Complete guide to protect your Google Account

How to protect your google account

Dear friends today I’ll share with you the complete guide of “how to protect your google account” from hackers or stealing or even to recover it if you forget it.

No one on these days hasn’t a Gmail account or google account using it as a personal or for work or just to setup any android devices, so it is important to be sure it is secured and protected.
So, let me show you and please follow the steps as is.

1- Open your browser and sign it to your google account with your email address and your password.
2- Click on your email avatar on the right corner and press on (Manage your google account).
3- Press on (personal info) at the left and check your Name, Birthday, and it is recommended to change your password now.

 
4-      After that go back to (personal info) and scroll down to Contact info and it is very important to set a recovery email another than google account like as yahoo or Hotmail (as for me I putted three recovery emails) it is used in case you forget password of your google account or just hacked by another someone, and also set a recovery phone numbers to be easy for google to sure that you are how owner of that account.


5-      After completed go to (Data & personalization) and press (Get started)

6- Press on (Manage web & App Activity)



7-      Press on (Activity controls)
 

8-      Turn off Web & App Activity and uncheck the two options as below:

-          And it's preferred to let Auto-delete to be on automatically to clean up your activity.
 
 
9-      Scroll down to (Location History) and turn off it and also let Auto-delete be on

10-   Scroll down to YouTube History and turn off the setting and uncheck the two options: ( for me I turned it on – but you turn it off)

11-   And the last and IMPORTANT setting make sure that (Ad Personalization) option is turned off.
-          This option collects your activity and your devices information and the websites you are visited and recommend ads as per your data collected

 
12-   After did all above settings and back to (Data & Personalization) you will see settings as below:

13-   Security Section:-  Press on security and then on secure account

14-   Important one is to setup (2-Step verification) if it is turned off press on it to turn it on and you will see the following page and press on set it up

15-   If you already logged in with your google account on your android phone  you will see the following page and all you need to do is follow the setting to turn it on

16-   When pressing the next you will see the following page and press get started

 
17-   You will see your android phone listed here to get prompted – make sure your phone on your hand and press try it now and press yes on your phone  

18-   After that you will see the next page asked for your cell phone number put it and press send

19-   You will receive a SMS with code write it and press next

20-   Press turn on as a final confirmation with the setting you’ve got

21-   And you are successful turn (2-Step verification) setting on – and it is recommended to create a buck up code from the following page in case you need to reset your password and lost your phone to can retrieve your google account

22-   Scroll down on the security page and press on manage devices to recognize the devices you are signed on it with your google account and remove access from devices you are not sure about it

23-   And also press on (Manage third party) to review all of third-party application gain access to your google account and remove any app you didn’t give access to it (here sure WhatsApp gain access to my account to make a backup of my messages)

24-   The last step is going to (People & Sharing) and turn off location sharing and of course turn off (Shared endorsements in ads).