Generate Application Password

Learn to generate an app password in your Gmail account.

Generate application password in Gmail account

  1. Open your Gmail account and navigate to the section “Signing in to Google” under the “Security” tab of your account settings. Click on "App passwords" to generate a new password as shown below.

  2. Click the "select app" or "select device" dropdown option.

  3. Select "Other (Custom name)" from the dropdown list, and it will ask you to enter a custom name.

  4. Give your app a name so you can identify it for deletion later. Click the "Generate" button to generate a password.

  5. Copy the generated password to use and click done.

The steps are shown in the slides below.

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