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Step-by-step guide

Update your Google recovery email and phone

Short answer

Recovery contacts make later lockouts easier to handle. Add methods you control while signed in; you cannot add them from this site or after you are locked out.

Review recovery settings inside Google

We never ask for your account address, password or verification code. AccountsAid cannot recover an account for you.

Choose durable methods

Google notes that available options vary by account, region and device.

  • Recovery email

    Use a separate address you regularly access.

  • Recovery phone

    Use a personal number that can receive messages and remains under your control.

  • Backup factor

    If you use 2-Step Verification, prepare additional methods before losing your primary device.

Make the change inside Google

Verify every method rather than assuming it was saved.

  1. Open Security & sign-in

    Find the recovery phone or email settings in your Google Account.

  2. Add or edit the contact

    Complete the confirmation Google requests.

  3. Check the result

    Review the displayed method and remove old contacts you no longer control.

Changes are not always immediate

Note: Google says recovery phone changes can take up to seven days to take effect. It may also send codes to previous recovery information for seven days after a change. Review the specific current instructions; these are not a universal wait for every account action.

Official sources

Primary Google guidance referenced on this page.