To do so, sign into Gmail on your desktop, click your profile and select ‘Settings’. If you don’t get the email, and you may not if you haven’t enabled security alerts, simply visit your Google account settings. It will open your Google account’s settings page and take you directly to the setting for allowing/disallowing secure apps.Īll you have to do is select the ‘Turn on’ option and Outlook will be able to sign in. Open it and tap the ‘allowing access to less secure apps’ link in the email body. That email is what holds the key to allowing Outlook to sign in. When Gmail blocks a sign-in attempt, it also sends you an email to alert you to the same. signed in to Gmail and not signed in to the Chrome browser. If Gmail blocks Outlook from signing in, you will repeatedly be prompted to enter the password for your account. EDIT: FYI: I've just looked at chrome://settings/cookies and there is no difference between the cookies when signed in to Gmail and signed in to the Chrome browser vs. Here’s the fix for it.Īdd your Gmail account like you normally do and enter your password when prompted. This is what happens when you configure a Gmail account in Outlook on your desktop. The result is that you’re unable to add your Gmail account to an email client. You can configure your Gmail account in most email clients but if Gmail deems an email client to be a security risk, it will block it from signing you in. It offers two-factor authentication in addition to several other precautionary measures for keeping your account secure. Gmail is as secure an email service as you could hope for.
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