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She still had her gmail password and access to a hotmail email address which she'd set as her recovery email address for her gmail. In our endless searching of ways to get out of this, it sounds like some people inadvertently lost their google account when they switched their phone numbers, but it's particularly dangerous for google fi users since your phone number is completely dependent on access to your google account.

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Especially given google seems to have force-converted her to using 2-step verification back in 2021, but didn't force her to generate backup codes when they did that. Yes, in retrospect, she should have generated backup codes for 2fa and had a physical security key and so on, but we (and I'm sure many others) were unaware of all that. Losing her phone almost resulted in her losing her google account and her phone number, each of which she's had for 15+ years. My wife's phone was stolen and therefore she couldn't receive two-factor authentication codes for signing into her google account, and therefore she couldn't switch to a new phone. To permanently restrict user access to applications, you can block access to specific application scopes, and set up a whitelist of approved apps for your organization.We narrowly averted a disaster others have posted about here, so we wanted to post our story in case it helps others. Once a user signs into the app again, data access is restored. Note: Removing data access for an app doesn't prevent a user from using the app in the future (if the user has the necessary permissions). Mouse over an app name and click at right.To temporarily remove an app’s access to data: The Authorization date column shows when the application was granted data access.

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A user can grant full or partial access to Google data.

The Access level column shows the user data that the application can access.

Note: If no third-party applications have been installed, this section is inactive.Ĭlick an application name to see more information: The Connected applications section lists all the third-party applications (for example, Google Workspace Marketplace apps) that have access to this user’s Google Account data. If the user is required to use a security key for 2-step verification, you'll see the grace period that's left before they need to use their security key to sign in.

Tell your user to follow the instructions in Sign in using backup codes.

The old set of backup codes automatically become inactive. Note: select Get new codes If you think the existing backup codes were stolen or have been used up.

Copy one of the existing backup codes or generate new codes.

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For example, if you created a user's verification code using the Admin Console and then generate a new verification code using the verificationCodes, the previous set of code is invalidated and vice versa. Note: Creating new verification codes invalidates any existing code. To view the user's backup verification codes, click 2-Step Verification Get backup verification codes.For these users, you can generate backup verification codes to allow them to sign in. For example, a user may have left their security key at home, or can’t receive an access code by phone.

Users who temporarily can’t access their second authentication method may get locked out. Note: You can require users to use security keys with 2-Step Verification. The Admin audit log adds an entry each time you revoke a security key.

Hover over the table line for the key you want to remove to display the at right.

Scroll the table all the way to the right.Click in Security keys to display the key information table.See Get backup verification codes for a user below. If a key is temporarily unavailable, you can generate backup security codes as a temporary workaround. Remove a security key only when the key is lost. Note: if you have a security key plugged in to your computer, remove your key before registering a new key for a user. Click in Security keys to display the add button.Users can add their own keys by following the instructions in Add a security key to your Google Account.You can add a security key for a user, or they can add their own keys. If a security key is in use for this user, click the Security keys section to see when the key was added and last used. It plugs into your computer's USB port or connects to your mobile device using NFC or Bluetooth. Of all the 2SV methods supported by Google, a security key is the most secure. A security key is a small device that lets you sign in to a Google Account using 2-Step Verification.