Google or Gmail Account Recovery for Android phone

It is not surprising that some people forget their Google or Gmail accounts' login credentials (username or password). It mostly happens when people try to access their accounts after a long-time. You should use Google's account recovery process if you can not sign in to your Google account and cannot use their services, such as Gmail, Photos, and Google Play.

The Google account recovery process helps you to recover your account and regain access to your Google account. This article illustrates various ways for Google account recovery for Android and other devices (PC and Mac).

Recover your forgotten Google account using its password

If you remember your password but forget your email address, Google provides a way to recover your Google account successfully. Follow the below-given steps for it:

Visit Google's "Find your Email" page:

If you remember your account's password but not your Google account address, visit to "Find your Email" page. Here, you can start the recovery process to reaccess your account.

Enter your recovery email address or phone number to your account:

On the "Find your Email" page, you will see a text box where you have to enter your recovery email address or phone number. This recovery email address or phone number is that you provided while or after creating your account. Once you enter your recovery email or phone number, click the Next button.

Enter your first and last name

If it asks for your first and last names, enter them in the appropriate place and click on the Next button.

Send verification code

Google will send you a verification code to your recovery email or phone number you provided earlier; click on the Send button.

Enter the verification code

If you have provided a recovery email, look at its inbox for the verification code; if it has a phone number, look inside the messages. Once you get the verification code, please enter it in the text area where it asks for it and click on Next.

Choose an account

Google will show you the accounts connected with your recovery email or phone number. Click and select the email account you want to recover.

Enter your password

Since you remember your Google account password, please enter it in the password field and click on Next to proceed. If you have activated two-step verification for your account, you need to verify that it is you who has accessed it.

Recover your Google account if you forget its password

Most people remember their email addresses, but they forget their passwords. Such user can also recover their Google account. Suppose you recognize Google's account ID but forget its password. In that case, Google helps you to recover and access the forgotten password account by asking a series of security questions to verify your identity.

Step 1:

For recovering your Google account, visit the Google Account Recovery page. Now enter the Gmail address you want to recover and click the Next button. If it is possible, try the below-given point to make your recovery easier:

• Use a phone or tablet, or PC you have previously used to sign into your Google account.
• Use the same web browser that you usually do to sign in and access your account.
• Use the location where you usually sign in to your account, like at home or work.

The above points help confirm that you are trying to recover your Google Account.

Step 2:

During your Google Account Recovery steps, Google will ask you a series of security questions. These security questions are personalized to you and help Google to identify you. The security questions are based on your account's level of security and the recovery options you set up earlier.

If you can't remember the security question's answer exactly, don't worry about it. Just answer the security questions as good you can.

Point to be noted, if Google asks for the last password you used, enter the most recent password you remember.

Step 3:

Based on your account settings, you may get a prompt security question asking you to confirm or enter a code. There are some ways that Google uses code to recover an account, including:

• Send a code to your recovery phone number or email.
• Send a direct prompt code to your device.

If you are asked for a code or prompt security question that you can't access, you can try again or continue to the next question by selecting I don't have my phone.

Step 4:

Google may prompt you to input an email address where it can contact you about your account recovery request. Please enter a contact email address and check it now.

If you have no other email address, consider creating a new one for Google to reach you.

Step 5:

Finally, reset your password with a new one when prompted. Make sure to create a strong password that you can remember, and don't use the one you have used on your Google account before. Tap on the Change or Reset password.

Step 6:

To reduce the chance of account handling activity or any future lockouts, take the following security measures for your account:

• Add a recovery email address and a mobile number to your Google account.
• If you use 2-step verification to sign in to your account, create and save the backup codes.

Set up a recovery phone number or email address

It is suggested to add a recovery email address or phone number to get back into your Google account if you forget your email address or password. Adding recovery information to your account helps in recovering your account quickly.

How recovery information helps you

A recovery email address or phone number helps you to reset your password and allows accessing your account if any of the below situations comes:

• You forget your Google account's password.
• Someone other hacked and is using your account.
• You are locked out of your Google account.

Tip about account recovery info: Even if you have changed your recovery email address or mobile number. Google may still contact you with the verification code at your previously provided recovery email or phone number for seven days. The verification code on your previous recovery information helps you secure your account settings quickly if someone hacks and starts to use your account without your permission.

Add or edit your recovery phone number to your Google account on Android

1. Open the Settings app on your Android device, navigate to "Google", and then tap on "Manage your Google Account".
   
2. At the top of the page, tap on "Security".
3. In the Security tab, look for the "Ways we can verify it's you" and tap on Recovery phone. It will ask you to sign in to your Google account once again.
   
4. After signing, you can perform the following job:
   • Add a recovery phone number.
   • Change your recovery phone number with a new one by tapping on Edit next to the number.
   • Delete your recovery phone number, which you have added, by tapping on Delete next to the number.
5. Finally, follow the on-screen instruction to complete your setup process.

Even if you have deleted the recovery phone number from account settings, Google may still use your number for its other services.

Which phone number is to use as a recovery

Use such a phone number which:

• It belongs only to you
• Gets text messages on it
• You keep it with you

Add or change a recovery email address on the Android phone

Like a phone number, you can add, change, and delete a recovery email address on your Android device. Following are the steps for it:

1. Open the Settings app on your Android device, navigate to "Google", and then tap on "Manage your Google Account".
   
2. At the top of the page, tap on the "Security" section.
3. In the Security tab, look for the "Ways we can verify it's you" and tap on Recovery email. It will ask you to sign in to your Google account once again.
   
4. After signing, you can perform the following job:
   • Add a recovery email address.
   • Change or delete a recovery email address.
5. Finally, follow the on-screen instruction to complete your setup process.

Which email address is to use as a recovery

Use such an email address which:

• Belongs to you, and you use it regularly;
• It must be different from your primary account used to sign in to your Google account.

How to fix account can't sign in problems.

Visit the account recovery page, and answer questions as best you can. The account recovery page is used when:

• You forgot your account password.
• You can't be able to log in to your account for any other reasons.
• Someone changed your account's password.
• Someone deleted your Google account.

How recovery phone number is used

Setting up a recovery phone number for your Google account helps you re-access it if you can't sign in for any reason. Recovery information also helps in keeping your account secure. When and how your recovery phone number can use:

• To send you a verification code to log in and reaccess your account if you have locked out.
• To block anyone from accessing your account without your permission.
• To let you know if any suspicious activity is happening with your account.

How recovery email address is used

When and how your recovery email is used:

• To send you a verification code to log in and reaccess your account if you have locked out.
• To let you know if any suspicious activity is happening with your account.
• To alert you that you are about to run out of storage space.

Recover your Google account even if someone hacked it

If you get into trouble and cannot log in to your Google account for any reason, like someone hacked your account and changed your password or recovery information (number and email address) or deleted your account. You will use the "Google's Account Recovery" page even if you have deleted your Google account. Just answer the question as good you can give and follow the prompt instructions.

Even all the methods fail to recover your account, or you can't sign in to your account for any reason. Also, if you get trouble with two-step verification or can't reset your password with code by message, you can get help signing in and recovering your account straight through Google.