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Signing in: Adding recovery options to your account

We know it can be frustrating to lose access to your Google Account, especially since it's how you sign in to Google products like Gmail, Docs, and Picasa. Below are instructions for adding password recovery options to your account, in case you ever get locked out.

Password recovery options for Google Accounts

Recovery address (Gmail users only)

Phone number

Security question (Gmail users only)

If you never added recovery options to your account before you lost access, you can try using our account recovery exam

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