Not remembering or losing the password of any of the platforms that we usually use can be a more or less big headache, depending on the service and the importance it is for us. Fortunately, rRetrieving a password is a very simple process.
In this article we are going to show you how to find or recover Gmail password. Not remembering the Gmail password can be a very serious problem, especially if we use an Android smartphone and the account for which we do not remember the password is associated with our phone.
How to find your Gmail password
The first thing we must be clear about is that, in this specific case, Google you will never send us the password via email. No platform, absolutely none, will send us our password by email. If we do not remember it, it will invite us to create a new password, a password that cannot be the same as the one we were using previously.
How to recover Gmail password
Unless we have the password written down somewhere, we will never be able to recover the password, so we will be forced to create a new one. Obviously, in order to create a new password associated with a Google ID, this platform must confirm that we are the legitimate owners of the account, since otherwise it would be hard work stealing account passwords.
When we sign up for Gmail, as on other platforms, we they ask us for a series of data that will allow us to recover our account if we find ourselves in a situation like this, so we should not lie thinking that Google only wants to know more about us. Although, there is part of the truth in it, that information is used to recover the account if we have forgotten the password.
For recover our Gmail account and create a new password, we must carry out the steps that we show you below:
- The first thing to do is visit the web gmail.com
- Next, we enter the email address from which we want to recover the password and click on Next.
- If we are lucky and the browser has the password stored, it will automatically be shown hidden in asterisks. If not, click on Have you forgotten the password?
- Then it will show different methods to recover our password depending on whether we are on an Android smartphone, if we have entered our phone number, if we have entered an email to retrieve the password .. In this section, we must choose the option that best suits our needs.
- Then, once Google has confirmed that we are the legitimate owners of the account, it will force us to create a new password.
From now on, all applications and mobile devices associated with this account they will stop working until we enter the new password.
Recover password stored in the browser
If our browser has stored the password of our Google account, no need to create a new password, since we can access the list of passwords that the browser stores and know what it is.
Firefox
In Firefox, we must click on the three horizontal lines to access the menu and select the option Passwords.
Chrome
In Chrome, click on the three vertical points located in the upper right corner, click on Settings. Within Settings, we access the section Autocomplete and click on Passwords.
Microsoft Edge
In Edge, click on the three horizontal points, located in the upper right corner, click on Settings. Within Settings, we access the section Profiles and click on Passwords.
In both cases, we have to press over the eye next to the displayed password hidden by dots to show it.
Never lose your password again
Currently, the number of passwords that we have to store in our heads is too high. Use the same access password on all platforms puts our accounts at risk, since in the event of any data leak, friends of others can use both your username (usually an email) with the same password.
Nor is it advisable to use words such as 12345678, password, 00000000 ... password that every year are the most used by users despite the security risk they pose. To build a strong password, it is best combine uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols.
Obviously, we cannot easily remember these types of passwords, so the best we can do is use applications to manage passwords. These applications also allow us to create secure passwords, so we do not need to waste time creating them.
Here is a list of the best applications to manage passwords:
1Password
We start with this application, for being the most complete of all and be available in all mobile and desktop ecosystems available in the market. Thanks to this application, we can always have the usernames and passwords of all the platforms we use regularly on our smartphone and computer.
In addition, it automatically takes care of entering the username and password, so we only have to identify ourselves on the device to be able to use it. To be able to enjoy all the functions that 1Password offers us you need to pay a monthly subscription.
LastPass Password Manager
LastPass is a password manager and generator which stores our passwords and personal information securely in a vault. From this LastPass vault we can store passwords and logins, create profiles to buy online, generate secure passwords, save personal information in notes ...
Thanks to LastPass, all you have to do is remember your LastPass master password as the application will autocomplete the logins in web browsers and applications automatically, without having to copy and paste passwords on the clipboard of our device.
Dashlane
Dashlane allows us to store passwords, personal information, manage profiles to buy online… From any device. With this application we can store an unlimited number of passwords, synchronize the data with other devices, create secure passwords thanks to the password generator ...
In addition, it allows us to import all the login data that we are currently storing in the Chrome browser. Dashlane is available for your download for free and includes in-app purchases to unlock all features.
