Gmail Locked temporarily for 24 hours
Google is very strict in keeping its products and services up to its policies. If Google finds any suspicious or unusual activity on your account then it will strike out the access to the service. To help protect your account from fraud or abuse, Google might temporarily suspend your account.
According to Google Help Support, specific activities may lock down your account which may last from a minute to 24 hours depending on the behavior of your account usage detected by the system. This guide explains how to gain access to a temporarily locked Gmail account.
Google filters are very powerful and can detect any suspicious activity on your account. Filters may mark your invaluable and misleading mailing behavior as spam. Thus resulting in the blocking of your Gmail account access. Sometimes the lockdown may last for 30 to 40 hours.
Unusual-Usage Account Temporarily Locked Down Message
Here are a few troubleshooting tips that may help you find and tackle the primary issue causing you to get locked out of your Gmail account.
Every time you sign in to your account, cookie data is taken up by Google and stored on its servers. These cookies and cache data help for further references for log-in. But when you enter an incorrect password cookies undergo expiration and when the limit number of attempts is crossed the cookies expire. Thus locking your account.
You can access your locked Gmail account just by signing in using a different Google server. These servers do not have any knowledge of cookies expiration and locking of your Google account hence can be used for login. New servers are fresh and thus, you can view and access your emails.
The above-mentioned method is one and if it doesn’t work you have no other option than to wait for your Gmail lock down be uplifted by Google within 24 hours. But you can get access to your emails quicker than the set time with the following steps.
It is not possible on your part to access your Gmail settings. However, if you have connected your email account to other email services such as Outlook, you may make changes to the POP/IMAP settings on the latter.
Ideally, it is suggested that turning off the IMAP and POP features should be helpful to regain access to a locked Gmail account.
If your Gmail account is connected to Outlook, you may follow this workaround.
NOTE: If you have tried signing-in a couple of times already in the last few hours, wait for at least twenty-four hours before attempting a fresh log-in.
Remove the junk data from the browser cache. Mostly, on a PC, users access Gmail through a browser.
Data is cached by the browser to provide faster access to webpages to the user in each session they visit specific pages. This process often leads to the accumulation of pages that no longer exist in the web server. Such junk information may cause problems in the browser’s function. It can be cleared out easily.
If you have recently integrated any plugin on your browser through which you access Gmail, that may have caused some technical difficulty.
It is wise to momentarily turn off all the extensions installed on your browser.
Now, check if you can log in to your Gmail account.
NOTE: If using Firefox browser, go to about:addons in the URL bar to find the list of installed addons/extensions.
You must remember and follow a few tips to avoid getting temporarily locked out of your Gmail account. If any hacking attempts are made on your account you can protect it from future advertisements by setting up 2-step verification which prompts you to verify your identity by sending you a message on your backup number or account.
I hope you were able to unblock your temporary suspension by this method. If they don’t work you have no other option than waiting for 24 -36 hours. If the wait doesn’t work then put your problem in Google Help Forum. Please comment below for any assistance, queries, or suggestions.
This post was last modified on September 7, 2024 5:59 pm
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I received no warning about suspicious activity, but my email stopped arriving this morning! I tried calling one help number and some guy started selling me security and saying that my account has been under scrutiny for 3 months and attempts to steal it have occurred in three states, including Florida and North Carolina! If this is true, why did it take 3 months for them to lock my gmail account without letting me know? This help number person made me nervous as he wanted to set up security on my account, asking my name and email address. Is this a scam? I changed my password after I hing up as I thought he might be a problem. He said to "ask an intelligent person" and call his number again. I'm still locked out. What is my alternative? Can I speak to someone who is really part of gmail?
Do a security checkup of your account and its activity.
I'm very frustrated I have tried for weeks to get into one of my gmail accounts. I forgot the. Password and no longer have the number associated with recovery or changing password. Google does not make it easy for someone to regain their own email and I'm ready to get rid of all my gmail and Google and never use it again. I've tried absolutely everything I can find on this topic short of talking to someone at Google cause there is no phone number to call and everytime I'm searching it takes me I. The same circle of things to try which none of them work please help.
Yes! I am having that same EXACT problem. I need in my acct!