How To Manage Your Google Account On Your Android Phone

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Published 26 Jan 2017

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Your account is the lifeblood of your Android phone. From email to photos, payments, and apps. Your Google account is the nerve center for making your phone function, no matter what you’re using it to do. And just like you would agree with anything in your life that is so valuable. You probably aren’t protecting it as well as you should.
But it’s not hard to get your account up to speed. Google has built a fantastic way to manage and secure your account in the Settings app. It’s worth taking routine trips to check on things. So if you haven’t been there in a while, here’s a walkthrough of your account’s important stuff.

Sign-in To Google Account

To sign in to your account, you must first enter your email and password to open the account. If you use the 2-step verification service. You’ll be sent a code to your phone to verify it is you accessing your account. Once you have signed in, you go to the Home Page. You’ll be shown various suggestions or issues that need to be looked at on this page. Like the security of your account, critical issues, etc., that you should deal with.

Personal Info

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This page details your personal information, such as your Profile Picture, Name, Date of Birth, and Gender. The following section gives details of the Email Address and Phone Number. The final General preferences and passwords. A page where you can update or change your personal information.

Data & Privacy

Data and Privacy is where you ensure you’re not sharing anything you want to keep private. Here is where you can review what you have done on the internet pages and places you’ve visited. Provided your real-time location setting is active. You manage the information you share with anyone who looks at anything you put online. Your Ad preferences for what you see, like brand and personal interest. Your data and Privacy are anything you want, made public or kept private.

Security

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Security is the place to deal with all issues of the security of your Google account. You’re notified of activities on your account, such as devices signed into your account. Verify that you are using the account. The third-party apps that you can allow or deny access to your Google account.
It can’t be stressed enough how important it is to protect all of your accounts. 2-Step verification provides an extra layer of security to make it harder for people to hack into your account. It is annoying, but it’s well worth the inconvenience. And if you’re not using the 2-step verification. Following are a few simple steps for users who don’t know how to. Instead of just a password every time you log into your account. You’ll be sent a code to your phone that is needed to unlock your account. Click the 2-step verification tab and then click the Get Started button. And you’ll need to reenter your password on all of your devices.

People & Sharing

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People & Sharing, the contacts that you interact with, are all of your contacts on any device you have connected to your Google account. You can create and group your contacts in your Google account to separate them into specific parties. If you have a business, you can add it to Google maps with your business details. The company’s name, Address, Contact details, and your products.

Payments & Subscriptions

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The page contains your payment info, transactions, recurring payments, and reservations. The payment method you use for a credit card or Debit card and protected with security. You can check out quickly what apps and purchases you have made on the web. You can see your Google account storage space. Subscription services, like, YouTube, Spotify, etc. Any payment made in the past online will be on the page.
Everything on this page will manage your Google account on any android device. We hope this information has helped help users.