How to Find My Gmail Password?

Apr 27, 2022 • Filed to: Password Solutions • Proven solutions

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So you forgot your Gmail password, and there is an urgent email you need to send.

Well, we all like to be organized. Gmail has always been our go-to service for a long time, so long that you might forget your password as well because you are generally logged in from all your devices.

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However, when you buy a new device or try to log in from someone else's computer, you need to have your password for security purposes. Google understands that being a human, you can forget certain things, and hence it provides few ways to recover your password.

In this article, I will discuss a few of them to help you get your password and let you get back to your emails.

Without further ado, these are a few of the methods to find or recover your Gmail passwords:

Method 1: Find Gmail password through the official

Step 1: Go to your browser and search Gmail sign-in page. Enter your email address and continue.

search gmail

Step 2: Next, Gmail asks you to enter the last password that you can recall in a way to confirm that you forgot it. If you crack the correct password, your Gmail will open. However, if your password does not match the current or any of your old passwords, Gmail will give you another chance with "try another way".

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Step 3: Here, a verification code will be automatically sent to your device connected with your Google account. So check your phone's notification and tap on "Yes" and then you can reset your Gmail password.

In case you do not receive the notification or wish to sign in using another way, you can opt for "try another way to sign in" and choose "Use your phone or tablet to get a security code (even if it's offline).

Step 4: If you had set it up with a recovery phone number when creating the Gmail account, Gmail would ask you for an option to send a text or call on that number to verify your identity.

So if you have your phone, proceed ahead with this step. Or else you skip to step 5.

Step 5: Alternatively, Google has another option to verify your identity. Just like you connected your phone number with the account, you are also asked to link another email and a recovery email during the time of account creation. So Google sends a recovery code to that email, and you can then reset your password.

And if due to any reason, you do not have access to the recovery email, you will have to choose "try another way to sign in". In the end, Gmail will ask you for an email address that you have access to, and they will verify from their end. There is very little assurance that you will recover your account using this route.

Step 6: If you are lucky enough, enter the code sent to your device or the recovery email address.

Step 7: You will be asked to create a new password, so keep it simple so you do not get in the same situation at any time in the future.

Method 2: Recovering Gmail passwords saved by browsers

Several browsers provide a way to help you out by saving the passwords of your different accounts, and you can easily have an access to them while logging in.

So let's see how you can actually enable the "remembering your password" feature on different browsers.

Google Chrome:

Google Chrome

Step 1: First of all, open a window on Google Chrome, click on the menu icon on the top right (three vertical dots), and select Settings.

Step 2: In the "Auto-fill" section, you need to tap on "Passwords". You will be asked your system password for verification purposes. On the next page, you will be able to view all your passwords just by unmasking them.

Note: On this page, you can manage your passwords as well. If you do not want Chrome to remember any particular password, you can remove them using the "more actions" icon (three vertical dots).

Mozilla Firefox:

Mozilla Firefox

Step 1: Open the "Mozilla Firefox" browser and select the upper right corner menu.

Step 2: Tap on passwords.

Step 3: Scroll down to search the login info that you want to view. And to see the password, click on the eyeball icon.

Safari:

Safari

Step 1: Open the Safari browser and then, on the top left to your screen, tap on "Safari" (next to the Apple logo), where you need to select "Preferences"(Command + ,).

Step 2: Select the "Passwords". You will have to enter your system password to unlock it.

Step 3: Tap on the website for which you want to view the stored password. If you would like to make any changes, double click on that website. At the same time, you can remove a password by clicking the "remove" button at the bottom right corner.

Internet Explorer:

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Step 1: Open the Internet Explorer browser and select the "Tools" button (gear icon).

Step 2: Next, choose "Internet Options".

Step 3: Navigate to the "Content" tab.

Step 4: Search for the section "AutoComplete" and tap on "Settings".

Step 5: Now select "Manage Passwords" in the new box.

Step 6: Here, you can search for the website you want to view the password for by tapping "Show" next to "Password". Whereas clicking on the arrow next to the website and select "Remove" below.

Method 3: Try the Gmail password finder app

For iOS:

If you have used Gmail on your iPhone, you can try to find your passwords.

It helps you find your Apple ID account and passwords:

Let's have a step-wise look at how to recover your password for iOS through Dr. Fone:

Step 1: First of all, download Dr.Fone and choose the password manager

Download Dr.Fone

Step 2: By using a lightning cable, connect your iOS device to your PC.

Cable connect

Step 3: Now, click on "Start Scan". By doing this, Dr.Fone will immediately detect your account password on the iOS device.

Start Scan

Step 4: Check your password

Check your password

Method 4: How to recover data on Android

Step 1: Go to the Settings on your device and tap on Network and Internet.

Step 2: Here, select WiFi, and the list of WiFi networks will appear along with the one you are connected to.

Step 3: Below that, search for the Saved networks option and click on that.

Step 4: Now select the network whose password you are looking for. You might be asked to verify that it's you with your phone lock.

Step 5: Now, a QR code will appear on your screen to share your WiFi network. Just below that, your WiFi network's password will be displayed.

Step 6: However, in case your WiFi password is not directly shown, you can scan the QR code using the QR code scanner app and retrieve your password back.

Conclusion:

This article shows a few of the easy ways to find your Gmail passwords depending upon whichever device or browsers you use as you forget them at some point in time.

Above all, I also made sure that you know a secured password manager like Dr.Fone – Password Manager (iOS), so you don't have to wait or depend on someone to help you recover your passwords or data.

What methods do you follow to find your passwords that we missed here and you would want to add here?

Please leave your comments and help other benefits from your experience finding their passwords.

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