Having an account is so important, in fact, in social networks, applications and in more formal aspects such as a company or a bank account, it is always required to have a Google account , and although there are other alternatives, Gmail is one of the most used .
For this reason, knowing the date on which you created your email is very useful, because if you have problems with it, for security reasons Google will ask some questions in order to verify the identity and be able to grant access, and one of those questions of security is ‘When we create our Google account’. Therefore, in this post we will talk about how to know the date of creation of a Gmail account .
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- How do I find my first welcome email in Gmail?
- Folder and ‘All Mail’
- What can I do if I deleted all my emails and I can’t find the ‘Welcome’?
- Use Google Takeout to download deleted files
- How to see the most exact date of creation of my Gmail without downloading files?
- View ‘POP’ settings
How do I find my first welcome email in Gmail?
When we create our account, the first thing we receive in the inbox is a welcome message, of course, after a long time receiving emails, it is normal for that message to get lost among so many, and therefore, we do not know where it is. Therefore, pay attention because we will explain in a simple way how to find your first welcome email :
Folder and ‘All Mail’
Firstly, log in to your Gmail account and then go to the folder where ‘ All emails’ are located , where in the upper right part of the screen you must click on page information and then on ‘Oldest’. By doing so, the welcome email will appear among the first emails in the tray.
What can I do if I deleted all my emails and I can’t find the ‘Welcome’?
An additional recommendation to find your welcome email is to use the search engine of your account and write the following searches: welcome or Gmail team, alternatives that could lead you directly to the welcome message of your account.
But, what if you are one of those who do not like emails to accumulate and you deleted the oldest ones? Can you do something to get them back? If that is your case, don’t worry, we will give you another option below so you can get the welcome email if you deleted it.
Use Google Takeout to download deleted files
Google Takeout is an excellent tool that provides its services to download files that have been deleted , in fact, you can recover multimedia files in your Gmail or Outlook email even if you have deleted them.
In addition, you can use this service to export your Google data to other formats, it’s like making a backup of your emails and files in a source external to your Email. So in order to find the welcome email you can try using this web tool to get an idea of the creation date.
Of course, we cannot guarantee 100% that you will find that message because some Google functions have been updated and in other cases some do not exist, as is the case of Google+, which allowed you to export your data in order to get the date when you created mail. But since it costs nothing to try, you can enter Google Takeout with your username and password.
How to see the most exact date of creation of my Gmail without downloading files?
On the other hand, we want to present you with one last alternative to know the Gmail creation date without having to download any file like the previous proposal, and as we mentioned, at some point that option may no longer exist.
View ‘POP’ settings
Gmail’s POP server consists of synchronizing your email with any other service that is compatible with it. Therefore, configuring POP it is possible that it will show you the date of creation of your Email. And doing it is very easy, just follow the steps mentioned below:
First, open your account and go to the settings which is located with a gear symbol. Then, click on ‘View all settings’ and after that on ‘ Forwarding and POP/IMAC mail’ .
Finally, in the POP download option specifically in Status, the message that ‘POP has been enabled for all mail that has arrived since date’ should appear. In that message should appear the date when you created your Gmail account. However, if you ever changed that setting it won’t show you the date.
