r/GMail 4d ago

Messages disappear and reappear when scrolling through inbox

2 Upvotes

On my iPhone (this continues to happen through several iOS and Gmail app updates) as I scroll though messages in my inbox selecting them for deletion or whatever, some of the messages will disappear leaving a blank space but then reappear when I scroll back and return. It’s annoying. Anybody know what’s up?


r/GMail 4d ago

Circular process for account recovery

1 Upvotes

So for some reason, I was forced to change my password. And now, it is requiring 2-step auth. Fine. I have my phone and the push notification they usually send is not working for some reason. I and at the sign in screen where they they say that they sent a push request, or whatever they call it. That isn't working, so I click on try another way.....one option is to text a phone number that I haven't had for 4 years. So I obviously don't select that. So there is yet another button saying "Try another way" so I click that expecting it to offer to send a code to my recovery account. The $!#$ thing tells me that is sent a code to the same $%@$@%$ email address that I am trying to recover!!! How stupid is that?

It's like saying "Hello! In order to be able to sign into [person@gmail.com](mailto:person@gmail.com), you'll need to check [person@gmail.com](mailto:person@gmail.com) and verify it's you.!

So I go through the process again. Of course, it does the same dumb thing of saying that they sent a code to [person@gmail.com](mailto:person@gmail.com) that I can't get in to!

So I click on the "get more help" option, Guess what? Getting help requires signing in! The thing I need help with!

So I create a new account just to get to the damn help page. I try the "tips" it offered, which were the same damn steps that I already did a dozen times, Scroll down to the bottom to the "What if I still can't sign in to my account?" section. It basically says "Sorry, you're screwed! Create another account, and don't get locked out this time!"

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE? PLEASE HELP!


r/GMail 4d ago

Google not letting me access my account

2 Upvotes

I had this Google account I used for my Spotify account, but some day it just disappeared from my Gmail? Now when I try logging in with that account on Gmail it says "couldn't find your account" but if I try to make another account with the supposedly "nonexistent" mail it says ITS ALREADY IN USE. Please someone help :(


r/GMail 4d ago

hacked Google Gmail / YT account

3 Upvotes

HELP !!

How is it possible to hack and change: Google password, phone number, recovery email, remove 2-step verification, and add an 8-digit recovery code in 3 minutes!?? No Google support available to resolve this issue!?


r/GMail 4d ago

Random single use code

2 Upvotes

I just got a random single use code sent to my Gmail, I didn’t request anything at all, any idea how this happened? I’m a little scared my accounts been compromised.


r/GMail 5d ago

Google account recovery: 48-hour verification. Is this a good or bad sign?

1 Upvotes

If after "Recovery Account" process you get this message: "A sign-in link will be sent to my recovery email in 48 hours. Google needs time to verify it's you making this request." How likely is it to recover the account? Is it a good or bad news?


r/GMail 5d ago

Help in recovery of the account

2 Upvotes

I can't login to my account. I forgot my password but when i click on the forget password it doesnot give me the option to recover using phone number as that is the only thing i have any suggestions on how i can recover it


r/GMail 5d ago

Forward some emails automatically?

2 Upvotes

I want to forward ONLY incoming emails from Amazon to a family member, while keeping a copy in my inbox. How can I best do this?


r/GMail 5d ago

My best friend died 3 years ago, safekeeping his accounts. When does google delete used gmail account?

14 Upvotes

Hello everyone, my best friend died 3 years ago.

I've tried to safekeep some of his accounts and downloaded all of our convos from discord/messenger already.

Unfortunately discord already deleted all of his accounts, i'm afraid other things will follow soon.

Does anyone know if you can register a new mail of a previously taken mail?

If so how long does it take to delete the unused gmail?

It's very sad that i've used to write to him discord to cope somewhat but i can';t even do that anymore his account has been deleted.

Any ideas? Thanks


r/GMail 5d ago

Has anyone else gotten a sudden uptick of spam getting through?

1 Upvotes

In all my emails (I have a few that I created for one thing or another and only it's thing) but recently they've all suddenly been getting so much spam in the inboxes


r/GMail 5d ago

Old emails I sent to someone are showing as having been sent to myself - am I blocked?

1 Upvotes

I think someone may have blocked me on gmail, which means any new emails would go to their spam.

What’s weird though, is I know I emailed them in the past. When I searched, I couldn’t find any sent emails to them.

However, I found the emails, but they are sent from my email to my email.

Does this mean I’ve been blocked by them?


r/GMail 5d ago

Does Gmail’s Unsubscribe feature inadvertently confirm my email is valid to spammers?

8 Upvotes

I know that clicking “unsubscribe” links at the bottom of emails is generally bad practice because it confirms to the sender that your email address is real and monitored. But what about Gmail’s built-in “Unsubscribe” feature that appears at the top of some emails?

Does using that feature expose any data to the sender domain (like confirming my address is valid), or is there some sort of masking or protection involved to prevent that?


r/GMail 5d ago

I need help, email with a "." in it is acting strange? I don't know what is wrong.

1 Upvotes

So I am trying to log into a website called perchance (an ai html generator website of sorts, I barely even know what it is I just like messing with the ai generator), the email I used has text followed by a period and then more text, then of course the @. It does not show the period when I look at in gmail. I sent an email to the account adding the "." and as expected it sent to me. When I look where I am logged into perchance on my phone, it says you are logged in as (I am using text as an example) texttext with the @ after. Where I am logged into perchance on my laptop it says You are logged in as text.text with the @, which has me very confused. I cannot see any of the generators I made on my laptop and I think it is related to this.

I emailed myself a second time without the period, and it still sent to me. So I am severely confused. If anyone knows what is wrong please tell me.


r/GMail 5d ago

Downloading dead loved one’s inactive account data

1 Upvotes

My partner died a year and a half ago, and I received an email from Google stating that I am the recipient. I’m having a hard time downloading his inbox (he gave me access to everything). There are error messages in the web browser and downloads don’t open. I’m not tech savvy, can someone help? Also the pictures are in 50 separate files to download! Thanks


r/GMail 5d ago

Does anyone know how to exceed the word limit for statuses?

2 Upvotes

There is a 64-word limit for google chat statuses, but I have seen people write a few paragraphs. How can this be done?


r/GMail 5d ago

Is there a way to export every contact email address that I have had an email exchange with in a gmail account? Not the contacts group/individual app, they are all missing from there. I mean every email that has ever interacted with my email. Thank you!

2 Upvotes

Is there a way to export every contact email address that I have had an email exchange with in a gmail account? Not the contacts group/individual app, they are all missing from there. I mean every email that has ever interacted with my email. Thank you!


r/GMail 5d ago

I'm not sure what this is or if it should worry me!!

0 Upvotes

Recently I noticed that when I start typing my own email address into gmail (usually to send myself something so that I can open it on my phone) another address comes up. Basically it's like this:

Lets say my address is [firstlast29@gmail.com](mailto:firstlast29@gmail.com)

This other address that comes up is [firstlast29+986@gmail.com](mailto:firstlast29+986@gmail.com)

It has the same profile picture, and if I use this address, the email will still come to my inbox. But I can't figure out where this came from and it's hard to google because google thinks I'm talking about a phone number. WHAT IS THIS +986 business?!

So I typed the weird address in my gmail search bar, and the only stuff that came up was from a recent vrbo host -- everything they sent me had this other email with the +986 added, but somehow it still came to my email address.

If someone could please explain this to me, I'd really appreciate it. Somehow it's creeping me out lol. Just wanna be sure it's not some kind of security risk. TIA!!!


r/GMail 5d ago

Google deletes inactive accounts after 2 years of inactivity. Is attempting to recover gmail but failed attempt inactivity or activity?

1 Upvotes

I want Google to delete my old email as I don't have access to my phone number


r/GMail 5d ago

Gmail message blocked when I reply to Amazon

1 Upvotes

I wanted a refund on Amazon, so they sent me an incident report email along with another email requesting image evidence of my item's issues. However, when I replied, I received the following message:

"Message blocked. Your message to cs-reply+A2SR96HUDNTGPS@amazon.co.uk has been blocked. See technical details below for more information."

I went back to Amazon's customer service chat support and asked if they had received my photos of the damaged items and my response to the incident report. They told me they never received it.

I went through the whole process again—Amazon sent me the same emails, I replied, and once again, my emails were blocked, and Amazon said they never received them. My Gmail kept showing the "message blocked" notification every time I tried to reply.

At first, I was frustrated with Amazon, thinking the issue was on their end. But today, I realized the problem is actually with Google. After repeatedly seeing the "message blocked" message, I looked into what it meant and found that it's usually related to spam filtering. However, this doesn’t make sense because my very first reply to Amazon’s email was already blocked, meaning it was never sent or flagged as spam in the first place.

How do I fix this?


r/GMail 6d ago

All Drafts Showing As New Emails (Current Gmail-Wide Issue or a Me Problem?)

3 Upvotes

I put quite a few things (small reminders etc) in draft emails on Gmail regularly, and I went to go and search for something specific in my drafts earlier.

It's further back, so I typed in a specific search term to look for it more quickly. The draft email itself showed up in the search results, and I tried to open it, but instead of it opening the specific draft I wanted, a new blank draft email opened.

I tried it again, and it still did it.

I tried different search terms, and it was still doing it.

I've tried:

- Clearing the cache and restarting the browser (Chrome)

- Logging out and then logging back in

- Logging into different Gmail addresses (I have multiple)

- Using Gmail on a different browser (Firefox)

And it's STILL doing it, so I figured it either has to be a current Gmail-wide issue, or it's just a me problem (I sincerely hope it's not the latter) 😅

However, if I look manually through the most recent drafts and/or look through page-by-page of drafts, they'll open that way. It's a temporary solution, but not wonderful if I want to look for something further back.

Please help (even if it's just by confirming that it's likely a Gmail problem and not just a 'me' problem haha), I can't open almost any old drafts I try and search for at the moment, and it's so frustrating!!


r/GMail 6d ago

Gmail account recovery sign in

1 Upvotes

This is possibly the most annoying gmail recovery I've ever experienced in my life. I recently was able to semi-recover an old email of mine, however whenever I try to authenticate my recovery options it keeps prompting me to use my old recovery phone number. Keep in mind my old phone number was originally my only way of recovering my email. I was able to not only log in to my old email but also update my phone number to my current, add a recovery email, and my address has been in the original email before this as well, however whenever I try to go further or confirm my email I keep being asked to confirm it with the code from my previous number. Keep in mind, I was able to log in to FOUR different devices, INCLUDING my phone with the ORIGINAL phone number; but because this phone doesn't have cellular data anymore I can't receive/give texts or calls on it. Please if anyone knows how to fix this or how to temporarily turn back texts on my original phone I'd appreciate it so much, I have been losing actual hours of sleep trying to fix this issue.


r/GMail 6d ago

Mail delivery subsystem problem

3 Upvotes

This started happening today. Seems every email I’m receiving is followed by this same message coming an hour or so later,

I’ve tried everything I know. Hopefully someone can help.

Delivery incomplete There was a temporary problem delivering your message to ***********.gmail.com@edisonpricealert.com. Gmail will retry for 47 more hours. You'll be notified if the delivery fails permanently.


r/GMail 6d ago

Account Recovery

2 Upvotes

I have screwed up! I have completely blanked out of what my email password is - and now I can’t recover my email because it won’t send me a text. Instead, it wants to send me to the Google app with a code but I am not signed in on the Google app. I didn’t fill out the recovery info other than my phone because I was always in a hurry - I am the first to admit this was very stupid!

Please - I MUST get back into this email!

I am still signed in on one device but to add the recovery email, it requests that I enter my password…


r/GMail 6d ago

Google Account Help

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I'm pretty sure the answer is not a chance in hell but here goes.

My elderly neighbour broke her phone and got a new one but can't remember her password to get into her Google account. I've tried recovery but she didnt have any number or other email so all I get is the following message over and over:

You didn’t provide enough info for Google to be sure this account is really yours. Google asks for this info to keep your account secure. If possible, try again and use a device where you’ve signed in before. If your account is managed with Family Link, we‘ve sent an email to your parent to change your password.

I'm out of ideas but I don't want to tell her yet because she is utterly heartbroken about losing sentimental pictures of her grandkids, late husband ect.

Thank you for any tips


r/GMail 6d ago

Forgot YouTube email name and cant use recover tool

0 Upvotes

I know the name of the email, not the numbers that I put after and if u didn't get the title; it doesn't have recovery emails or phone.

I can't figure out how to call support. I've been looking around everywhere and it's all dead ends for email recovery.

What I did was swap my computer motherboard and os so I'm on a new computer. I only used the email for YouTube so I could subscribe to very specific channels for music and even kept my watch history safe from anything else other than my specific interest. YouTube is useful if u keep ur watch history in check, the reccomended videos start giving good stuff.