If you’ve forgotten your Google or Gmail account, there are options available to help you recover it. One of these methods is by using the “Find your email” portal provided by Google, which helps users who have forgotten their usernames. However, in order to use this portal to potentially retrieve your old Gmail addresses, there are several requirements: you will need to know the phone number and recovery email address associated with your old Gmail account and have access to them for verification purposes.
You will also need to provide the full name used on the account. If you no longer have access to your recovery email address or the recovery phone number, you used with the forgotten Gmail account, you may not be able to recover the account. Similarly, if you used a fake name or can’t remember the first and last name used on the account, the recovery tool may not yield any results.
Another important factor to consider is the duration of inactivity of your old Gmail address. Google recently announced its plan to remove accounts that have not been used for over two years, starting in December 2023. If you want to attempt to retrieve an old Gmail email using this method, it’s best to do so as soon as possible.