Accounts
How to Delete an Old Account You Cannot Log Into
You do not need to sign in to get an account deleted. The data-protection route works without access, and here is how to use it properly.
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Accounts
16 guides tagged “Accounts”.
Security
Someone Is Logged Into My Account — What to Do
Work the lockdown in the order that stops access first. Recovery details before password, sessions before cleanup, and the forwarding rules most people never check.
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Accounts
What an SSH Key Is and When You Actually Need One
SSH keys replace a password with a key pair your computer holds. What they do, why your host asked for one, and why most people never need to make one.
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Accounts
How to Change Every Important Password in the Right Order
Changing passwords in the wrong order locks you out halfway through. The sequence that works, starting with the account that controls all the others.
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Accounts
Where to Store Your Recovery Codes Safely
Recovery codes are the only guaranteed way back into a locked account. Here is where to keep them, and why the obvious places all fail at the moment you need them.
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Accounts
How to Safely Share a Password With Family
Texting a password puts it in two message histories and two cloud backups forever. The better routes, and which accounts you should never share at all.
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Accounts
How to See Every Device Signed Into Your Account
Find the device list on Google, Apple and Microsoft, work out which entries are genuinely suspicious, and revoke the access a password change leaves behind.
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Accounts
What Passkeys Are and Whether to Switch
Passkeys replace the password with a key your device holds and a site cannot leak. Here is the mechanism, the lock-out risk, and how to keep a way back in.
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Accounts
How to Create Passwords You Can Actually Remember
Length beats symbols, and the substitutions you were taught add almost nothing. The passphrase method, plus what to do when the rules forbid it.
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Accounts
Password Manager vs Saving Passwords in Your Browser
Browser password saving is better than people claim and worse than a dedicated manager in four specific ways. Here is which of those actually affect you.
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Accounts
How to Recover Your Account Without the Authenticator App
The supported recovery routes for Google, Apple and Microsoft, what each one asks for, and how to tell quickly when an account is genuinely gone.
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Accounts
Authenticator App vs SMS Codes: Which to Use
SMS codes are the one second factor attackers defeat routinely. Here is the mechanism, what you give up by switching, and when SMS is still the right call.
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Accounts
What Happens If You Lose the Phone With Your 2FA Codes
Which accounts you get back depends entirely on what you set up before the phone disappeared. Here is what still works, and what to do today.
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Windows
Reset a Forgotten Windows Password Without Losing Files
Which recovery route works depends entirely on whether you sign in with a Microsoft account or a local one. Find out which you have, then take the right path.
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Accounts
How to Use Google Authenticator Without Losing Access
Set up Google Authenticator properly, understand what cloud sync does and does not cover, and move your codes to a new phone without being locked out.
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Accounts
What Two-Factor Authentication Is and Which Type Is Safest
The four kinds of second factor, ranked by how easily each one is defeated, and the setup step that decides whether you ever get locked out.
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