Forgot your password? or your account is no longer under your control? Has the password of your google account changed without your notice? Google solves your problem of recovering your passwords. Don’t worry, Google can restore your access with the security information you have provided while creating your account. So make sure you have these mechanisms in place.
Various methods by which you can recover google passwords:
- Having a Secondary email already set with your account.
- Get a verification code to your mobile
- Answer a security question that you must have selected while creating your account
Firstly, when you are not able to recover your account click on “Can’t access your account” present below “sign in” button. You will be redirected to a page which asks you to enter your email id. After this you will be asked to type the captcha image appeared above the text box. After this you will redirected to page where you need select one among the options that will be present to recover your password.
If you have attached a secondary email to your account, then you will be able to see and select the radio button “Get a password reset link at my recovery email: YOUR_SECONDARY_EMAIL_ADDR”. If not so you will not be able to see this radio button. This is the primary method of recovering password for your google account. You will receive a reset link to your secondary email account. On clicking that you will be redirected to password reset page of you google account.
If you haven’t attached your email address to your existing gmail account, then you have a second option to receive a verification code to your mobile. You just need to remember your mobile number to process this. Select the radio button “Get a verification code on my phone:********23″, enter your full phone number and you will receive a confirmation code on your mobile. Once you have received the confirmation code click on “continue” button. You will be redirected to a page where in you need to enter the verification code, the one which you have received on your mobile.
If you didn’t set your phone number to your google account, you have one last option of answering the security question, the one you should have set while creating your google account. Select the radio button “Answer my security question”, you can see your question, answer the question and click on continue.
If you have successfully done one among the above 3 methods of security verification, then you will be redirected to password reset page. Where you need to type the new password for your google account twice and so you can change your password and gain access to your account again. So, you have successfully recovered your google account.
