How to Regain Access to Hacked Gmail Account?

With having over 1 billion active users and plenty of useful features, Gmail is considered as one of the most popular and widely used free email services in the entire world. But, for being a prominent name in the list of emailing services, Gmail is also frequently targeted by hackers. Time and again, it has been noticed that Gmail users register complaints about their hacked Gmail accounts.

So, if you’re also one of them, who’ve recently suspected that your Gmail account has been hacked then, this is the guide that all you need to recover your hacked Gmail account. Here we’ve mentioned the various possible ways through which you can reset or change the password of your hacked Gmail account to regain access of the same.

Well, let us tell you that recovering your Gmail account via changing its password is not at all tough when you have access to all the following recovery essentials of your account—

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List of Recovery Essentials to Recover Hacked Gmail Account

However, even if you don’t have access or remember a few of these recovery essentials of your account, then also, you can recover your hacked Gmail account. Wondering how? Have a look on the below-mentioned possible ways of recovering a Gmail account that has been hacked by someone.

Possible Ways of Recovering Hacked Gmail Account

Way 1: Recover Gmail Account Using Your Registered Phone Number

If your phone number that you’ve registered with your Gmail account during the time of sign-up, has not changed by the hacker then, let’s see how you can recover your Gmail account using the same registered phone number—

Step 1: Open your preferred web browser and paste this “https://www.Gmail.com” link in its search bar.

Step 2: Then, press the ‘Enter’ button to navigate onto the ‘Gmail Sign-in Page.’

Step 3: There, all you have to do is enter your Gmail account’s ‘Email or User ID’ and hit the ‘Next’ button.

Step 4: Doing so, you’ll be navigated onto the next page where you’ve to click on the ‘Forgot Password?’ link.

Step 5: This will further take you onto the next page and there, either enter the ‘Last Password’ of your Gmail account that you remember at present.

Step 6: Now, on the ‘Get Verification Page,’ enter your registered ‘Mobile number’ to confirm the same that you’ve added to your account during the sign-up process.

Step 7: After entering your mobile number, click on the ‘Send’ button to simply receive a verification code at your same registered phone number.

Step 8: Once you receive the code via SMS on your mobile, copy the same and paste it in the ‘Verification box.’

Step 9: In continuation, click on the ‘Verify’ button and simply reset your Gmail account password by entering a new password twice on the next ‘Change Gmail Password Page.’

Step 10: And, as you’ve successfully changed your Gmail account password, you can now try login to your account using the same to ensure whether you’ve regained access to your hacked Gmail account or not.

Way 2: Recover Gmail Account With Recovery Email Address:

In case you don’t have access to the phone number that you have registered with your Gmail account or if the same has been changed by the hacker then, what else you can do to recover your Gmail account is to use the “Recovery Email Address.” So, let’s see how you can reset the password for the Gmail account using your recovery email address—

Step 1: Similarly, repeat the steps from “1 to 5” of the above-mentioned way (1).

Step 2: Now, on the ‘Get Verification Code,’ you may not get to the ‘Email Address’ option directly. So, keep clicking on the ‘Try another way’ link until you get ‘Recover Gmail account with email address’ option.

Step 3: Once you get the right option in front of you to recover your account, confirm the ‘Recovery email address’ that you added to your Gmail account right when you’ve created your account.

Step 4: After entering the recovery email ID in the ‘Verification box,’ click on the ‘Send’ button to receive the email with a verification code.

Step 5: Open your same email ID to copy the received verification code and then, paste the same in the required ‘Verification box’ to reach onto the ‘Change Password Page.’

Step 6: In the end, enter a new password twice for your account and try to regain access to your hacked Gmail account with the same newly created password.

Way 3: Recover Gmail Account without Phone Number and Email Address

If you don’t have access to both your recovery email and phone number then, answering your chosen security questions during the account creation is the next best way to reset the password of your hacked Gmail account. And, here’s how you can recover your Gmail account by “Answering Security Question”—

Step 1: Again, repeat the steps from “1 to 5” of the above-mentioned way (1).

Step 2: Now, you may be taken to that verification page where you’ll be asked to answer the security question that you’ve selected at the time of account creation. However, if not, they continue clicking on the ‘Try another way’ link until you get the ‘Answer Security Question’ option.

Step 3: Once you reach the verification page of ‘Answer Security Question,’ enter the correct answer to the asked security question.

Step 4: Doing so, you’ll be taken to the final page where you grant permission to reset your Gmail account password.

Step 5: In the end, type a new password for your Gmail account and confirm it on the next page to simply regain access to your hacked account.

Way 4: Recover Gmail Account Using Verify Your Identity Option

Let’s suppose, the one who hacked your account has already changed all the details associated with your Gmail account and now, you don’t have access to any of your recovery essentials then, also do not worry at all. Using the following steps of “Verify your identity” option, you can recover your Gmail account—

Step 1: Using the steps from “1 to 5” of the above-mentioned way (1), reach on to the ‘Verification page.’

Step 2: There, continue clicking on the ‘Try another way’ option till you reach onto the ‘Verify your identity’ page. There, all you have to do is verify your identity by answering multiple questions about your Gmail account.

Step 3: Now, answer the asked multiple questions like ‘Select up to 4 Google products you use with your account,’ Your Date of Birth,’ and ‘Email addresses of your 5 frequently emailed contacts,’ etc.

[Note: Remember that you’ve to answer the asked multiple questions as accurately as possible because only that will determine whether your account will recover or not.]

Step 4: And, after answering the same, click on the ‘Submit’ button. If your answer matches well with the information that Google contains about your Gmail account, then you will be navigated on the ‘Reset Password Page.’

Step 5: Once there, enter a new password twice for your Gmail account and then, save the changes to use the same newly changed password to recover your hacked Gmail account.

Way 5: Recover Gmail Account Using Review Your Request Option

In addition to the above-known ‘Ways of recovering Gmail account password,’ there’s this another method added in the list. Basically, when neither you have access to most of your recovery options nor you can verify your identity then; you can consider recovering your Gmail account by executing the steps of “We need some time to review your request” option that Gmail offers—

Step 1: For this also, repeat the steps from “1 to 5” of the above-mentioned way (1).

Step 2: Doing so, you’ll navigate onto the ‘Account Verification Page.’

Step 3: There, once you finish clicking on the ‘Try another way’ option at least 3 or 4 times, you’ll see a “We need some time to review your request” message.

Step 4: And besides the same, there’s a visible blank text-field inside which you’ve to enter an email address where Gmail can contact you later.

Step 5: Once you finish entering the email address (that you’ve access to), hit the ‘Next’ button.

Step 6: Now, in a while an email with a verification code will be sent by Gmail to the same email address that you’ve provided.

Step 7: Next, you’ve to paste the received code in the ‘Verification box’ to simply reach onto the ‘Reset Password Page’ where you need to enter a new password for your Gmail account password to regain access to the same with your new password.

That’s all! The above-discussed ways are possible the best and effective ways to recover the password for any hacked Gmail account. Hopefully using the same, you can recover your hacked Gmail account without much trouble.

FAQs

How To Recover A Hacked Gmail Account?

If you suspect that your Gmail account has been hacked by someone then, you can recover it by resetting its password, and you can do so by using either of the following password recovery options on the ‘Google Account Recovery Page’—

• Registered Phone Number

• Recovery Email Address

• Answer Security Questions

• Verify Identity

How To Find Out Who Hacked My Gmail Account?

You can find out about the person who gained unauthorized access to your account and hacked the same, once you have the ‘IP address’ and ‘Phone make & model’ of the same person by reviewing your device activity on your account. And, you can review the same via “My account > Device Activity & Notifications.”

Has My Gmail Account Been Hacked?

If you suspect that you Gmail account has been hacked and want to confirm about the same then, you can do the following checks—

• Check whether your Gmail password still works or not. If not then, probably it has been hacked.

• If signed in, check the Gmail last account activity feature on your account. If you suspect anything unusual, it means someone else is also using your account.

• Check the spam folder, if your Gmail account is hacked and sending spam or not.

• Check email forwarding whether someone forwarded all your emails to their own accounts or not.

Check POP and IMAP settings for Gmail whether they’re enabled or disabled. If enabled, chances are someone using them to access your account on a 3^rd party email client.

What To Do If Your Gmail Account Is Hacked?

The minute you realize that your Gmail account is hacked, try to regain access to the same as immediately as you can. To regain access to your Gmail account, you can reset it password by visiting the ‘Gmail Sign-in Page’ and there, selecting the ‘Forgot Password’ option. Along with that, also change your security question, password recovery email, and registered phone number.

And, if you care about Google account security then, make sure to turn on 2-step verification as soon as you access your hacked Gmail account.

How To Close A Gmail Account That Has Been Hacked?

You can permanently close your Gmail account that has been hacked simply by using the following steps—

• Firstly, access the Google ‘Account preferences screen.’

• Then, scroll down to the ‘Delete your account or services’ option.

• Next, click on the ‘Delete products’ option.

• After that, you’re prompted to ‘Enter password’ of your Gmail account and once you’re done entering the password, click on the ‘Sign-in’ option.

• Now, the ‘Delete a Google service screen’ appears and on the same, you can delete your Gmail account simply by clicking the trash icon to its right.

In the end, make sure to confirm your Gmail account deletion. That’s it!