Update, Dec. 07, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 05, has been updated with examples of the kind of cyber-attacks used by hackers and scammers to lock you out of your Gmail account. A Dec.

Gmail is the largest email service in the world, used by well over a billion people. Accessed through your Google account, Gmail competes with other tech company products within the email service ...

Losing access to your Gmail account can feel like losing the keys to your entire online life. Before disaster strikes, take a few minutes to make sure you can recover your account quickly and securely ...

Whether or not you can recover a deleted Google account depends on how long ago it was deleted. Basically, the sooner, the better. Google doesn’t say what the cutoff point is, but some non-Google ...

Google allows users to begin the account recovery process if they have forgotten their password. Utilize password saving services to store and access your passwords. Gmail is the largest email service ...

There's now a way to get back into your Google account if you lose your password and don't have your own recovery email. Michelle Ehrhardt is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor. She has a bachelor's ...