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7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change

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When you're jumping between the many different apps Google offers—Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, YouTube, and all the rest—you may not be giving much thought to the Google account that underpins them all or to the myriad settings you can access that help to define your experience across all these apps.

If you've never opened up your Google account page on the web or on your phone, there are a host of options to browse through there. They cover everything from data security and browsing history to the backup email Google needs in case you ever get locked out of your account.

Here we're going to focus on seven of the lesser-known settings: the ones that don't necessarily get a lot of attention but which are still an important part of how your account and your Google apps operate. It's worth spending a few minutes...

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