Google Workspace: Troubleshooting Login Issues

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If you're the owner of a Google Workspace Admin account, and your users are experiencing issues accessing Google Workspace, you can manage security settings to help them log in.
In this article, learn how to:

Resetting a user's password

If a user needs a new password to log in to their business email, you can create a new password to enable access. 

To reset a user's password:

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin account.
  2. Click Password, then Reset Password.
  3. Choose to automatically generate the password or enter a password.
    Note: By default, password minimum length is 8 characters. You can change password requirements for your organization.
  4. (Optional) To view the password, click Preview  .
  5. (Optional) To require the user to change the password, enable the Ask for a password change at the next sign-in toggle.
  6. Click Reset.
  7. (Optional) To paste the password somewhere, such as in a Google Chat conversation with the user, click Click to copy password.
  8. Choose to email the password to the user, or click Done.

Disabling login challenges

If a user can't verify their identity, you can temporarily turn off the login challenge to allow the user to sign in. 

To temporarily disable login challenges:

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin account.
  2. Click Login Challenge, then Turn off for 10 mins.
  3. Click Done.
Tip:
As an admin, you can also disable 2-Step Verification indefinitely. Visit Google Support to learn how. 

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