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Wisdom3_1-9
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- Jul 19, 2020
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I'm hoping there are some IT folks who might be able to help me or maybe just some people who've been through a similar situation before. I wouldn't normally ask, but this is causing me a great deal of stress. (Thanks @Small_Dreams for suggesting this.)
I'm trying to login to a Google account I've had for years, but it's not my main account. I haven't actually logged into it for a long time. I used to be logged into on my phone, but I removed it a few years ago because my husband liked to snoop on my phone and I didn't want him to know I had it. Well, I tried to log in and Google wants me to prove it's me. It wants to send a text to my phone... but it's an old phone number to which I no longer have access. It is not giving me any other options to log into the account other than texting or calling that number.
It even sent me an email to my recovery email address saying that it blocked a login attempt. So... I know my user name and password, I know the old phone number, and I still have access to the recovery email address. Why can't I get into my account? There's got to be some way around this. Does anyone have any ideas?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. My brain is about to explode.
I'm trying to login to a Google account I've had for years, but it's not my main account. I haven't actually logged into it for a long time. I used to be logged into on my phone, but I removed it a few years ago because my husband liked to snoop on my phone and I didn't want him to know I had it. Well, I tried to log in and Google wants me to prove it's me. It wants to send a text to my phone... but it's an old phone number to which I no longer have access. It is not giving me any other options to log into the account other than texting or calling that number.
It even sent me an email to my recovery email address saying that it blocked a login attempt. So... I know my user name and password, I know the old phone number, and I still have access to the recovery email address. Why can't I get into my account? There's got to be some way around this. Does anyone have any ideas?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. My brain is about to explode.