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Gmail Sign In: How to securely login to Gmail

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Gmail from Google is one of the most popular email services available for today, and for very good reasons. The service sits at the top with over 1.5 billion users; therefore, hackers will target anyone with a Gmail account.

How to securely sign into Gmail

To make sure your account is secure at all times, we are going to discuss how to securely sign-in to your account with relative ease. Here are a few tips that will help you sign up for and create a Google account and show you how to sign in or log in to Gmail securely.

  1. Gmail Sign Up
  2. Gmail Login
  3. Recover Gmail password and username
  4. Gmail multiple accounts login
  5. Track multiple Gmail accounts
  6. Gmail Sign in Security Tips

1] Gmail Sign Up

If you want to sign up for a Gmail account, visit www.gmail.com. Click on Create an account. After doing so, select For Myself, or To manage my business. Fill out the required details, and from there, accept the terms and conditions before moving on.

2] Gmail Login

When it comes down to logging into Gmail, please bear in mind there are several ways to get this done. However, we will be focusing on the two main ways, and they are the regular Gmail website and desktop applications such as Outlook.

How to securely login to Gmail

OK, so to sign-in to Gmail on the web, visit the official website, and right away you should be brought to the sign-in section. Simply add the details such as your Gmail email address, and personal password to move forward.

Using another client such as the Outlook app on Windows 10 to login is another great way. Complete this task by launching the Outlook app, then click on Accounts. This should bring up new options from the right-pane area.

Select Add Account, and from the new window, please click on Google and continue following the basic instructions to get the job done. Once its over, all mails from your Gmail account will show up in the Outlook app.

If you want, we suggest activating the mail forwarding feature located in the Settings area. We can get there by selecting the gear icon from the top-right corner when signed into Gmail, and then choose Settings from the drop-down menu. After doing so, click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP, and then configure it to your liking.

Read: How to secure Gmail account from hackers.

3] Recover Gmail password and username

In terms of recovering your Gmail password and username, this is another simple task. You can recover your password by visiting here, and to recover your username, just go here and you’re done.

4] Gmail multiple accounts login

Gmail Sign In

You may find yourself in a situation where you may want to login with multiple accounts. This is a super easy task, so let’s discuss how to do that, shall we? Good.

OK, so the first thing you will be required to do, is open your Gmail account, then click on your profile image from the top-right corner of the service. From the menu that appears, select Add Account. Follow the instructions from there on to sign-in to the account you want.

Bear in mind that accounts carry separate settings, however, there are times when you sign out of one account and sign-in to another, settings might carry over is Gmail is unable to determine which account you’re using.

5] Track multiple Gmail accounts

One of the best ways to keep track of multiple Gmail accounts is to use GmailNotifier. You also have the option to use Gmail Notifier from CodePlex.

6] Gmail Sign in Security Tips

Seeing as your Gmail account contains a lot of important and sensitive emails, it only makes sense for you to secure it and do not take the sign-in process casually. The first step you must take, then, is to use strong passwords at all times.

You can also learn how to generate strong passwords to make it harder for hackers to gain access to your account.

Additionally, you can also check the Gmail Security Checkup to see if there are any underlining issues. Please read here to learn more about your Google Account security.

Stay safe!

These links may also interest you:

Hotmail Sign In | Yahoo Login | Facebook Sign In | Twitter Sign In Help | PayPal Login | Skype Login | LinkedIn login tips.

AnandK@TWC

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP (2016-2022). Please read the entire post & the comments first, create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system & be careful about any 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.

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  2. Tomgazitano says

    All I want to do is to Sign In to my already existing gmail account, and all you are letting me do is get to the Sign UP for New gmail account page !!!!!

  9. BOATIEJEFF says

    I AM GLAD SOMEWONE LIKE THIS SITE ALL I WANT TO DO IS LOG ON . I AM NOT A COMPUTER NERD SO RUN IT ON THE OLD KISS SYSTEM [KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID]

  12. Goodman Christi says

    thank you and i echo your sentiments!!!!!!! Why do things have to be so complicated. Cant we just have a screen that takes you right to the log in page put in your name and password and there it isA???

  15. Contactmarielle says

    have limited time to take care of computer and email stuff and this is not acceptable that I am not available even for emergency contacts at this time. Are you presuming that everyone has ample time to get higher techy and even wats to or is able? I am not very computer techy and I cannot log into my email account. This may have to be checked to see if this is a scam? Is this a scam? Please remove this block or it will be reported. I tried 3 times ad got the same geek inro, blocking my email. Not funny, and not very professional. Remove the block please.
    mf

  16. Amanda says

    I want my Gmail account stopped I can’t even get into my account now that this change has been made. I have been sitting here for an hour tring to log on I am pissed and I want to stop my account now. I hope that gmail understands how many peolpe have turned away from them and decided to go to another source.

  18. Nihalfernando4 says

    What a nuisance is this. You bloody well get out of my way. I don’t want your damn new account. My exsisting account is ok with me. Who the hell are you to force me to get into a new account. For god sake let me use my account as it is or I will abolish my g mail account.
    nihalfernando4@gmail.com

  23. Agnes Rivera says

    I have the same problem. Why is Gmail so complicated? I switched to Yahoo (thank God!) but still want to sign in to my old Gmail account from time to time to see if I have any emails. It doesn’t let me sign in just open a new account. I’ve had it with Gmail.

  25. Agnes Rivera says

    I DID read the full article. Excuse me for not being a computer GEEK and wanting things simple. Still don’t understand how to log in to the Gmail account that I’ve had for years.

  26. cJoey08 says

    Know EXACTLY what u mean!!! Locked out of Yahoo & Gmail > SIX WEEKS! Were recovery accts 4 each other!Wrote SEVERAL scathing “eval’s” 4 gmail when asked 4 MY opinion. FINALLY able 2 access acct’s.Time wasted + data usage=TOO MUCH: STRESS, FRUSTRATION, et al. WARNED ALL I KNOW—DON’T GET SUCKED INTO THE VORTEX OF 2-STEP VERIFICATION!

  27. Judith Natt says

    I am in complete agreement with you. It used to be when the gmail account was so easy to use. I logged in automatically at every time unless I wanted to change my password which was equally easy to accomplish. Google suddenly realized that we need a change. I certainly did not need it. I am now unable to enter my gmail account or has to use login every time I need to look at my mail. It is very elaborate to enter it under Internet Explorer but impossible under Firefox.
    I am seriously considering to leave gmail. Formerly I used to recommend it to all my acquaintances. Not anymore. I am going over to yahoo mail.
    juditn@gmail.com (formerly).

  29. Fran says

    Funny, but I just now had no trouble at all signing in to my gmail account. Maybe if you have a Google+ account it helps?

  31. Wendy says

    I am having the same difficulty, why can’t I get into the login for my existing gmail??? it doesn’t answer our question, did you find a solution?

  34. jwbeauch says

    I’m also having this problem. Gmail works for me on my macintosh (I don’t even need to give the name or password), but I can’t sign in to my account on a windows machine; like others have said, it will only let me try to start a new account. I don’t want to have two gmail accounts.

  35. shaukat saeed khan says

    it used to be very simple to access my in box mail,but for the last three days I have wasted lot of time and found myself unable to open it.I already have a Gmail account.Kindly make the procedure simplified as it was in existence few days ago. SHAUKAT SAEED KHAN

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