Hi Guys, Today I am going to tell you about Google Account Security and how you can protect gmail account. As you know today there are a lot of hackers to hack our accounts so our responsibility is to improve gmail security. Your mail will be the backbone of almost all other accounts like facebook, twitter, etc. So it’s very important to protect our mail account.
You can protect your google account by activating 2 step varification. Here in this guide i have written step by step guide to activate 2 step verification in gmail. if you don’t want to read, watch video. After activating Google 2 Step Verification, when next time you login to your gmail account in different browser or system. gmail send 6 digit code in your registered mobile number. If you are smartphone user you can also switch to google authentication app. this app provide code and every 30 sec code will change automatically.
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Guide to Enable Google 2 Step Verification
Read step by step easy guide to protect gmail by enabling 2 step varification
- First Login to your gmail account .
- Now go to Account settings.
- In your Account Go to Security option.
- In Security you see 2 step verification is disabled.
- Now click on setup to activate.
- Now It shows as given below. In that click on Start Setup >>
- Now enter your mobile number and click on Send Code.
- A code will be received in your phone as a text message. Enter the code in the sapce provided and click on Verify.
After verifying you can set a default device means we can login from that device without any code. if you need to login from other devices a code is send to your phone. You can login only after entering the code.
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In case you lost your phone, So you can add another number for backup. you can change the number any time from your gmail account by signing in from the default device.
For Smartphone Users
If you are smartphone user, then you can get code from google authenticator app, you need to switch to app and varify google authenticator.
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How to Disable 2 Step Verification in Gmail
If you don’t want to use this security feature after some time, you can Turn Off 2 Step Verification by going to your gmail account>>security>>2 step varification. and here you can Turn Off 2 Step Verification.