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How to Recover Your Gmail Password – An Easy Process

“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

But the issue with bad memory is that one often forgets important things to them – Like their keys and wallets at home or … passwords. Forgetting your keys and wallets at home is not much of a big issue, you can always go back and take them back or ask someone from home to deliver them to you. But what if you forget your password, let’s say of an account that is linked everywhere from your Payment system to your office works – say Gmail?

Then you can straight up recover them. It’s not much of an issue either. You can easily recover your Gmail password as well. But before we go into that let’s cover some basics.

What is Gmail?

Gmail is one of the – if not the most popular email services provided by Google. This is a free email service that has over 1.5 billion users worldwide and is one of the most used ones as well.

When it first started, this service was overshadowed by other email services like Yahoo and Hotmail but since then the situation has changed a lot. With large storage space and a wide range of combability with applications and websites, there is no wonder why this email service has become one of the best.

Why is Gmail Popular?

The simple to this is “compatibility”. Gmail is compatible with virtually everything. This includes a wide range of devices, services, apps, and websites. The main benefit of Gmail being compatible is that regardless of the device or application, you can access all of them with just a single email.

This not only makes it easier for us to access these devices and applications but also saves our time and memory as well. Add the benefit of having at the very least 15 GB of storage, and the popularity of Gmail will be more than Justified.

But while this is going on, many people have raised concern over its security due to its very feature of being compatible with virtually everything. While logically their concern makes sense as it increases the chances of malware being spread, as long as you don’t accept random mails from unverified sources, it won’t be much of a problem.

How to Recover your Gmail password?

As we mentioned before, a lot of people use Gmail as their main email service. Among these 1.5 billion people, some are bound to forget their passwords. If you are among those people who are afraid of forgetting your password, there are three major ways to recover your Gmail Password.

Using Mobile Number

This is one of the biggest benefits of linking your mobile number with your email. Sadly not every email service has this feature. Thankfully Gmail is not one of them. Due to your mobile number being linked with Gmail, it becomes rather easy to recover your Gmail password. All you have to do is:

Open Gmail
Insert Your email and password

If your password is compromised you won’t be able to gain access

Click on forgot password
Click on Try another method
Enter your cell phone number and press send

You will receive a verification code on your phone

Insert the verification number on the window
Click the next button
Set up a new password.

While this process may look complicated due to the number of steps, it really is not. But the next method is a bit more complicated than this.

Recovery using Email

While using a mobile number to recover your Gmail password is good and all, sometimes we don’t have access to your cell phone. Maybe we have sent it for repair or the battery just died down, or we are too young to have a mobile. In such cases, this is the next best option. But for this, you need to have another email assigned as a recovery email. If you have not done this before your password was compromised, this option will not be available.

In the case you have set up a recovery email, you can:

Open Gmail
Insert Your email and password

Click on forgot password
Enter your recovery email and press send

You will receive a verification code on your recovery email

Open up your recovery email
Check the most recent email sent by Gmail
Insert the verification number on the window
Click the next button
Set up a new password.

While this is a bit complicated process, remember that the only new thing is the use of a recovery email to recover your Gmail password instead of a phone number.

Recovery Using Security Questions

Now, this is one of the most complicated and confusing ways to recover your Gmail password. To enable this method, you have to add security questions with their answer when you set up your Gmail. The only issue with this is that most of us forget these questions shortly. But if all fails, this will be your road to recovery. To recover your Gmail password using this method you need to:

Open Gmail
Insert Your email and password

Click on forgot password
Click on “Try another Method” till you see the option of “Security Questions”

You will be shown 3 to 5 security questions that you had set

Answer these security questions
Determine the date when your Gmail was Created
Reset your password

Do note that this will only apply if you have answered all of the questions correctly and this is not the recommended means to recover your Gmail password.

Besides these, you can use your Android phone to recover your Gmail password if you have linked them together.

Final Words,

So the gist is in order to recover your Gmail password, you need to have it linked with your number, android phone, or another email. If not, then you will need to set up questions and answer them correctly.

Considering the options, it is better to link Gmail with your phone, number, and another email account.

Hope this was helpful for you. If you have any suggestions for us, do leave them down in the comments below. And as always, thank you for reading till the end.