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Fortunately Google doesn't require phone numbers for account access. See, for example: https://www.androidauthority.com/gmail-without-phone-number-3072889/ https://www.androidauthority.com/gmail-without-phone-number-... You do need to be able to receive a texted code at a phone number to create a brand-new account. This is to deter spammers from creating lots of accounts. But once that's done, you can remove the phone number from the account.