To easily reset your password if you get locked out, add recovery info.
Learn how recovery info helps you
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.
Tip: If you change your recovery phone or email, Google offers to send verification codes to your old recovery phone number or email address for 7 days. If someone uses your account without your permission, this lets you quickly change your settings.
Set up account recovery options
Add a recovery email address- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app
.
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial
Google Account.
- If you don't use Gmail, go to myaccount.google.com.
- At the top, tap Security.
- Under "Ways we can verify it's you," tap Recovery email.
- You might need to sign in.
- From here, you can:
- Add a recovery email.
- Change or delete your recovery email.
- Follow the on-screen steps.
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Google Account.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial Google Account.
- If you don't use Gmail, go to myaccount.google.com.
- At the top, tap Security.
- Under "Ways we can verify it's you," tap Recovery phone.
- You might need to sign in.
- From here, you can:
- Add a recovery phone.
- Change your recovery phone: Next to your number, tap Edit
.
- Delete your recovery phone: Next to your number, tap Delete
.
- Follow the on-screen steps.
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.Get help with account recovery
If you’ve trouble accessing your Google Account, answer the questions as best you can in the account recovery page. Learn more about account recovery steps.
If you still have trouble, you can get help to sign into your account.
If you still can’t recover your account after you go to the account recovery page, and get sign-in help, you can create a new Google Account. When you do, learn how to avoid getting locked out again.