As you may already know, Google accounts recommended password recovery options are ‘Recovery email address’ and ‘Recovery mobile phone number’. These recovery options help users to reset their password by having an email sent to their recovery email address, or by having a text message sent to their recovery mobile phone number.
According to Google,
Users without recovery options are 9 times more likely to lose access to their accounts. Losing access can mean not being able to send mail to friends, not being able to access photos or documents you’ve created online, and not being able to access any of the information stored on your Google Account.
So, to make sure you protect your account and don’t lose any of your important info it’s always a best practice to keep your password recovery options up-to-date.
You can update your Google Account recovery options – here
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The first and foremost step to protect your online accounts is to create a unique and strong password which is far away from guessing by others. With a unique password for each of your online accounts, to manage those passwords easily use Chrome browser's password settings feature to save your password every time you sign into a new website and automatically complete the sign-in the next time you wish to log-in. And adding recovery options help protect your account and secure passwords. Know how to manage your account passwords using Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95606?hl=en
Recovery options for your Google Accounts (Help): https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/183723?hl=en