How to make a Google Account

A Google Account is a user account that is required for access, authentication, and authorization to certain online Google services. It is also often used as a single sign-on for third-party services.

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Google Account users may create a publicly accessible Google profile, to configure their presentation on Google products to other Google users. A Google profile can be linked to a user’s profiles on various social networking and image-hosting sites, as well as user blogs.

Third-party service providers may implement service authentication for Google Account holders via the Google Account mechanism

Why make a Google Account

A Google Account gives you access to many Google products. With a Google Account, you can do things like:

• Send and receive email using Gmail
• Find your new favorite video on YouTube
• Download apps from Google Play

How to make a Google Account

A Google Account is required for Gmail, Google Hangouts, Google Meet, and Blogger. Some Google products do not require an account, including Google Search, YouTube, Google Books, Google Finance, and Google Maps.

However, an account is needed for uploading videos to YouTube and for making edits on Google Maps.

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Step 1: Choose a Google Account type

Important: When you create a Google Account for your business, you can turn business personalization on. A business account also makes it easier to set up Google Business Profile, which helps improve your business visibility and manage your online information.

When you create a Google Account, we ask for some personal info. By providing accurate info, you can help keep your account secure and make our services more useful.

Tip: You don’t need a Gmail account to create a Google Account. You can use your non-Gmail email address to create one instead.

1. Go to the Google Account sign-in page.
2. Click Create an account.
3. Enter your name.
4. In the “Username” field, enter a username.
5. Enter and confirm your password. (Tip: When you enter your password on mobile, the first letter isn’t case sensitive)
6. Click Next. (Optional: Add and verify a phone number for your account.)
7. Click Next.

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Use an existing email address

1. Go to the Google Account Sign In page.
2. Click Create an account.
3. Enter your name.
4. Click Use my current email address instead.
5. Enter your current email address.
6. Click Next.
7. Verify your email address with the code sent to your existing email.
8. Click Verify.

Step 2: Protect your account with recovery info

If you forget your password or someone is using your account without your permission, updated recovery info makes it much more likely you’ll get your account back.

• Add a recovery phone number
• Add a recovery email address

Note:

Google may block an account for various reasons, such as “unusual activity” or entering an age “not old enough” to own a Google account. Reactivation is possible using web forms, providing proof of identity through a valid photo ID, or a credit card payment of US$0.30.

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Other methods (such as sending a fax or uploading some requested document) may require human interaction and may take some “days or a couple of weeks” to be accomplished.