...
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How did Gmail/Google registration process tried to prevent the misuse/automation of the accounts creation?
My three niece were trying to create Gmail accounts for themselves on Samsung S9. When the first one was trying to create the account the phone number for the recovery of email or the phone number ...
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Recover a MFA enabled Google account with backup code, without password or OTP over phone
I have a Google account, of which I have all proof of ownership.
However I forgot the password and I don't have access to phone number, I do know the phone number.
I even have backup codes, which are ...
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Can't log into Google with my Chromebook
I can log into Google on my PC and tablet but I can't log in using my Chromebook. I have the same password for all devices, the keyboard language is correct and WiFi is good.
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Separate two businesses from one Google account
I have one Google business account but I have managed 2 different businesses in that account. Now I just want to separate these two business to 2 different account, I mean 2 different Gmail. How can I ...
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How to stop Google from translating a languge for good
English isn't my mother tongue and not a main language where I live either. But I have a certificate for C1 level english. So I added English to my spoken languages in my google account and even ...
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How to transfer Google Docs from GSuite to a personal gmail account?
I'd like to transfer all my docs from a GSuite (used to be called Google Apps) account to a personal google one.
I see plenty of examples of how to move documents between GSuite accounts, or how to ...
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Get Google Meets to show my phone number as me
How can I get Google Meet to show my phone number as me? If I call in with a mobile number I just show up as an obfuscated number. I can set my phone number on my google profile, but it doesn't seem ...
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How do I “enable” and existing e-mail address on my Google account?
I have an existing e-mail address (hosted using Exchange) that I use for my Google account (for Calendar and Docs, etc.) and now want to enable e-mail on that account as well. I've found information ...
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Family Link child account has been disabled because of age restriction
I have created a Google account for my child about a year ago so that I could use it on a Chromebook for her to play with. The account has been added as a Child account in Family Link. Today, I ...
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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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How to keep Gmail Clean and Organized?
Tl;Dr I am looking for ways to search and label or remove multiple emails, with the purpose of fast cleaning the email so that I am able to see with ease what is important or not
Here is a detailed ...
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Is it possible to access a Google account using a recovery address without changing the password?
I realized that the password of one of my Google accounts has probably been compromised for more than a year or so. I already changed the password of that account, however I am worried about other ...
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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 use multiple Google accounts with Google Classroom without G Suite being the default account?
I'm using Google Classrooms to support my course at a university through G Suite. Many of my students already have a Google account that is different from the G Suite account. So they are dealing with ...
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If I have 5 google accounts, is it possible to create a persistent link to log into a certain account?
I have 5 google accounts and often I need to log into a specific one. It is tedious to click on my top right profile icon, then switch. I am hoping to have links in my browser bookmarks that I can ...
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Access YouTube Account (created 2010) where emails are going to a gtempaccount.com address
The nonprofit I work for has a YouTube account with a lot of content, which hasn't been accessed in several years. Notifications for that account are being received via a gsuite admin account we ...
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Recovery of my Gmail account
I had no access to my old Gmail account for last 6 years and it was linked to my Facebook account which have not accessed for last 6 years. How can I recover it.
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Signing in with the correct mail and password shows me another YT channel
I have a problem. When I enter the email and password of the old channel, it showed another one than the one I want. How is that possible?
That channel I want to subscribe to is still alive, but with ...
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Google Search and user display name
I made a google search of my full name to see results related to my name on the web using chrome. I had some YouTube videos results and wondered how these videos are chosen to appear on results. ...
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how to remove google account form sign in chooser without logout all account
I have 3 account login gmail and 1 is company account.
I want to delete company account from gmail, without logging out from other account.
because i have one account that I forgot the password,
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Google account can't login because I forgot the password hint question. Even with the password remembered. What can I do?
I have an account named some1234.com@gmail.com (some1234.com is a domain owned by me, but this is a placeholder)
Current situation of mine:
I have the password. I am sure of this.
I own the domain ...
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How to migrate apps and stuff to g suite from regular gmail account
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How can I use my new G Suite identity in my existing Google Apps Script and other google back-end services? Even a vague concept clarification or pointer in the right direction would be ...
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gmail account // password entered incorrectly several times (decryption script)
yes i know, click restore, i only know 1 of the 3 questions that i have given, so my account is now blocked. Always when I think now the right thing came back to me, it wasn't.
I copied the scripts ...
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Recovery Code being sent to previous Employer Email id
I have been struggling past more than a year now to recover my password.
I put the code recieved on my phone.
Then on next page it says try another way and asks to recover code..where it is sending ...
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Attempt to access the mailbox redirects to https://www.google.com/intl/en/gmail/about/; cant simply sign in again
A friend of my aunt says that she is still logged in to her Google account (or at least going to google.com says so) but she cannot simply access her mailbox as she used to. Clicking 'Gmail' on google....
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Unable to change the mobile number to receive the Google account verification code
I wish to change/update the mobile number where I receive the verification code sent by Google via SMS. However, I am unable to do so despite looking into the Google account settings thoroughly.
I am ...
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How to sign out/remove a gmail account from chrome?
I am signed in to 5 accounts in chrome, I want to remove two of them, one having a session that expired and that I can no longer sign in to, because it's not mine.
All I see is a button that says ...
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How do I prevent random people from seeing my last name & profile picture via Google?
Whenever someone tries to log into Google and enters what also happens to be my go-to username for gaming on various platforms, my profile picture and full name appear (both covered here).
Is there a ...
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Google family account can login to gmail, can't login to chrome
I installed google family on my phone. I a created an under 13 account for my kid. I can sign into it with gmail, but not chromium sink. I do not have a device to associate with the account. How can I ...
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Old Gmail account doesn't exist anymore
When I was in high school we had a Gmail account provided by school. When I graduated, this account got deleted, so I don't have access to the account now. There are some files that I saved in Google ...
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Stop youtube kids for child
My 12 year old needs to access full version of youtube.
However whenever she goes to youtube.com website (in any browser) using it redirects her to https://www.youtubekids.com I have tried ...
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Change the country where Google account is managed
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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Recovering an ancient YouTube account
I have a YouTube account that dates from at least 2011, before the Google Accounts were fully integrated.
I know the username and the email address, but not the password.
Here's where it gets tricky....
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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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How do I login to YouTube VIEW ONLY and not allow posting, comments, Gmail or docs
I have a YouTube Premium Family account. The only people in the house all have our email addresses officially on the list.
The issue is, Other people check and tamper with the account holder's ...
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How do I convert an existing Google account to G Suite?
I have an existing account using an e-mail at a domain I control (e.g., orome@my-domain.com) and would like to convert that account to a G Suite account. I'm unclear on the correct steps to do that ...
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Change mature Google account into child one
tl;dr: How to "convert" adult Google account (with fake birth date) into child account and add it to my family account? Each time I change birth date to real one, accounts gets blocked, because in ...
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Buy a YouTube video for someone else (i.e. as a gift)?
YouTube make it easy and straight forward to buy content for yourself. But suppose you want to buy some YouTube paid content for someone else.
Is it possible, and if so, how?
What I know so far
I ...
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Remove user from G Suite
I'm trying to remove a user account from my Google Admin Console.
However it won't let me unless I specify an account to transfer all the data to:
As you can see, the 'Delete user' button is ghosted....
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How can I sign in to someone's Google Domains account who is in a different geographic area from me?
I'm taking over hosting my sister's website. Her domain is registered with Google and she needs me to sign in to that account to update the A record to point to my server. Every time I try to sign in ...
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How to make different default accounts for Gmail and YouTube
I have two Google accounts. One is banned from YouTube but I can still use it for Gmail.
I have created another one for YouTube but every time I logon to YouTube with the new account and go to Gmail ...
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How to disable Google's preventing of “suspicious” sign-ins?
Google frequently blocks genuine logins by me on different IP addresses claiming them to be "suspicious" attempts, locking me out unless I have my phone.
How can I disable this behaviour? My test on ...
