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Ask HN: How to Login into a Google Account with 8-digit verification codes lost
I have a Google account with two-factor authentication ON with 8-digit code required to login. I have these 8-digit codes saved in a txt file on my computer, but my hard disk was formatted, and I lost that file. I tried to recover the data but couldn't recover that file. Now I know my email and password but whenever I try to login into that Google accoount, it keeps asking me for the that 8-digit code, which I don't have. Even when I try to recover my Google account using this link (https://accounts.google.com/signin/recovery) it is still asking me for that 8-digit code.
What can I do to get into my Google account?
- solardev 2y agoWhat happens if you keep clicking "try another way" during the recovery? Sometimes the options change if you click it enough times...
- hassanahmad 2y agoIt is not giving me another option, just asking for the 8-digit code after I enter the email and password. When I click on try another method, it says you didn't give enough information to verify that this account belongs to you.
- solardev 2y agoEven if you do that same thing several times? (For me it eventually changes)
- hassanahmad 2y agoLet me try this, should I keep on doing this again and again or after a gap of few hours/days?
- solardev 2y agoAgain and again, just 4 or 5 times.