[Tip]Know the creation date of your Gmail even if first message is deleted

Gmail account creation date is very much significant related to security issues as if you forget your password as well as security questions then these informations are used to give back your account to you. Previously there was a method available on the net but if in case you have deleted the first e-mail sent by the gmail team [like me] then there was apperently no other process to find your email. Well not actually! There is still a hope for uswink

I was configuring my blakut.com email [given to me by kaushik] to forward all the email to my regularly used Gmail, when I found this trick. As I have previously deleted the first message sent by gmail team so I was in no way able to find the date when I created my account, until I discovered this trick todaymrgreen

Its quite easy! Here is what you need to do

  1. Goto the settings page from your email box

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  2. Then goto Forward and POP/IMAP section
  3. Now search for the line

    1. Status: POP is enabled for all mail that has arrived since ….

    as shown in the picture below

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Bingo! If you have not changed your POP setting [which normally we dont do biggrin] then the blurred information shown in the image is your account creation date! Now keep this information safe somewhere. As who knows what may happen in futurerolleyesbiggrin

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15 comments

  1. Swashata

    I did confirmed it before publishing! It works only if you have not messed with your POP settings! The date is shown just beside the POP download section, as you can see in the screenshot! BTW you have to go to Settings page from Gmail inbox!

  2. Swashata

    I did confirmed it before publishing! It works only if you have not messed with your POP settings! The date is shown just beside the POP download section, as you can see in the screenshot! BTW you have to go to Settings page from Gmail inbox!

  3. jmhm

    for me that's the day when they added that feature perhaps.. i got my account on the 4/4/05 … so this is not that trustable

  4. Swashata

    Very much true! I think this can be used for accounts created after 2006-07!

  5. Palak

    someone hacked by gmail a/c before 10 days n he/she deleted my all old mails now how can i get back those?

  6. Bilal

    Thanks a lot dude superb ur a ginius i was searching for this type of answer from 2 weeks thanks a lot

  7. Bilal

    no dude it didnt worked out for me sorry for last comment my orkut account created on 2006 but the way u told in that it shows 2008

  8. sudarshan

    Believe me… most amazing and creative thought.
    I never thought of google settings in this way. I deleted my mail too but now i know my account creation date at least.

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