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- Recovery Email Address
- Overview
- How recovery info helps you
- Add or change a recovery phone number
- Add or change a recovery email address
- How recovery info is used
- Fix problems
To make sure you can get back into your Google Account if you ever can’t sign in, add recovery information.
Important: If you use an account through your work, school, or other groups, these steps may not work. Ask your administrator for help.
A recovery phone number or email address helps you reset your password if:
• You forget your password
• Someone else is using your account
• You’re locked out of your account for another reason
Add a recovery phone number
1. Go to your Google Account.
2. On the left navigation panel, click Personal info.
3. Under "Contact info," click Add a recovery phone to help keep your account secure.
4. Follow the steps on the screen.
Change a recovery phone number
Add a recovery email address
1. Go to your Google Account.
2. On the left navigation panel, click Personal info.
3. Under "Contact info,"click Email Recovery email. You might need to sign in.
4. Follow the steps on the screen.
Change a recovery email address
Recovery info helps you get back into your account and helps keep your account secure.
Recovery phone number
Here are some ways your recovery phone number can be used:
• To send you a code to get into your account if you’re ever locked out
• To block someone from using your account without your permission
• To make it easier for you to prove that an account is yours
Can't sign in
Go to the account recovery page, and answer the questions as best you can. These tips can help.
Use the account recovery page if:
• You forgot your password.
• Someone changed your password.
• Someone deleted your account.
- Follow the steps to recover your account.
- Reset your password when prompted. Choose a strong password that you haven't already used with this account. Learn how to create a strong password.
Add, update or remove phone number. In your Google Account, open the Personal info tab. Select Contact info Phone number your phone number. From here you can: Add your phone number: Next to...
You can use your phone number to: Sign in to your account. Learn how to sign in with your phone number. Get back into your account if you have trouble signing in. For example, you can get a text...
Set a recovery phone number and email address so we can reach you in case we detect unusual activity in your Google Account or you accidentally get locked out.
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Enter the email address or phone number you use to sign in to Google. This can be your Gmail address, your Google Workspace email address, your recovery phone number, or another email...
