Quick Tip – Have a Backup Email for Google
If you ever have your Google account compromised you’ll be glad you listened to the information in this post. When someone gains access to your Google account and Google notices it, they will immediately disable the account. When you try logging in again to your Gmail for example, you won’t be able to. You have to fill out a form and Google will look into the problem and you may never be given access to your files again. This happened to my brother and it can be a huge hassle. There is a way to makes this process very easy and pain-free.
The trick to getting access to your Google account again is having at least one backup email in your account settings. This allows Google to email one of those accounts and give you access to your Google account. To do this, follow these steps:
- Click here to visit the Google Account Settings. Log in if you need to.
- On the right hand side you’ll see E-mail addresses. Click Edit.
- Near the bottom of the screen you will see a box to enter an additional email address. Enter another email address you may have (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc).
- You’ll be sent a confirmation email to that address with a link to confirm your newly added email.
- Check that email for a confirmation from Google and click to confirm. (You can also copy the code the email gives you and paste it into your Google Account to confirm the new email)
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