Accounts & Passwords

Change or reset an Outlook Hotmail Live MSN Microsoft account password, including Forgot password from the sign-in screen, receiving recovery phone or email codes, answering Microsoft questionnaires, setting a new password, changing password while signed in through account.microsoft.com Security, updating Security info with phone and alternate email, adding Microsoft Authenticator, enabling two-step verification, and removing outdated recovery methods.

Recover Google Voice access through the underlying Google Account, including using g.co/recover, entering old passwords, verifying by recovery phone email or trusted device, checking voice.google.com after recovery, handling a released Google Voice number, setting up a new number, updating 2FA contacts that used the old number, preventing inactivity release, improving Google Account recovery options, and considering porting for important numbers.

Recover and secure a hacked Gmail account, including checking recent security activity and devices, changing password, restoring recovery phone and email, removing third-party app access, turning on 2-Step Verification, checking filters forwarding POP and IMAP, using g.co/recover when locked out, answering recovery questions, retrying from familiar devices and Wi-Fi, changing reused passwords, warning contacts, generating backup codes, and signing out unfamiliar devices.

Fix Gmail and Google Account 2-Step Verification problems, including missing SMS codes, Google Prompt notifications, checking current phone number, signal and Airplane Mode, using Try another way, authenticator app or backup codes, recovering through g.co/recover after losing a phone, answering identity questions, resetting old 2-Step methods, generating backup codes, adding a second phone authenticator and security key, transferring methods before switching phones, and using Google Authenticator while traveling.

Reset a forgotten Nintendo Account password from accounts.nintendo.com or directly on Nintendo Switch, including using Nintendo Account ID or email, opening reset email before expiration, meeting password requirements, signing back into Switch eShop and Nintendo services, checking spam and alternate emails, using authenticator or backup codes when 2FA is enabled, contacting Nintendo Support if email is gone, and updating account email afterward.

Reset a forgotten Pinterest password, including using Forgot your password by email, checking spam and promotions, confirming the exact email on file, signing in with Facebook or Google when that was the original signup method, recovering Facebook or Google first if needed, adding a standalone password later, updating email address, noting the sign-in method in a password manager, and checking Security and login after recovery.

Reset a forgotten Facebook password, including using Forgotten password, searching by email phone or username, receiving a code by email or SMS, setting a unique password, handling outdated recovery email or phone with No longer have access, possible ID verification or trusted contacts, updating Contact Info, enabling two-factor authentication, using a password manager, and checking for compromise after recovery.

Recover a forgotten Gmail password, including checking saved passwords in Chrome Safari Edge or Google Password Manager, using Forgot password, entering a remembered old password, receiving recovery phone or email codes, setting a unique new password, accepting password-manager save prompts, turning on 2-Step Verification, updating Ways we can verify it is you, and using full recovery when contacts are outdated.

Reset a forgotten LinkedIn password with email phone or code, including receiving verification by email text or call, using account recovery when contact methods are unavailable, changing password from Settings when already signed in, using a unique password and password manager, enabling two-step verification, and distinguishing normal forgotten passwords from hacked or restricted accounts.

Reset a forgotten Apple ID password from a trusted iPhone iPad or Mac, from the locked device, or through iforgot.apple.com, including device passcode verification, recovery email or phone checks, Account Recovery waiting periods, two-factor authentication benefits, Recovery Key and Recovery Contact setup, signing back into devices, and Apple Pay or App Store re-verification.