Well, I am here to help and guide you through a well-detailed step by step process of how you can reset your Gmail password.
Now, there are different categories of issues that revolve around Gmail password recovery.
While peoples have forgotten their Gmail login password,some have forgotten both their Gmail password and security question.
Not having access to your Gmail account simply means not having access to your Email messages and unfortunately, it also means not having access to other platforms like YouTube, Google , Google maps, Google drive, and other useful platforms.
Resetting Gmail Password.
Go through a Google login page, Gmail.com.
Enter your Email address and then click or tap on NEXT.
You will then see a box telling you to enter your password.
But since you don’t know or can’t remember your password, click or tap on ”Forgot my password ”.
You will then see a prompt asking you to enter the last password you remember but type nothing there(ignore it).
Below you will see ”Try a different question” Click or tap on it.
You’ll see another prompt, you have to choose if you want to receive your verification code to your mobile number via Text or Call. (Don’t close the page yet)
When you have received the verification code, simply insert the code into the box provided by Google to verify it is you.
Wait…….What?
Cannot reset your password with a code by text?
You didn’t give Google a phone number for verification?
You lost the number you gave to Google?
Then your case is quite serious;
Your next hope would be going to Googles Account Support page.
Reset Gmail Password B;
If you've added an extra layer of security to your google account by providing recovery details then you will probably have different options that would help you in resetting your Gmail password.
If you didn’t? Then you probably won’t have access on your Gmail account.
So maybe you added a phone verification method for your Google account?
If you did? That’s nice because this gives you an upper hand,
Kindly;
Open the Account Support page.
Enter your Email address if you are asked to, then click/tap on NEXT.
If you are asked to receive the verification code via text or call, ignore and tap on ”Try a different question”.
You should then see a request asking you if you would want to Get a prompt on your device?
Make sure you are with your gmail account device.
On your mobile device you will receive a prompt, tap on YES, and then a new window will open on the browser where you opened Google Account Support Page.
Select a strong password, and you are good to go.
This is an ideal way to recover your Gmail account if you forgot your password, but for this line to work you should have already added your mobile device as a recovery option.
If you did not set your mobile device as a Google Account recovery option, then you would probably go to different lines here.
Reset Gmail Password C;
You will have to open the Account Support Page again.
Enter your Email account and proceed.
Skip any line that didn’t work for you. You can skip by tapping/clicking on ( Try a different question).
The next page will prompt you to send the verification code to a recovery Email address.
Tap/click on send and wait for Google to reply on the recovery Email’s inbox.
Be sure to check the recovery email. If it doesn’t look familiar or you no longer have access to it then you have to go to line D.
This method of resetting Gmail password is a widely used method, but I recently noticed that Google no longer gives that option as a means of recovering your Google account.
But hopefully, They might bring it up again.
Reset Gmail Password D;
So you checked the recovery Email and it is not familiar?
Or you fon’t have access to it again?
Don’t give up just yet;
Before Going ahead with line D, you should think!
Your recovery Email could be your Yahoo mail or your friend’s Email account.
Moving On;
This process is very difficult, it is literally a guessing game for some.
Open Googles Account Support Page again.
Enter your Email Address if it prompts you to.
Skip previous lines that were not of help till you get to where you see
Month and Year .
You will have to answer a difficult question ”When did you create this Google account” If you can provide the correct month and year then you have a shot at resetting your Gmail password.
If this still doesn’t work for you, then your case is getting to a whole new level of difficulty.
Just so you’d know, I was reading an article somewhere and I Learned that Google no longer creates Security questions and answers, but if your account is old enough you would still have that option.
I sincerely do not know how true this is.
But I do know that another way of resetting your Gmail password is by answering a secret question provided by Google.
A question they feel only you would have to answer.
And that dive us to;
Reset Gmail Password line E.
Skip the previous lines if they are still not working for you. You still have another shot at retrieving your Google account.
Open Google’s Account Support Page again.
Skip previous lines till you get to where you would ”Answer the security question you added to your account“.
All you will have to do afterward is provide the correct answer to the security question you set.
Forgot your Gmail Password And Secret Question?
If you cannot remember the answer to the secret question you set on Google.
Retrieving your Gmail account will be impossible.
If you are unable to provide Google with correct information that they will use to verify your ownership of the account, then you might just have to start thinking of creating a new Google account.
As issue as it may sound, that’s just the way it is, Google will not bend the rules for you.
Why is it so hard to recover a Google Account?
Like I said earlier, Google will not bend their rules for you, Google takes privacy and security very seriously and they will only return an account if they are sure that the account is of the right owner.
The best way to regain access to your account is to keep your recovery options updated.
If eventually any of your recovery details change, you should immediately update it on Google (Provide Google with your new recovery details).
