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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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