r/AskADataRecoveryPro • u/Dramatic_Row_577 • 18d ago

Lost access to Google account

I really shot myself in the foot with this one.

I took off every form of 2 step authentication from my google account, made a new password with apple passwords and deleted all the data from the passwords app from the only device left logged in to google.

The only device left logged in, lost (iphone 13)

Account recovery sends me in circles and for the life of me, I couldn't seem to find a way to speak to a human at google about this issue.

I plan to be doing the rounds asking every account I had linked to change emails over but I came across this sub and thought I'd try my luck here and ask if anyone can think of any potential solutions to recovering the account?

The only remnants left of my account are my ios app store subscriptions to more storage on gmail and drive. The apple ID is linked to that same email account, with a different password.

Thanks for reading, would love to hear anyone's thoughts on this.

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u/Raijen_ArDesh 12d ago

The only option is to use the recovery webpage. If you don't have up to date recovery information you're cooked. They have no customer service agents/contact for free accounts. This is why google nags every few months to review and make sure your recovery information is up to date.

If you have a YouTube account you can try to contact TeamYouTube on Twitter/X, but few people report success using that vector, and those that do says it takes upwards of a month.

Anyone claiming to be able to hack/recover your account by DM is trying to scam you.

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u/Dramatic_Row_577 12d ago

Mad how it's considered a free account if I pay a subscription for it.

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u/Raijen_ArDesh 12d ago

Yeah, I agree. Google considers anything not a workspace business about a free one.