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Note these codes down somewhere safe (preferably offline) and where you can access them in the future. Go to Security > 2-step verification and click on Backup codes to generate it. To generate a backup code, go to your Google account settings page. Google sends a password reset code to your phone, which you can then use to. You get 10 codes and each can be used once. Although requiring a phone number for a Gmail address may seem like an. You can use any one of the codes to sign in to your Google account in case you forget your password or are unable to verify using a smartphone or 2FA verification code. When you enable 2FA or 2SV, Google will offer you to save backup codes. I’ve listed all the things that you can use to log in to your Google account. However, you can avoid this problem in the future by implementing these fail safes. Hence all the steps and hoops but are for your own safety. And Google wants to make sure that someone is not trying to hack your account which happens all the time. Getting into your own Google account can be difficult without keys to the kingdom.
