The Gmail account is not less than a grace when they have so much to offer and you only need to create an account to get extraordinary features. In addition, Gmail offers several recovery options if you forget passwords such as recovery telephone numbers or email addresses. You can easily reset the password using one of the recovery options provided by Gmail.
There may be a scenario where you have added a recovery telephone number or email address to your Gmail account but does not have access to them now. Recovery seems impossible, right?
Fortunately, Gmail provides other recovery options i.e. To use your old password to recover your email address that has been thoroughly explained in the video below:
You even refer to the step-by-step guide provided underneath:
- In a new tab on your browser, go to gmail.com
- Now, enter the email address for which you need to recover the password
- Click on ‘Forgot password’
- Now, you will be asked to enter the last password that you remember with this Google Account.
Here old password means that you have to enter any of the passwords that you remember for this account. You must have changed it several times and even if you don’t remember the right one, you may recall and enter the one you have ever used for your account, press ‘Next’.
- Google will ask for some time to review your request and you will even be required to enter any of your email addresses that you have access to right now. Google will contact you on that email account that you enter.
- Now, on the email address you have just entered, you must have received a verification code on that.
- Open a new tab and login to that email address where you have got the code.
- Open the email sent by Google and copy the verification code it has, paste it in the previous tab.
- Google will take few days to review your request for account restoration, you will get a section to enter additional info about your account where you can get information like your birth details so that it will become easy for Google to recognize the account belongs to you, press ‘Done’.
- After that, you will be connected to a support specialist and wait for the update at your other email address you have entered in the previous step.
That was all about this password recovery method of Gmail.