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Receiving unauthorized login notifications for an unknown Apple ID linked to Gmail

I am receiving notifications about someone logging in to a Apple account using one of my email addresses (a Gmail account) and changing my dob and recovery question. However, I don't have an Apple account on that email address. My Apple account uses another email (hotmail account). I tried logging in with my Gmail account, but it automatically goes to the security questions (in a language which is not mine) for which I don't know the answers. What do I do? Can I just ignore this or is my Apple account on my hotmail address in danger?

Posted on Sep 17, 2026 10:35 AM

4 replies

Ingo2711

Level 10 (93,009 points)

Sep 18, 2026 12:57 AM in response to evadc76

Did you try to delete the gmail emails address for your Apple Account on the web?

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Sign in on account.apple.com.
Select Sign-In and Security.
Choose Email & Phone Numbers.
To delete one of your additional email addresses, click the Remove button (-) next to the address.

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copied from: About your Apple Account email addresses - Apple Support

Also have a look at this article:

If you think your Apple Account has been compromised - Apple Support

Ingo2711

Level 10 (93,009 points)

Sep 18, 2026 1:21 AM in response to evadc76

Did you try to contact Gmail Support or Google Support about that?

If the Gmail address is not listed as an additional Apple Account email address, there is nothing you can do in the Apple Account settings.

evadc76 Author

Level 1 (4 points)

Sep 18, 2026 7:01 AM in response to Ingo2711

So Google says to contact Apple about this...

evadc76 Author

Level 1 (4 points)

Sep 18, 2026 1:07 AM in response to Ingo2711

Thanks for the suggestion. I only had my hotmail account in my email addresses. So the Gmail account wasn't even there. Does this mean that it is just someone trying to use my Gmail account to create a new Apple account? How do I deal with this?

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256359129