Do not lose your account — what to know. Republished on August 18 with a new warning for Google users about the risks in their Gmail address and what they should do to secure their accounts. Google ...

When a Gmail account is hijacked, the damage rarely stops at email. A single compromise can expose banking resets, cloud backups, and identity documents, so the priority is to regain control quickly ...

Gmail accounts are being compromised in a sophisticated phishing attack. If you lost access to your account, here's what you can do – and how to be better prepared. Gmail users are again falling ...

Google giveth, and Google taketh away. Two long-standing features are being removed from Gmail, and they both relate to how you access messages from other, non-Google email accounts through the Gmail ...

Many of us have a lot of digital data locked away in our Google accounts: emails, photos, chats, documents, schedules, restaurant reviews. Losing access to that data is likely to be fairly high on the ...

Google is rolling out a new Recovery Contact feature designed to help you regain access to your Google account if you ever get locked out. Whether you’ve forgotten your password, lost your phone, or ...

Google’s new “Recovery Contacts” feature allows trusted friends or family members to help you regain access to your account by verifying a code. The feature is rolling out now and is recommended for ...

Your Google account hacked can create chaos, affecting Gmail, Drive, YouTube, and even linked services like banking apps or streaming platforms. Unauthorized access ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gmail is — and has been for years — one of the most popular free email services, with around two billion active users around the ...

To review apps with access to your Google account, head to Google My Account, select "Data & Privacy," and choose "Third-Party Apps and Services." To remove an app ...