How to Find Your Forgotten Gmail Accounts

By Shakir Bukhari


In a recent announcement, Google stated that it would be deleting any unused two-year-old accounts. If you have any old Gmail accounts that you haven't used in a while, it's a good idea to check them now and see if there's anything you'd like to save.



There are a few ways to find your forgotten Gmail accounts. One way is to use Google's "find your email" page. This page will look for any Google accounts that are associated with an email address or phone number that you may have entered as a "recovery account."



Here's how to do it:

  1. Go to http://accounts.google.com/signin/usernamerecovery and enter any email accounts or phone numbers that you've had for a while and that may have been used as recovery info.
  2. On the next page, you'll be asked for your name.
  3. Next, you'll be sent a verification code to the phone number or the email account that you entered.
  4. You'll then be presented with a list of Google accounts for which that phone number or email was registered as a recovery resource.


If you're suddenly presented with an old Google account and you have no idea what the password was, here's what to do:

  1. Select the old, forgotten account from the list and verify that you are human via a CAPTCHA checkbox.
  2. You'll then be asked for the password, which you don't have. Luckily, there was a "forgot password?" link, which you clicked.
  3. You'll be sent another verification code via the phone number you had originally entered and then invited to replace your password.
  4. At this point, you'll be asked to check the existing recovery email account, which turned out to be your old work email address (which hadn't existed for some time).


In addition to using the "find your email" page, you can also check your password manager and any other apps you may have used to reference other Gmail accounts.



Here are some additional tips:

  • Make sure to add both a recovery phone number and email address to each of your Google accounts. You never know when they might come in handy.
  • If you've forgotten your password, you can try to recover it using Google's account recovery tool.
  • If you're still having trouble, you can contact Google support for help.

Shakir Bukhari

Comments

  1. Data & StatisticsNovember 30, 2023 at 2:22 AM

    With Google planning to delete any unused two-year-old accounts, it’s a good idea to see if you’ve forgotten any from way back when. Last May, Google announced it was planning to delete any accounts that hadn’t been used in two years (with a few exceptions, such as accounts that have YouTube videos). And sure enough, about two months after that, I got an email from Google warning me that accounts that have not been accessed for two years will indeed be eligible for deletion starting on December 1st, 2023.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousDecember 1, 2023 at 11:40 AM

    If you are presented with an old Google account that you no longer use, you can delete it or change the passward.

    ReplyDelete

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