Kenneth, I don't sign in to use Gmail. I just open it from an icon on my Desktop *or* via Chrome, my default browser. There have been rare occasions I've had to sign in, so rare that I can't recall why. I also don't log in to use Chrome. Further, I don't log in to use this Gmail Users group. For this, I open Chrome and then go to the G-mail Users Group, which I have bookmarked on the bookmarks bar. When I have logged in to my Google account, the page to do so has been presented to me.
As to the link you provided, I believe I already read that info when exploring 2-step verification. Finally, again, please confirm that if I were to set up 2-step verification, I could completely undo it if I later chose. Thanks for your help, *~Diane* On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 8:37:35 PM UTC-7, justkenneth wrote: > Diane, > > If you enable 2-step verification, it will apply to all computers and > devices. Log into your Google account and go here to read more: > > https://myaccount.google.com/?utm_source=OGB > > The conditions under which you need to login to your Google account are to > use any Google services such as Gmail. > > My warning about making sure that you have setup your phone number and a > valid alternate email address in your Google settings is because of the > predicament that I've seen many people describe when they post to the > official Gmail Help forum. For whatever reason, there are a lot of people > who don't know their own password. Then they got a new phone or get logged > out somehow and they can't get back in. And then when they try to recover > their password, the code they need gets sent to a phone number or an email > they no longer can access. Hence the warning to keep your recovery > information current. > > Kenneth > > > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:02 PM Diane <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Just saw this after replying to your first answer. I assume this is not >> saying I can't "bail out" of 2-step verification completely. >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 4:58:16 PM UTC-7, justkenneth wrote: >> >>> Before you do anything though, make sure you have your correct phone >>> number and alternate email address updated in your account settings. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015, 4:54 PM Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Yes, you can turn off 2 step verification if you don't like it. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015, 4:35 PM Diane <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> If anyone is using this, my question is can it be undone or cancelled if >>>>> I decide to try it but then don't like it? While it's a Google feature, >>>>> I >>>>> am thinking about it only in terms of Gmail, where I presently rarely >>>>> have >>>>> to sign in. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UXvxIahcX78/VabuJDlvgCI/AAAAAAAAA90/xPG0ElnXVBM/s1600/Google%2B2-Step%2BVerification.JPG> >>>>> If this isn't the correct group for this inquiry, which one is? Thank >>>>> you. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Kenneth >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Kenneth >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > > Regards, > > Kenneth > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
