Knowing the date of creation of your Gmail account can be very helpful in case you ever get locked out of your account. It is one of the recovery questions that Google asks you when you try to restore your account. You can browse to the welcome mail you received from Google on the day you created your account. It is the first mail that gets sent to you from Google as soon as you create your account. However, a lot of users delete the welcome mail soon after receiving it. So our suggestion is not to do that, keep that email intact. Luckily, there is another way you can find out the date on which you created your Google account. Just follow these easy steps to know how old is your Gmail account.
Step 1: Log in to your Gmail account and click on the Settings option at the top right end of your screen.
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Step 2: From the drop-down menu, click on See all settings.
Step 3: Select Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
Step 4: The date of your Gmail account creation will be listed in the first line of the Pop download section.
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This is also the date on which your Google account was created since Google creates it along with your Gmail account. Gmail was launched in 2004 and has since evolved into becoming the largest email service provider with 425 million monthly active users. You can also request Google to provide you with your extensive user data. So this is how you can find out how old your Gmail account is. Using this trick, you can come to know exactly when you created your email account with Google.
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