Use Gmail's "Recovery Contacts" feature to regain access to your Google account during an emergency. All you need to do is reach out to a trusted contact.

If you use an Android phone, you use a Google account. Unless you use a 'deGoogled' tablet or smartphone, or install a custom ROM without Google's services. A Google account is the gateway to ...

Google is in the process of deleting a large number of Gmail accounts. Here’s how to avoid losing yours. The internet giant began deleting accounts last December if they had not been used for two ...

Your Google account is more than just an email address — it's the key to your digital life. It enables access to essential services like Gmail (for which there are ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. For a lot of us, Google plays an outsize role in digital life. Through its various apps and services, Google handles our online ...

You can add multiple Google accounts on your Android device. However, it considers the first account you sign in with as the default and uses it to sign you in across various Google apps and services.

Update, Dec. 16, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 14 now includes additional advice on how to securely recover a forgotten username and password to an inactive Gmail account to prevent ...