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Choose your sign-in alerts
Get told when a new device signs in, or when someone keeps getting your password wrong.
Where:
SecuritySign-in alertsSteps
- Open Sign-in alerts
Open Security, then Sign-in alerts.
- New devices
Keep A new device signs in switched on. The alert includes the device, a rough location and a one-tap way to say it was not you.
- Wrong passwords
Keep Several wrong passwords in a row switched on. It is sent after 3 failed attempts within an hour.
- Know what is always sent
Alerts for Password changed or reset, 2-step turned off or a passkey removed and Your data is exported are marked Required and cannot be turned off.
Tips
If an alert describes something you did not do, open Devices and sessions straight away and sign out anything you do not recognise.
Related guides
Check where you are signed inSee every device signed in to your User ID, sign out anything you do not recognise, and read your security activity.I can’t sign inWhat to do after too many wrong passwords, a lost phone, or a “Please wait” message.Sign inSign in with a passkey, your password, or a code sent to your email.
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