One of the primary services of Google is the Gmail services. With multiple accounts operated by users online and with different passwords, it is possible not to remember a password unless one has noted them elsewhere. So, what does one do if they forget their Gmail password? The immediate reaction is to panic. However, the situation is not so bad as there are ways to recover the password by changing it to the new one and gaining access to the Gmail account as quickly as possible.
Gmail has a different way of recovering one’s password. They have an excellent step-by-step guide that will walk one through how to find a Gmail password prompt and change them.
Password recovery process
So, how to recover your Gmail password? The process is pretty straightforward. One just has to click on the “forgot my Gmail password” link on the sign-in page of Gmail. In earlier days, Google used to ask the user to type in the last password they remember. If one can remember and type in the password correctly and have a backup system, they were asked to continue further in a different way to authenticate their identity as the person who is resetting the password. If one cannot remember or type in the wrong password, they were asked to click on another option,” try a different question’’.
However, the above process has changed, and Google does not ask for any password one remembers to be entered. Instead, it sends a recovery code to the registered mobile number or recovery email account.
How to find my Gmail password
The secondary email was created when one was making the Gmail account. Google sends a six-digit code to the secondary or recovery email account, and it’s not compulsorily a Gmail account. When authenticated, the six-digit code will help set up a new password and regain access to the Gmail account. You can also take steps to secure your account. See Jonathon Spire’s list of Gmail hacking apps to learn more about security issues.
The user can quickly check their secondary email account, access the code, and enter the same code in the box provided by Gmail to unlock a new password generator.
There is a possibility that one may not have access to the recovery or secondary email account anymore – it could have become defunct or inactive, and one cannot log in to that email account. There is another simpler option of using the mobile to get the recovery code.
There is another method to access the account by trying different question methods. Answering security questions helps validate the account.
Once the code is authenticated, and a new password generator box is available to the user, at this point, one types the new password and confirms it. The new password is created and allows easy access to the Gmail account.
After one has created the new password, Google will prompt the user to check security settings linked to the existing Gmail account. One can add a new recovery backup email if it is not updated there and add a mobile phone number. This will help get the six-digit code in a text message or email in the future.
Final thoughts
Google has made a simple process on how to recover a Gmail password. However, it no longer allows new security questions and only deletes access to old ones.
