Tuesday, December 20, 2016

How To Check Last Account Activity In Gmail?

Check last account activity in Gmail to get information about recent activity in your mail. This recent activity includes details of your mail access using a regular web browser, a POP client, a mobile device, a third-party application etc. Last Account activity lists the IP address that accessed your mail, the location (from where emails are accessed), time and date.



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How to check last account activity in gmail?

As most of you are aware that, Google account is used more than just accessing e-mail services. But this account provides accessing to a wide range of Google services, including Google Drive, Google, Google Docs, Contacts, YouTube, Google Music. This account is also used to login and set up devices, like Android smartphones, tablets, and Chromebook.

Procedure to see your last account activity in Gmail:

With Gmail last account activity, you can see your sign-in history, including the dates and times that your Gmail account was used and IP address which was used to access your account.

1. Login to Gmail accounts with username and password.
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How to see last account activity in gmail

2. To check last account activity, click the details link next to the Last account activity line at the bottom of any Gmail page.
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how to see last account activity in gmail

3. A pop-up window with activity information will appear, as shown in below image.
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how to check last account activity in gmail

This feature provides information about the last activity on this mail account and any concurrent activity.

The last activity page shows your sign-in records, and includes the information below,

Concurrent session information: The “concurrent session information” section includes details of Gmail sign-in on another device, browser, or location.
Click Sign out of all other web sessions, to sign out of all sessions except opened one.
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how to see last account activity gmail

Access type: all the details about the browser, device, or mail server (like POP or IMAP) through with Gmail is accessed, is given.

Location IP: You can see last 10 IP address and the locations regarding access of your Gmail account.
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check last account activity in gmail

An additional three IP addresses labeled as suspicious will be displayed if you got a warning about suspicious activity in your account.

Date/Time: Date and time will be displayed in your time zone for 10 last account activities of the Gmail access.

Finally, after you have gone through the activity information windows, close it to get back to your inbox.


But, to see recent activity for your entire Google Account, Just head over to security.google.com and click recent activity under the security on the left. This page includes security related actions you have taken, like signing into your Google Account, changing your password, or adding a recovery email address or phone number.

It a good practice to keep last account activity enables always so you can hear about suspicious activity on your account. If you choose to disable the last account activity, you can do at your own risk.

1 comment:

  1. This one is best way to track activity of your Gmail Account ,you may know from where your account was last login from , device , date /time etc . you can add extra layer of security to your account through two-step verification ,but if you access from different device or or someone else hacked your account will get notify to you through account service history .for more you can see this article also , https://gonetech.net/gmail-helpdesk/secure-gmail-account-tips

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