Does anyone know how to recover a Google account/gmail account password? (4 posts)

Topic tags: gmail, google account
  • Does anyone know how to recover a Google account/gmail account password when we don’t have admin access to the account. They don’t use this account for email. It’s the account their social media assets were created on. So they don’t use it everyday. Hence they don’t have the password. And everytime I try to reset the password it tells me to contact the administrator for the account. The person that set this account up no longer works for the company and isn’t on good terms with the company.

    I’ve just come into the equation and now they have a excel spreadsheet with ALL of their usernames and passwords for ALL of their accounts.

    Thank you so much for your help in advance!!!

  • @amyhallbiz I need some clarification.  What accounts did they set up?  Did they set up a Facebook account and the ex-employee is the only admin on the account?  Or was it a Google Place page?  Or all of the above?

    I don’t know if this link will help, but it was in the Gmail/Google help section and one of the options to reclaiming your info is “I think someone else is using my account.”  Maybe that would be a good place to start.

    Good luck!!!

    http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48598

  • @lisaschulteis Thanks so much for helping me! They’ve signed up for their Google Places with their account and some other accounts… But the one I’m trying to access is their Google Places account. I need to sign them up for YouTube with this account.

  • @amyhallbiz – I would suggest starting any new profiles with a new Gmail account that you set up.  Then, as you gain access to the other accounts, like the Google Places, then you can switch those over to the new gmail account.  This would prevent the ex-employee from having any further access.

    Good luck!


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