These days, it’s not uncommon for the average person to have over 100 online accounts, ranging from frequently used services to easily forgotten one-time sign-ups.
As data breaches increase, it is important to monitor and manage these accounts.
Each account linked to your email address has the potential to expose your personal information if compromised. Therefore, keeping track of your online accounts is essential to staying secure. Here we explain how to see which accounts are linked to your email address and how to disable them if necessary.
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Find accounts linked to your email
There are a few ways to find out what online accounts are linked to your email. We’ll show you how to find the accounts linked to your email using both Google Gmail and Microsoft Outlook. We’ll start by showing you how to do this in Gmail.
Use Gmail to find online accounts linked to your email
Steps may vary depending on your device, operating system, and Gmail account settings.
- Click on your Google account icon in the top right corner of your Gmail account Manage your Google Account
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- In the left menu, safety
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- Scroll down to Google Apps where your account address is listed. Click Manage Access
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- Scroll down further and click Password Management From a labeled box Password Manager
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from here, Websites and Online Accounts Connect to your Gmail account. You can also revoke access to the ones you no longer need.
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Find the online accounts linked to an email using Outlook
Steps may vary depending on your device, operating system, and Outlook account settings.
- Sign in to your Outlook account From your browser
- At the top right of the page, click setting Wheel
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- click Sync your emails From the second row
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If you have any accounts connected to your Outlook account, they’ll be listed here.
You will now see all the accounts linked to your email address in Outlook. Review the list and use the “Remove” button to disconnect any accounts you no longer need or don’t recognize.
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Find online accounts linked to your email using AOL
To find out which accounts are linked to your AOL email address, follow these steps:
Steps may vary depending on your device, operating system, and AOL account settings.
- Go to web and Sign in AOL account
- Click here Icon or your name At the top right of the screen
- select Account Security From the right sidebar menu
- next, Recent Activities Tabs at the top of the page
- Scroll down Connected Devices and Apps section
- Tap View all connected devices
- Here you can see the full list Websites, Apps and Services Who has access to your AOL account and email address.
- To revoke access to an app or service, Remove Access or sign out Button next to the name
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Find online accounts linked to your email using Yahoo
For Yahoo Mail accounts, you can view your linked accounts in the following way:
Steps may vary depending on your device, operating system, and Yahoo account settings.
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- Go to Yahoo! and Sign in Your account.
- Click here Profile icon Or click your avatar in the top right
- select account information or Manage your account
- On the Account Information page, Recent Activities Top navigation bar
- Scroll down Devices and apps section
- Here you can find the full list Apps and devices It will connect to your Yahoo account and email.
- To disconnect any of these, detail
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- next, Remove Access Button next to the app or device name
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By regularly reviewing the accounts and apps linked to your email address, you can better protect your personal information from potential data leaks or misuse. Removing access for unknown or unwanted connections is a simple privacy measure.
Use a password manager to keep track of your online accounts
An easy way to manage your various online accounts is to use a password manager. It also helps you create unique and hard-to-crack passwords that hackers can’t guess. Secondly, it keeps all your passwords in one place and you don’t have to remember them yourself, since you enter them when you log into your accounts. The fewer passwords you have to remember, the less likely you are to reuse them on your accounts. Learn more about me. Check out the best password managers of 2024, reviewed by experts.
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As we’ve emphasized in this article, it’s important to keep track of the online accounts associated with your email address. Hackers are always looking for ways to get hold of email addresses, and unused online accounts are a prime way for them to do so. We highly recommend using password management software to keep track of all your passwords and online accounts.
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