Recover a Gmail Password via a Text Message


Posted on: Jul 11th, 2009

Google has added a cool new feature to it’s arsenal which let’s you to recover your forgotten password via a text message (SMS).

All you have to do is:

  1. Sign in to your google account.
  2. And under Personal Settings, click on “Change password recovery options” link.
  3. Though you might have signed in, you will be prompted to enter your password. After signing in, click on “Add a mobile phone number”.
  4. Select the Country and enter your mobile phone number. Tick “Use this phone number for password recovery via text message.” and click on “Save” .

That’s it, you are good to forget the password now. It’s hassle free to recover. Whenever you forget your password, go to password-assistance page and enter your username and then google will send you a password recovery code, enter the code and you will get your forgotten password back. Voila!


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Santhosh is the Founder of noob2geek. Is also an Web Designer and a Blogger. He is a self-proclaimed techie and geek. He is also an student of Bachelor of Science at Bangalore University. And loves listening to music and spends his free time reading Science stuffs.


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