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- Feb 18, 2002
Even if you have recovery email setup, recovery phone number setup, etc. Google may expect you to know the exact date your Gmail account was created (!) in order to allow you access to your own Gmail account whenever they feel like additional steps are needed to access your account, for example if you don't log in for a certain period of time, you travel to another location, etc.
How do you find out Gmail Creation Date if this does not work:
• First 'welcome to Gmail' email is no longer in your Gmail.
• Some Gmail accounts have this date, but some do not:
Gmail gear icon (settings) > Forwarding and POP/IMAP > POP is enabled for all mail that has arrived since [date Gmail was created]
• Google Takeout Archive trick no longer works.
Very interesting issue, because Google expects you to know this information. This question is for users that have full access to their Gmail account yet cannot find the account creation date they may need in the future to access their Gmail if Google asks them this question.
I have a test Gmail account that cannot be accessed even though I have ALL the info. Password. Recovery email. Everything.
It asks for the Gmail creation date.
This is how I discovered the importance of having this date, but that account is not important - my question is how do you find out Gmail creation date on other Gmail accounts where you do have FULL ACCESS...?
How do you find out Gmail Creation Date if this does not work:
• First 'welcome to Gmail' email is no longer in your Gmail.
• Some Gmail accounts have this date, but some do not:
Gmail gear icon (settings) > Forwarding and POP/IMAP > POP is enabled for all mail that has arrived since [date Gmail was created]
• Google Takeout Archive trick no longer works.
Very interesting issue, because Google expects you to know this information. This question is for users that have full access to their Gmail account yet cannot find the account creation date they may need in the future to access their Gmail if Google asks them this question.
I have a test Gmail account that cannot be accessed even though I have ALL the info. Password. Recovery email. Everything.
It asks for the Gmail creation date.
This is how I discovered the importance of having this date, but that account is not important - my question is how do you find out Gmail creation date on other Gmail accounts where you do have FULL ACCESS...?