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Secure a hacked or compromised Google Account

If you notice unfamiliar activity on your Google Account, Gmail, or other Google products, someone
else might be using it without your permission. If you think your Google Account or Gmail have been
hacked, follow the steps below to help spot suspicious activity, get back into your account, and make
it more secure.

Step 1: Sign in to your Google Account

You’re signed in to mzrieker@gmail.com. If you want to secure this account, skip to step 2. To secure
a different account, sign in .

If you can’t sign in

Go to the account recovery page , and answer the questions as best you can. These tips can help.

Use the account recovery page if:

• Someone changed your account info, like your password or recovery phone number.
• Someone deleted your account.
• You can’t sign in for another reason.

Tip: To make sure you’re trying to sign in to the right account, try recovering your username .

Step 2: Review activity & help secure your hacked Google Account
Review your account activity

Review which devices use your account

Step 3: Take more security steps

Turn on 2-Step Verification

Contact your bank or local authorities

Remove harmful software

Install a more secure browser

Help prevent password theft with Password Alert

Help secure your apps and devices

Help secure other Google products you use

Find out if your Google Account has been hacked

If you notice any of these signs, someone else may be using your Google Account.

Important: If you think someone else is signed in to your Google Account, change your password
immediately for:

• Your Google Account , if you didn’t change it already

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• Apps and sites:

• That you use the same password you used for your Google Account
• That contact you through your Google Account email address
• Where you sign in with your Google Account email address
• Where you saved passwords in your Google Account

You can then check for and remove any unfamiliar devices signed in to your account.

Suspicious account activity

Unfamiliar changes to critical security settings

Unauthorized financial activity

Unusual activity notifications

Suspicious activity in Google products you use

Gmail

Gmail settings
Correct the setting immediately if you see unfamiliar changes to:

• Mail delegation: People with access to your Gmail

• Automatic mail forwarding
• Scheduled emails
• Your name in Gmail
• Automatic reply: Vacation responder
• Address on outgoing mail
• Blocked email addresses
• Remote access to your Gmail: IMAP or POP
• Filters that manage your incoming mail
• Labels that organize your incoming mail

Gmail activity
Your Gmail activity might be suspicious if:

• You no longer receive emails.

• Your friends say they got spam or unusual emails from you.
• Your username has been changed.
• Your emails were deleted from your inbox and aren’t found in "Trash". You can report missing
emails and possibly recover them.
• You find "Sent Emails" that you didn’t write.

YouTube

Google Drive

Google Photos

Blogger

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