How to know if an unauthorized person enters your Google account

And we continue with the publications of online security, let's remember that in a previous post we had already seen something similar with Facebook (how to know if someone enters your Facebook), because today it is the turn for our Google account, we are talking about Gmail.

How to see recent activity in Gmail

In a Google account, view recent activity It is simple and can be accessed in several ways, here we present 3 ways, you decide which one you prefer 

1.  Click on the photo of your account located in the upper right corner and click on "Account"

gmail account

Finally in the left panel go to Security> Recent Activity

recent gmail activity

As you will see, the data that can be seen are: Country, operating system, browser, IP, date and even a map based on the detected IP.

2. This is a shortcut of the previous method and it automatically directs you to the panel, just open the following link: https://security.google.com/settings/security/activity

3. Another way to show summary data is by scrolling to the bottom of the email and clicking on "Details", in section "Last account activity".

Last account activity

A new window will open with information about the recent activity, also browser, OS, IP and date / time.

recent activity

The final recommendation is that if you find any unusual sessions or activities, change your password immediately and activate 2-step verification on your account to strengthen your security 


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