Enable 2nd Step Verification To Protect Google Account

Posted By: Muhammad Yaqoob | On 9/03/2013 | In Google , Internet

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Google is the most popular online company who has produced many wonderful, helpful and important products and services for free including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Adsense, Adwords, YouTube, Blogger, Google Play and more. All these products are free for everyone and for this, Google has got the first position or as the number one site in the world. Some people say that Google is the king of internet. Well, In other hand, The whole product's accounts are connected with each other. It mean if you have a Gmail account then you use it on any Google's product. And this really helps to use all the products with ease. Some people are in the confusion to protect their Google account from hackers because that only one account contains many personal things. Google is also best at it's security. It has an incredible option to protect the Google account which is named as 2nd Step Verification. In this article, we'll discuss how can we enable the second step verification and how that actually works to protect the account from hackers.

How 2nd Step Verification Works To Protect Google Account?

So, you're about to learn about the 2nd step verification and I'm here to tell you about that. It is the best method to protect the Google account because in this method, we make use of our cell phone to secure our account. The first thing that you'll need to connect your mobile phone with your Google account. Then you've to enable the second step verification and also make the backups if your cell phone get lost. There you can also make the different password for each Google's product. Well, When you've successfully enabled the second step verification than, when you will sign in your account from an unknown device it will automatically send the text message to your cell phone with a confirmation code which you have to enter. If you don't enter the confirmation code then you can't access your account. After that, you can make that device trusted so that it may not ask for the confirmation code next time. It will only send the code when you try to access from the unknown device. No matter if you lost your cell phone; you can use your family members or any other person's cell phone to get back your account but for that, you will need to do the backup setup first which is highly recommended. And it also sends the different codes on each sign in.

Process To Enable Second Step Verification

• Login To Your Google Account
• Go To The Account Settings
• Enter Into The Security Tab In Left Sidebar

• There You Will See The 2nd Step Verification In The Middle Of The Page.
• Click On "Edit" Link There.

• After That It Will Ask For The Mobile Number and The Country. Simply, Fill Them and Click "Continue".
• Then You Will Enter Into The Second Step Verification Area. 
• There Will Be Option To Add The Mobile Number In Second Step Verification Click It.

• Now A Popup Will Appear Which Will Ask For The Confirmation Of Mobile Number.
• Choose Your Country, Enter The Number and Click The "Send Code" Button.

• After That, You Will Receive The Text In Short With The Code. So Enter That Code Now and Hit Enter.
• If The Code Is Correct Then You Will See The Green Tick Mark or Correct Icon.
• Now, Click "Save" Button To Complete The Process

• Now You've Added The Phone Number.
• Click The Turn On 2-Step Verification Link

• Confirm That You Want To Enable This Step.
• That's All!

Final Words

So friends, This was our second step verification which we've enabled today and this will really protect our accounts. No matter, If the victim get your password whenever he/she will try to login the second step verification will come up. Even you will get notified with that text message that someone is trying to access your account. I hope this tutorial is going to help you. Any question? feel free to ask and also share your views in comments. Take Care!