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How to completely recover a hacked or compromised Google Account

Having a Google Account is essential for using any of the Google Suite apps and your favorite third party apps with Google Account access. But what happens when you’ve lost access to your Google Account itself? No need to panic! Google has a recovery questionnaire in place in the case that you are having trouble accessing any of your accounts. With that said, in this article we will discuss what steps you should take if your Google Account ends up being compromised or hacked

The first and most important action Google recommends its users to take is to navigate to the account recovery page. From there, the user will be asked a series of questions at every step. In order to recover your account successfully, Google suggest that its users follow the series of prompts with a few things in mind: 

If Google is unable to verify your identity after filling out the account recovery page prompts, know that it is possible to try and fill out the form again. Otherwise, it is suggested that you create a replacement account. 

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