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Tip: Recover your password via text message
July 9, 2009
Posted by Cristelle Blackford, Online Operations Strategist
Even the best of us forget our passwords from time to time. In fact, recovering passwords is one of the top reasons people visit the
Gmail Help Center
. To help with these situations, we recently added the ability to recover your password via text message.
To turn this on for your account, just
sign in
, select 'Change Password Recovery Options,' enter your cell phone number and click 'Save.'
Next time you forget your password, enter your username on the
password-assistance page
, and Google will text you a recovery code. No need to check another email account or even leave the page.
In general, it's a good idea to add as many
password recovery options
to your Google Account as possible, like a secondary email address and security question. And don't forget to keep them up-to-date.
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