As Andy says, you are permanently logged in. In my case this happens because I am using Chrome and signed into that using the same Google account. If you enable 2-step verification, you will likely be signed out and have to sign in again, so _do_ make sure your recovery information is up to date. If you don't want it any more, you simply turn it off. BTW, I simply did a Google search for 'google turn off 2 step verification' and the first result was the help page. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google+turn+off+2+step+verification
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:30 AM Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > Diane, > > I think Kenneth's message applies to you. > > Whether you know it or not, you are logged into Google (and Gmail), and > there is your username and your password which gets you there. > > I am not sure precisely how it works, but either you stay "permanently" > logged in, or the thing that you click, remembers your username and > password and sends them for you. That's great ... until something changes > and it doesn't do it for you anymore. > > Do you know *with certainty* what your username and password are? > > Because if you were to change your login procedure (by enabling 2-step > verification), you would probably need to type them in again. As Kenneth > notes, many people forget what their passwords are because they don't use > them daily. But the password is always a necessary part of being logged in > to Gmail. > > Sorry I can't answer your other question about disabling the 2-step > verification. > > Regards, > Andy > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
