QUICK ANSWER. Recovering a Google account depends on how you lost it in the first place. If you forgot your password, that's easy to fix. If you were hacked, things just got a lot more complicated ...

Google then rejected an attempt to reset the password using the recovery e-mail address she’d designated, finally reporting that her account had “been placed into a security hold,” with a ...

If you used a recovery email, check its inbox for the verification code, and if it's a phone, check your messages. Once you retrieve the code, enter it in the text box and click Next . 6.